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| rantnrave:// We have been debating for the entirety of the 21st century, and we may continue debating well into the 22nd: Who's better, MANNING or BRADY? (Or, y'know, MONTANA. Or RODGERS.) It's a fun debate, an unanswerable question and, in the end, it doesn't matter. What matters is that for 16 years we had both of them, gunning, outgunning and out-outgunning each other in dazzling performances that CAM NEWTON's and ANDY DALTON's grandchildren will be talking about millions and millions of yards from now. They made each other better, they made their teams better, they made their league better. Who would I want running my offense with 75 seconds left and 80 yards to go? Either one, doesn't matter. And who would I want with 24 seconds left and 80 yards to go in the opposite direction? The other one, doesn't matter. FIVETHIRTYEIGHT's NEIL PAYNE proffers that PEYTON, who will formally announce his retirement this afternoon, played the equivalent of two Hall of Fame careers. ESPN's JOHN CLAYTON counts up the rings and counters that PEYTON is the third-greatest QB of all time. BLEACHER REPORT's MIKE FREEMAN has him at #5, and raises the specter of off-the-field questions that "until recently, were always hidden, tucked away in a box, a heavy weight tied to that box and then the box taken out to sea and dumped into the cold waters." You're going to see the word "complicated" thrown around a lot in the next few days. PEYTON's teammates remember a man who worked harder than they did, was more obsessed than they were ("His wife ASHLEY would say ... that if she wanted to spend time with him, it was in the home theater watching tape") and basically was their player-coach. He will have lots of options, surprise surprise, in television booths and front offices. He changed the culture of the BRONCOS completely while adapting his game to his own changing body. It's too bad that, since it's an election year, the BRONCOS won't be allowed to replace him until 2017... While we know what PEYTON is going to announce MONDAY, we're in the dark about what MARIA SHARAPOVA, who has been similarly injured in recent years and had to pull out of INDIAN WELLS over the weekend, is going to say at her own "major" press conference two hours later. There is speculation... The EA curse... RIP BUD COLLINS. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Manning's legacy is thorny and not easy to digest or unpack. It causes red state/blue state-like fights, and while it won't impact his entrance into the Hall of Fame, it will be discussed and poked and kicked around. And it should be. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| The Colts' Peyton Manning is more than living up to his pedigree. Now if he can just figure out how to open a can of soup. (Originally published in Sports Illustrated, Nov. 22, 1999.) | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Steve Brown is of the most influential modern yo-yo players ever. Not only has he won the Bay Area Classic competition three times (the final time he did it blindfolded) but he has also invented and patented his own division in competitions called counterweight, essentially making him the Jimi Hendrix of yo-yo. | | |
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 | Chicago Tribune |
| An unthinkable violation - unknowingly being videotaped while nude in a hotel room - wasn't the end of the degradation sports reporter Erin Andrews has endured. | | |
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 | WSJ |
| You can’t throw a rock in Jupiter without hitting a world-class golfer. Pros, Hall of Famers and aspiring PGA Tour members have clustered homes in one 20-mile stretch. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Referees in Australia, Germany and the US are allowed to explain their decisions to fans so why are Premier League officials banned from talking to the media? | | |
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 | ESPN.com |
| Beyond his colorful, custom-made pants, Bud Collins fueled the boom of Open tennis as much as anyone in the game. But it's his kind, selfless soul we'll miss more than anything. | | |
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 | CNN International |
| Rugby sevens is at the forefront as U.S. grows rugby momentum. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| LOS ANGELES - During the first timeout, a few minutes into Wednesday's game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Oklahoma City Thunder at Staples Center here, Steven A. Ballmer looked up from his courtside seat at the fans still filtering in. "There are still some empty seats," he said. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| Major League Baseball has dropped its two-game suspension of Dodgers infielder Chase Utley for his controversial slide that broke the leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada last October, Chief Baseball Officer Joe Torre said Sunday. | | |
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| ESPN.com |
| What's not to like about Cleveland's Francisco Lindor, a switch-hitter with speed, power, a gold-plated glove, intelligence and poise? | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Its elite athletes are paying the price of waning participation, falling equipment sales and warmer weather as sponsors slash their rosters. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| MLB and SnapChat will have players engaged with cameras and selfie sticks during Spring Training games on Friday, March 11. | | |
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 | Vice Sports |
| As Chinese enrollment booms, American colleges and universities are using Mandarin football and basketball broadcasts to attract international students. | | |
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 | MLSsoccer.com |
| During the week they're students, bartenders, airline maintenance technicians and white-collar workers. But when the weekend comes, their responsibilities change. Perched at the head of large swaths of their club's most ardent fans, they serve as pseudo-orchestra directors, actively conducting their fellow supporters in organized song, chants and visual support. | | |
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| Bleacher Report |
| PITTSBURGH - Michael Young leans forward in his chair and makes direct eye contact as he speaks, not showing any sign of uneasiness at the somber line of questioning. You can tell this is a topic he thinks about a lot. "Everything a little kid shouldn't get into or shouldn't see," he says, "I basically have seen." | | |
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| Forbes |
| A trend on the rise in recent years is allowing alcohol to be sold at intercollegiate sporting events, particularly football and men’s basketball. Recently it was reported that Penn State is considering offering alcohol for sale in Beaver Stadium, and sales are confirmed at University of Florida for 2016, according to Robbie Andreu of the "Gainesville Sun." | | |
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 | Golf Digest |
| The announcement Friday that the PGA Tour and the LPGA have entered into "a long-term, written strategic alliance" can only be good news for the women's tour and, ultimately, for all golf fans. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| It has a paint-by-numbers plot, loads of sexism and gratuitous nudity, and a screenplay full of tired racial stereotypes. It’s also the highest-grossing ski movie of all time. Frederick Reimers and Sam Moulton uncover the true story behind every skier’s favorite cult classic. | | |
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 | NBC SportsWorld |
| Way before the trial of the century, O.J. Simpson was just another draft bust trying to break Jim Brown’s record. | | |
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