NFL quarterback helps find a missing child; bad tattoo tales


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SALT LAKE CITY — Three fun stories in the world of sports in today's From Left Field!

1. NFL quarterback helps find missing child

The Oakland Police Department was looking for help in finding a missing 3-year-old child, and some help came in the form of a retweet from Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr.

Here's the original post:

> [\#OaklandPolice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OaklandPolice?src=hash) Request Bay Area help in locating missing child: [pic.twitter.com/WwyNOu2bhg](https://t.co/WwyNOu2bhg) > > — Lt. Chris Bolton (@OPDChris) [January 14, 2017](https://twitter.com/OPDChris/status/820374308035776513)

And here's the lieutenant's post, thanking Carr for sharing it. It seems like Carr's online action really helped!

> So it appears the secret to sharing local missing child info is a RT by your local [@NFL](https://twitter.com/NFL) QB. Thank you, [@derekcarrqb](https://twitter.com/derekcarrqb)! Child safely located! > > — Lt. Chris Bolton (@OPDChris) [January 15, 2017](https://twitter.com/OPDChris/status/820691049311924224)

And Carr was happy too:

> [@OPDChris](https://twitter.com/OPDChris) great news! Thank you for letting me know they are safe! God bless y'all! > > — Derek Carr (@derekcarrqb) [January 15, 2017](https://twitter.com/derekcarrqb/status/820742430441893888)

Good news all around.

2. Man gets "Cowboys Super Bowl LI Champions" tattoo, regrets it now

The Dallas Cowboys were eliminated from the playoffs this weekend, thanks to some timely heroics from Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. It didn't come in time to save this man, though:

> [@nfl](https://twitter.com/NFL) Hey Dallas Cowboys! Now it's official. Don't let me down. SUPER BOWL 51 CHAMPIONS!!! Tattooed on 12/6/16. I'm calling it now. [pic.twitter.com/BRDkhicgOS](https://t.co/BRDkhicgOS) > > — Jordan Garnett (@jordangarnett) [December 6, 2016](https://twitter.com/jordangarnett/status/806262050334928898)

As you can imagine, he's getting all sorts of criticism from around the NFL world, including members of his own fan base, who are accusing him of jinxing the Cowboys this weekend. My advice: just don't get a tattoo like this.

3. Meanwhile, in a grocery store...

The Oakland Raiders were knocked out of the playoffs last weekend, which gave our favorite NFL punter Marquette King time to do his grocery shopping this Sunday. However, he still couldn't quite kick the punting habit as he was walking down the grocery store aisles.

> I'm addicted... [pic.twitter.com/YTcEn3mVg9](https://t.co/YTcEn3mVg9) > > — Marquette King (@MarquetteKing) [January 15, 2017](https://twitter.com/MarquetteKing/status/820733796722974720)

Don't try this at your local grocery store. They frown upon that kind of behavior.

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