Second Thoughts

Dolphins are pretty good in the water

Former Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad had to swim 9 miles back to the Palm Beach coast after falling out of his fishing boat trying to pull a fish in Wednesday. He was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard around 4 a.m. Thursday and was treated for potential hypothermia.
Former Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad had to swim 9 miles back to the Palm Beach coast after falling out of his fishing boat trying to pull a fish in Wednesday. He was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard around 4 a.m. Thursday and was treated for potential hypothermia.

Former Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad has spent a part of his retirement from the NFL fishing off the South Florida coast, but it's not always smooth sailing.

The former Syracuse standout swam 9 miles to the Palm Beach coast after falling off his fishing boat Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.

If Konrad's story to police is to be believed, he fell from his 36-foot boat while trying to reel in a fish and couldn't get back aboard the auto-piloted vessel, so he swam to shore. According to WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach, friends alerted authorities when Konrad, 38, didn't show up for dinner, and the U.S. Coast Guard sent out a helicopter search party.

The Coast Guard didn't discover the 6-foot-3 Konrad, who played at 255 pounds, until he reportedly turned up wearing only his underwear on the shores of South Florida around 4 a.m. Thursday. He was treated for potential hypothermia.

"He was lucky he was able to swim 9 miles throughout the night in the dark in the frigid waters," Coast Guard public affairs specialist Mark Barney told Syracuse.com. "He was pretty exhausted."

Konrad was drafted by the Dolphins in 1999 and played for the team until 2004 after playing four years at Syracuse.

Hair affair

Many things were pretty good about Pedro Martinez -- his stats, his change-up, his interviews and, as he'll even admit, his hair.

There were jokes Tuesday after the 2015 Hall of Fame class was announced that Randy Johnson should go in cap-less and just let his mullet flow. Martinez then told reporters Wednesday that he definitely wants his famous Jheri curl on his Cooperstown plaque.

Pedro has reined in the curls a little bit these days, but a TMZ reporter asked Martinez on Wednesday whether his Hall of Fame plaque should come with the Jheri curl. He's on board.

Under his cap, of course.

"I wish -- it was great," Martinez said. "It was amazing. That's how people pretty much saw my face all the time."

There are always plenty of arguments related to the Hall of Fame, but few can argue that Martinez shouldn't have a Jheri curl on his Cooperstown plaque.

Ringing return

Thanks to a good Samaritan with a connection to a teammate, Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman is getting his Super Bowl ring back.

According to KIRO-TV in Seattle, agent David Mulugheta of AthletesFirst tweeted a photo of the ring and said he was driving around in a rental car when his wife found the possession.

He said he planned to send the ring to Seahawks safety Earl Thomas, a client, who will return it to Coleman.

Coleman later tweeted back to Mulugheta "you my hero, that's what's happens when you show kids the ring then hide it in your car!"

Who wants wings?

TBS's Conan O'Brien, after TV cameras caught corpulent New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hugging Jerry Jones during Sunday's playoff game: "It was right after Jones said, 'Let's get some hot wings.' "

QUIZ

With which team did Pedro Martinez begin his major-league career?

ANSWER

The Los Angeles Dodgers

Sports on 01/10/2015

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