Today’s Sports News : Charles Woodson breaks collarbone in Super Bowl; Tom Brady named league MVP; Munchak to coach Titans; Mark Sanchez dating 17-year-old?The New York Jets have responded to a story from the website Deadspin that is set for Tuesday publication and will be about Mark Sanchez, the NY Jets quarterback and a 17 year old girl.Mark Sanchez, 17 Year Old Girl Story from Deadspin - Jets and Lawyers Respond.Very few details have been released, but as it appeared a story was set to be published, the girl's lawyer acted to stop his client from being mentioned.According to sports gossip website Deadspin, the superstar quarterback met her in a club and 'hooked up' with the striking teenager, who took photos of his apartment as proof of their tryst.The girl, known only as 'E.K.' claimed she was romantically involved with the 24-year-old after he sidled up to her on a night out.When the editor told her he would check to make sure it was legal for a girl her age to be sexually involved with a man of Sanchez's age, the girl reportedly replied: 'It is. It's 16. I checked.'She also insisted: 'He's a really nice guy, you know. I can say that he's one of the kindest people, and he's a genuine person.'Deadspin posted photos that the girl said she had taken which showed a room with a messed up bed, several football helmets, and a montage of photos on a picture entitled, 'I love you Tio Mark'.Deadspin also posted a Facebook posting E.K. later made that said: 'MARK F----ING SANCHEZ JUST TEXTED ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' with a blacked out photo of the girl smoking a cigarette.Mark Sanchez is not having a good 2011.
After failing to make the Super Bowl following a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the quarterback is now finding himself in an incredibly awkward position with news that he allegedly romanced a 17-year-old girl.He said: “I have been getting so many text messages and phone calls about this. We just have fun and joke around and keep things light because that is the way I play my best. I did not want it to be a disrespectful thing, obviously, and he knew that. I called him the very next day, ‘I am so sorry. I feel so bad’ and he said, ‘Oh don’t worry about it. Only 55 million people saw you fake-wipe a booger on me.’”
