Friday's Mashup: Antonio Brown gets attacked by gym equipment on Instagram Live, says it 'hits harder than Vontaze Burfict'

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FRIDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. (NBCSB)NHL: Boston at Calgary, 9 p.m. (NESN)

AROUND THE WEB: 

-- Antonio Brown was working out on Instagram Live on Wednesday, as he usually is, and was cracked in the head with part of his exercise equipment. 

Looks like Antonio Brown has entered concussion protocol #AB #NFL pic.twitter.com/qLhatJhzjc

This can't help Antonio Brown's CTE pic.twitter.com/tnLhSemrSo

And he mocked himself for the incident, saying the machine "hit harder than Vontaze Burfict."

This shit hits harder than Vontaze Burfict...... 315 gang MrBigChest pic.twitter.com/MRzCL4Y8VM

And it's good to see this isn't going to affect his rap career and lyric-writing abilities at all. 

"My first deal should be Oscar Meyer because I'm hot dog " bars send me some good one liners

-- Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek celebrated Kostek's 28th birthday in New York this week and Kostek posted a heartfelt message to Gronkowski on Instagram. 

28 already feels so joyful, full of love and GREAT -- Grateful to celebrate heading into another year on earth to learn, grow, dance, travel, connect to more people, work, spread kindness and cheer, to meet new people, try new things, and get closer to the people I love ❤️ Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who took the time to send love my way making my birthday feel extra special. I see you, I feel the love and I am beyond grateful for all of you in my life ✨

A post shared by CAMILLE KOSTEK (@camillekostek) on Feb 20, 2020 at 9:13pm PST

"28 already feels so joyful, full of love and GREAT," Kostek wrote. "Grateful to celebrate heading into another year on earth to learn, grow, dance, travel, connect to more people, work, spread kindness and cheer, to meet new people, try new things, and get closer to the people I love. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who took the time to send love my way making my birthday feel extra special. I see you, I feel the love and I am beyond grateful for all of you in my life."

And Gronkowski also posted a photo to celebrate. 

Happy 28th Birthday to my baby Camillee! Always working hard and getting the job done ✅!! Continuing to look beautiful on the Sports Illustrated issues and #nevernotdancing !! Proud of you baby! ❤️

A post shared by Rob Gronkowski (@gronk) on Feb 19, 2020 at 6:23pm PST

"Happy 28th Birthday to my baby Camillee!," he wrote. "Always working hard and getting the job done!! Continuing to look beautiful on the Sports Illustrated issues and #nevernotdancing !! Proud of you baby!" 

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He was amazing at picking up things the right way. These guys here, the guys that we have, they're so good at every little thing. Any little hiccup they'll find it. But you can put me on any detector you want, I'll volunteer it. That never happened here." -- J.D. Martinez, on Alex Cora and MLB's investigation of the Red Sox in the sign-stealing scandal