Golden State’s Monta Ellis said to have misled team. A high ankle sprain that will leave Golden State Warriors guard Monta Ellis sidelined for at least three months didn’t occur in the way he claimed, a report says. The Contra Costa Times states that the six-year, $66 million contract-holder was injured “outdoors and not while playing basketball,” as he’d explained. Ellis told the Warriors that he hurt himself while playing pick-up hoops in his native Jackson, Miss. The paper, however, doesn’t report what the true source of the injury turned out to be. Warriors management has spoken to him about the incident. Ellis had recently signed a contract extension. He suffered a torn deltoid ligament, rare in basketball injuries

League rule says no to Ocho Cinco. The NFL star formerly known as Chad Johnson’s legal name change hasn’t brought him the privilege of wearing his new moniker on a Cincinnati Bengals jersey. He may be formally known as Chad Ocho Cinco, but the league says that, until Johnson squares up with the sportswear company responsible for NFL fashions, his nameplate will read “C. Johnson.” “He has a financial obligation to Reebok, which produces the jerseys available to fans,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells AP. “That has to be resolved before the on-field jersey can be changed.” “Ocho Cinco” represents Johnson’s nickname and translates in Spanish to his jersey No. 85 – which will be pretty redundant when it does show up under the new legal name.

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