Rob Lowe Tweets Peyton Manning's Retirement & More Strange Sports News Breakers

With juicy, yet humorously-ridiculous rumors now circulating the NFL world regarding a questionable Peyton Manning retirement, Indianapolis fans are in a frenzy and tabloid dwellers are shaking their heads in bewilderment.

While the suggestion is quite shocking, the sources behind the news may be even more comical.

Actor Rob Lowe may have the down-low on what really is occurring being the scenes, and clearly has an emotional tie to the situation. Even though this is almost certainly false, it does bring to mind other times that we've had news break on Twitter from out-of-nowhere sources.

As we begin to picture life without No. 18, we look back on the other instances in which social media has unnecessarily-influenced the sports realm.

With Twitter, Facebook and the plethora of other networking sites being so utilized by athletes, it's only natural that controversies will erupt.

If it wasn't for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love, fans would have had to wait several days to hear about the firing of coach Kevin McHale. It showed just how quickly news could happen and spread with Twitter.

Sportscaster Bill Simmons knew before anyone else that Randy Moss was set to be a Minnesota Viking once again, although he meant this tweet as a direct message and quickly deleted the offending tweet but only after the damage was already done.

Even Logan Morrison sparked chaos when he falsely stated that prized free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder was set to go to Seattle. He later followed with a joke about the musician Prince doing a show in Seattle.

As the media continues to create its own news, fans around the world must be patient and resist the natural intention to believe the first word uttered.