Joe Flacco ripped his own performance.

The Super Bowl MVP worked behind the counter at a Dairy Queen in suburban Baltimore, handing out ice cream sundaes and other orders, and his delivery wasn't quite as smooth as his throwing motion. In fact, he even committed a turnover, giving chicken fingers to a customer who had ordered burgers

His explanation? Lack of experience.

"I never had a job," Flacco told the Baltimore Sun. "My first job was quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. I never had any experience with this, so that's why I'm not very good at it."

Flacco's presence Friday at the Dairy Queen in Rosedale, Md., was to present a $25,000 check to the Matthew J. Cheswick Memorial Fund, which was created in honor of a local high school student killed by a drunk driver in 2012.

It has been a busy season for Flacco, which includes signing a $120.6 million contract, appearing on David Letterman show, checking out Fashion Week in New York and being cast as Johnny Unitas in an upcoming film about the Baltimore Colts legend.

To hear it from Flacco, the Dairy Queen gig might have been the most challenging.

"If you were ordering sundaes from me and I was the one making them, you wouldn't be very happy with Dairy Queen," Flacco told USA Today. "Thank God that's not the case."

In the grand scheme of things, Todd Frazier's home run didn't mean much for the outcome of Thursday's Cincinnati Reds-Miami Marlins game.

By the time Cincinnati's third baseman blasted a shot over the center field fence in the sixth inning, the Reds were already leading, 9-1.

But under the circumstances of the at-bat, Frazier's long ball was one of the coolest home runs of the year.

Before Frazier went up to the plate he had some words with Ted Kremer, the Reds' bat boy. Kremer, who is autistic, had special motivation for Frazier.

"[Kremer] said, 'come on man, hit me a home run. I love you.'" Frazier recalled after the game. "And I said 'I love you, too. I'll hit you one. It was great how excited, that look, I started smiling before I even hit home plate."

On the second pitch of the at-bat, Fraizer delivered on his promise.

Afterwards, Kremer was so excited that he forgot to pick up Frazier's bat. But the pair's celebration produced this spectacular photo:

Michelle Tesori, whose husband Paul is the caddy for Webb Simpson, had no trouble finding the lone palm tree at Augusta National this year.

That's because before last year's tournament, Paul challenged Michelle to find Augusta's only palm tree. Her reward? A $10,000 band that would complete her wedding ring.

"He said, ‘Nobody would find that tree without help. You have to promise not to Google it. If you find it, I’ll buy the ring,'" Michelle told Augusta.com this week.

On the Wednesday before last year's tournament, Michelle followed Paul and Webb as Simpson played a practice round with Bubba Watson and Rickie Fowler. Upon hearing of Tesori's challenge for his wife, Watson pointed out the palm tree's location to the right of the green on the fourth hole.

Before the tournament had even started, Michelle won her bet with Paul. Luckily for Paul, Watson, Fowler and Simpson promised to pay for the ring if one of them won the tournament. And, as it would happen, Watson walked away with his first green jacket.

Paul bought the ring shortly after the Masters, not expecting Watson to fork over the money (when the jewelry store heard about the bet, they discounted the band to $7,500).

But at the PGA Championship, Watson's wife, Angie, called Paul over and wrote him a check for $7,500.

“Truthfully, the great story here is that Bubba won the Masters, the greatest golf tournament in the world," Michelle told Augusta.com this week, "and with all the amazing things going on in Bubba and Angie’s lives, becoming parents for the first time with the adoption of beautiful Caleb, the media requirements and the instant fame, Bubba remembered a little bet he'd made with a group of friends on Wednesday during the practice round."

There are more than 350 varieties of 80,000 plants at Augusta, but when Michelle came across the single palm tree near the par-3 fourth hole this week, she knew it immediately.

"It gives me chills," she said.

At this point in the offseason, we've seen several players take out full-page ads in the local paper to thank their teammates and the fans. It's always a touching, and appreciated, gesture.

Connor Barwin, the former Houston Texans linebacker who recently signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, made a similar gesture. Except his "thank yous" extend well beyond his team and the fans.

In the full-page ad, which appeared in the Houston Press and on Barwin's Facebook page, the 26-year-old had a lot to say. He paid the customary respects, to the city of Houston, his teammates, the fans and the team's owners.

Then things got interesting. Barwin went on to thank his delivery guy at Bombay Pizza (Tim), his cleaning lady (Vilma), the folks at the Edwards Greenway movie theatre for four years of free films, the Texans beat writers and more. Barwin even threw in a shout out to "bread" and "cheesecake." It's unclear if those are nicknames for people or if he's just very thankful for the foods themselves.

Kudos to Barwin for this personal ad. It would be easy to do nothing at all, or simply to write a short note, but Barwin went out of his way to thank lots of different people. And Barwin was only in Houston for four years. Imagine how long this would have been had he spent his entire career with the Texans.