God bless America. In what may simply be the weirdest and most wonderful controversy of the year, Marvin Lewis’ comments calling Johnny Manziel a “midget” aren’t going away anytime soon. Fox Cleveland sent local media personality Little John Rinaldi to Cincinnati to ask Lewis about his comments from his perspective. (Rinaldi is a long-time entertainer locally in Cleveland.)
Lewis handled being put on the spot fairly well, sticking to the script this time. Out of all the things to expect in the build-up to Johnny Manziel’s first career start, I don’t think anyone could have guessed “little person controversy” on the list of possibilities. There was A LOT of possibilities – the Browns signing Drake as a wide receiver, Manziel missing the start after partying in Vegas, stealing Kate Middleton away from Prince William, taking the field and wrestling a live tiger… but not this.