Venus and Serena Williams are following in the footsteps of Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson by becoming two sport stars. The ladies have joined the Double Stuffed Racing League and seem to be taking it very seriously. The DSRL already features Peyton and Eli Manning, and now the brothers should expect a challege from the Williams sisters.

I’m not really into the DSRL. I tried picking it up last season but the league was weak with most of the best players living in third world countries. And besides, I know the Oreo people aren’t concerned with who wins the Double Stuffed race. They just wanted to pass a subliminal double stuffed oreo image on to consumers.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will miss four to six weeks of action following a procedure to remove an infected bursa sac from his left knee. Colts president Bill Polian called Manning’s trip to the hospital routine, and said the Indianapolis training staff expects Peyton to make “a full and complete return to action”.

If everything goes according to plan Peyton Manning won’t miss any playing time which leaves hope for him breaking Brett Favre’s 253 consecutive games started record. That’s if Brett ever retires.

“I’d like to gain some ground on Favre if I could, but it looks like that might not happen. I can’t gain on him if he never stops playing,”

Peyton wants the record because he thinks it’s the biggest in sports. And he’s greedy.

Manning went on to call Favre’s record “the most impressive” in all sporting categories, even more so than Cal Ripken’s streak of 2,632 games in baseball.

“What Favre has done, the way that he’s played, to answer the bell every Sunday for his teammates is something that’s impressive,” Manning said. “It would be a nice thing to shoot for because it would mean I’m still playing and hopefully playing at a high level.”

If only Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy felt the same way about Favre.

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As an NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is expected to be a leader of men. He sets the tone for the team with his play and work ethic. When Peyton Manning’s not trying to guide his team to victory he’s hanging out in the dorms at UT, talking to distraught gymnast on the phone.

Last year Oregon State gymnast Jami Lanz had what she considers the worst meet of her OSU career. After the disaster, Jami was on the phone with one of her friends that attends the University of Tennessee. A man came on the phone claiming to be Peyton Manning and offered her some words of encouragement.

Lanz didn’t believe what she was hearing, and quizzed him until she was convinced. She then held the phone up to her teammates, who confirmed it sounded like the quarterback.

“He told me that every athlete goes through what I went through. He said, ‘You know, people always used to say that I was overrated, that I could never get it done against Florida, but it just motivated me to work that much harder.’”

It’s cool that Peyton could cheer the young lady up after a bad day, but did he mention to her that he was 0-3 against Florida? Or that Tee Martin led the team to a national championship as soon as Peyton left? Probably not.. The question I really want answered is what was Peyton Manning doing hanging out with UT co-eds? He must have forgotten that he’s Peyton Manning not Matt Leinart.

Gymnast does ‘quick flips,’ mentally. Courtesy of The Oregonian

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You can barely get through a commercial break without seeing Peyton Manning. He’s hawking anything moving. His endorsement deals have Manning signing off on cars, insurance, gatorade, cellphones, and hospitals. Peyton’s motto seems to be “You make it, I’ll promote it…For money.” I can’t knock him because it’s paying off.

He earned $13 million in endorsements in 2007, a 13 percent jump from $11.5 million last year and a figure good enough to place Manning 9th among U.S. sports celebrities and first in the National Football League.

Peyton Manning seems like a swell guy, and I’m glad he’s gettin money, but why is he the most marketable guy in the NFL? You would think that Tom Brady and LaDainian Tomlinson would be more Madison Avenue friendly.. As a matter of fact, on the surface you’d think anybody short of Michael Vick would be better at slangin product than Peyton Manning. You’d be wrong. I’m no fan of his pre-snap histrionics, but #18 is money when he’s in front of the camera for cash.

Manning endorsements now top $13M. Courtesy of the Indy Star

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