In an enlightening profile written by Drew Magary at GQ, Fox Sports NFL reporter Jay Glazer admitted that he once got into a fight with Peyton Manning, someone you'd never peg as a guy who would get into a scuffle with anyone, let alone a reporter. There's some vulgarity in Glazer's story, so keep that in mind if you're easily offended.
At the Pro Bowl in 2007, Glazer got into a shouting match with Peyton Manning after Manning made a lighthearted wisecrack to Glazer about New York Giants legend and ABC-talk-show co-host Michael Strahan's divorce. (Glazer and Strahan are best friends.)
"I took it the wrong way," he tells me now. "So I said, 'FUCK YOU, PEYTON. Fuck you.' I was just fucking screaming at him, yelling at him: 'I'll beat your ass. Don't fucking treat me like a bitch, don't talk about my friends and their fucking problems. I don't give a shit who you are, okay? We're fucking men. Just because you play football and I don't does not make you any more of a man and does not mean you could beat my ass, because you cannot.' It was pretty surreal. All of a sudden Peyton's like, Aw, what did I get myself into?"
Well then, that's certainly something. Could you imagine Adam Schefter going after Tom Brady like that? Glazer did say that the pair is on better terms now, so at least it hasn't lingered.
Glazer also admitted to nearly getting into a fight with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at a golf tournament, but that story isn't nearly as entertaining as the Manning story was. Given Glazer's MMA background, it's probably a good idea for anyone he challenges to a fight to back away slowly.
[GQ}
