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It's Time To Speculate About Peyton Manning's Political Aspirations
Now that Peyton Manning, the ad pitchman and NFL quarterback, has retired from one of his two day jobs, it’s natural to wonder what comes next. He’s still making a string of commercials, but he hasn’t made much visible progress toward finding new football-based employment. Jay Glazer reported earlie...
Oh Hey, It's Jim Irsay
It had been 18 days since the end of the season since we’d heard hide or hair of Colts owner Jim Irsay, which was very strange considering the questionable job statuses of coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson, both of whom, after another disappointing season, seemed prime candidates to be replaced...
Peyton Manning's Hairline Is A Lie
Eagle-eyed reader Jim writes in that an ad campaign on ESPN.com features multiple Peyton Manning hairlines scattered amongst inane takes by Stephen A. Smith and fantasy football promotions. The former NFL QB is shilling for some brand you’ve never heard of, and when we checked for ourselves we found...
Chris Mortensen Deserves Better Than This Maudlin Peyton Manning Gatorade Ad
It’s simply got to be gnawing at Chris Mortensen, the longtime ESPN NFL reporter, to be missing the draft this year. He announced in January that he’s got throat cancer, Stage IV, and that’s all kinds of terrible for anyone, not least for a guy who trades on having a voice. Since the draft kicked of...
Peyton Manning Quotes <i>Forrest Gump</i> To Question About UT Allegations
Peyton Manning was all smiles and tears at his retirement press conference, at least until he was finally asked the question that everyone seemed to be waiting for. Toward the end of the presser, USA Today’s Lindsay Jones brought up the recently resurfaced allegations made by a former Tennessee athl...
DeAngelo Williams Has Petty And Righteous Thoughts About Peyton Manning
Today is the day when everyone is supposed to shower Peyton Manning with praise. That’s all fine and good, but I’m personally glad that DeAngelo Williams is here to balance things out with some raw pettiness (especially since much of it comes at the expense of Pete Prisco, wearer of weird shorts)....
Report: Peyton Manning, Who Can't Play Anymore, Won't Play Anymore
According to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, who presumably had to work for years just for the right to be the first person to tweet it, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will announce his retirement tomorrow. What awaits Manning in the football afterlife? Coaching? Ownership? Broadcasting? Diplomatically ...
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Woody Paige: Peyton Manning Is Retiring [UPDATES]
The Denver Post’s Woody Paige, citing two unnamed sources, says Peyton Manning will announce his retirement this coming week....
Records: Trainer That Sued Peyton Manning May Have Reported Him For Academic Fraud In 1994
The biggest sports story since the Super Bowl has been the renewed focus on allegations that Peyton Manning sexually assaulted trainer Jamie Naughright in 1996 while at the University of Tennessee. Manning contends that the incident was a mooning, while Naughright says he pushed his butt and genital...
How Tennessee’s Head Trainer Took Control Of The Allegations Against Peyton Manning
After Jamie Naughright said she was sexually harassed by Peyton Manning, the first person she called at the University of Tennessee was head trainer Mike Rollo. The lifetime Volunteer immediately set out to “fix it.” According to Naughright, no one did more than Rollo to sculpt the long-prevailing n...
How Tennessee’s Sexual Harassment Allegations Caught Up With Peyton Manning 20 Years Later
In 1996, the summer before Peyton Manning’s junior season at the University of Tennessee, with his Vols a national championship contender, associate trainer Jamie Whited—later Jamie Naughright, after her divorce—filed an employment discrimination complaint. In that complaint, filed with the Tennesse...
Peyton Manning Can Eat Shit
In some parallel universe, the end of Super Bowl 50 is a heartwarming affair, with an aging legend riding the coattails of a young, brilliant defense to one last title … one glorious final run that ends with a gimpy old man sitting atop the shoulders of his teammates and being carried off into the s...
The First Person Peyton Manning Wanted To Kiss After Winning The Super Bowl Was Papa John
We noted last night that pretend-folksy pitchman Peyton Manning knows who butters his bread, but in case anyone missed it in the madness following Denver’s Super Bowl win we’ll highlight it here: while Cam Newton waited at midfield to offer what appeared to be gracious congratulations, Manning took ...
Peyton Manning Endorses Beer, Again, But What Does It Mean?
Roger Goodell banned NFL players from endorsing alcohol products almost a decade ago, so hearing Peyton Manning speak proudly of his thirst for a third-rate Belgian lager after winning tonight’s Super Bowl might have raised your eyebrows. But it’s not even the first time Peyton Manning has mentioned...
The Only Super Bowl Preview You Need Is This Taiwanese Animation
The Super Bowl is on today at some time or another, and if you aren’t gonna check out Drill My Gay Stepson!, American football is an okay substitute I suppose....
<i>SNL</i> Lampoons Cam Newton & Peyton Manning's "Ebony And Ivory"
Cam Newton is the NFL’s newest MVP, and yet as much media coverage this season has been dedicated to his identity and expressions of it as it has his achievements on the field. Saturday Night Live took a run at the Panthers quarterback—and his Broncos counterpart, Peyton Manning—on tonight’s episode...
GOP Candidates Offer Super Bowl Predictions In Meaningless, Waste-Of-Time Debate Question
Tonight’s GOP primary debate in New Hampshire has succeeded despite itself as candidates attack each other while ABC moderators stand by, barely acknowledging their non-answers to the question prompts. One of those questions? “Who’s going to win tomorrow’s Super Bowl?” (None of the candidates offere...
Here Is The 911 Call Made From Charles Sly's Parents' Home When Peyton Manning's Goons Showed Up
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that two private investigators hired by Peyton Manning went to the home of Charles Sly’s parents shortly after Sly made hidden-camera allegations about Manning’s alleged HGH usage in an Al-Jazeera documentary. The investigators spooked Sly’s family, which led ...
Private Eyes Spook Parents Of Manning HGH Accuser In 9-1-1 Call; Broncos QB Admits Drugs Sent To House
The parents of a former Indianapolis anti-aging clinic employee who made hidden-camera accusations about Peyton Manning’s alleged HGH use called 9-1-1 after goons turned up on their doorstep seeking information about their pharmacist son, Charlie Sly....