Hey look, the Clippers are worth talking about. Is it the NBA Draft Lottery already? Just kidding. I used to enjoy the Lakers JV squad for years, but now it’s become rather unhip to Clip — and you only need to check out the Twitter feed following Blake Griffin‘s performance against the Lakers.

Bears running back Matt Forte‘s contract talks are not the only ones that have been put on hold, according to league sources.

It’s true, there are hundreds of NFL players on Twitter, tweeting away about anything and everything. Rashard Mendenhall isn’t the only one. Here’s what we learned, direct from the sources, simply by monitoring Twitter on a Wednesday afternoon:

Bears safety Chris Harris vowed all week that he would play in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game despite a hip injury. That appears to be true since he’s active against the Packers after being limited in practice Friday.

A look at some of the notable injuries around the NFL in Week 17, starting wtih updates on Michael Oher and Haloti Ngata of the Ravens.

It’s no surprise that word from players around the league has started to filter out over the last 24 hours following the NFL’s crackdown on illegal helmet-to-helmet hits.

Dallas Cowboys RB Marion Barber was declared inactive for Monday’s game against the Carolina Panthers due to a left thigh injury that has limited him in practice.

The Thursday injury reports have been filed around the league, so we’ll pass along some of the names that caught our attention, including T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Kevin Walter and Pierre Thomas.

After a visit to Carolina Panthers training camp, it appears WR Dwayne Jarrett has made a lot of progress, rookie DE Everette Brown may have been a steal in the second round, and the loss DT Maa’ka Kemoeatu will force the team to bring in a veteran for help.