In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday.

• Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said he's taking things day by day after suffering a high ankle sprain, and is no longer wearing his walking boot. "Now I'm wearing a fun-time groovy sock-hop boot," he said, reading from a script typed out on Bill Belichick's personal stationery. "Just for kicks, Daddy-O. Dig it: I'm a … I'm a hubcap? … No, it's … hep cat. I'm a hep cat."

• Peyton Manning told ESPN that he "feels good" and expects to play next season. In the same interview, he also asked Andrew Luck to stop mailing him copies of Shakespeare's King Lear and stacks of Metamucil coupons.