NOTES
INTRODUCTION: FAMILY MATTERS
1. Mike Klis, “Peyton Manning Has No Regrets About Retirement, Reveals His New Fall Schedule,” KUSA-TV website, June 7, 2016, http://www.9news.com/sports/nfl/denver-broncos/peyton-manning-has-no-regrets-about-retirement-reveals-his-new-fall-schedule/234589181.
2. Ryan Van Bibber, “NFL Debrief: Peyton Manning, Tony Romo & a Trip through the Record Book” SB Nation, October 7, 2013, http://www.sbnation.com/2013/10/7/4809926/nfl-week-5-2013-scores-results-peyton-manning-tony-romo-records.
3. Ben Doody, “Peyton Manning Contract & Salary: No. 1 in Career Earnings,” Heavy, November 2, 2014, http://heavy.com/sports/2014/11/how-much-money-does-peyton-manning-make-salary/.
4. Ivan Maisel, “Archie Manning Faces Family History,” ESPN website, September 24, 2013, http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/70758/archie-manning-faces-family-history.
5. Michael Silver, “Thoroughbred,” Sports Illustrated, November 22, 1999.
6. S. L. Price, “The Big Easy,” Sports Illustrated, December 17, 2012.
7. Nate Scott, “Eli Manning Looked Miserable When His Brother Locked Up Second Super Bowl,” USA Today, February 7, 2016.
PROLOGUE: MANNING INC.
1. Mark Ribowsky, “No. 1 with a Bullet,” Sport, May 1999.
2. Lee Jenkins, “Peyton Manning: 2013 Sportsman of the Year,” Sports Illustrated, December 23, 2013.
3. Marc Malkin, “Is Ann Coulter the Most Hated Woman in the World? She Was at Last Night’s Rob Lowe Roast,” E! News, August 28, 2016, http://www.eonline.com/news/790558/is-ann-coulter-the-most-hated-woman-in-the-world-she-was-at-last-night-s-rob-lowe-roast.
4. Paul Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good for This Place,” Sports Illustrated, June 8, 1981.
5. Archie and Peyton Manning with John Underwood, Manning (New York: HarperCollins, 2000), 356.
6. Dan Ozzi, “Don’t Let the Manning Brothers Trick You Into Liking Their Rap Video,” Noisey, https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/rj7a76/dont-let-the-manning-brothers-trick-you-into-liking-their-rap-video-57a20690078424 ded0752463.
7. Mike Wise, “Peyton Manning vs. Eli Manning, and the Best Brothers in Sports History,” Washington Post, September 14, 2013.
8. Jaime Uribarri, “Peyton Manning Credits Legal Colorado Pot with Booming Papa John’s Pizza Business,” New York Daily News, September 19, 2014.
9. Jeb 2016 Inc., Federal Election Commission Form 3P: Report of Receipts and Disbursements, July 15, 2015, http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?201507159000160826.
10. Robert O’Connell, “The Inevitable Decline of Peyton Manning,” Atlantic, October 22, 2014.
11. Damon Hack, “Eli as in Elite,” Sports Illustrated, January 23, 2012.
12. Tim Rohan, “Eli Manning Is Tougher than You,” Sports Illustrated, January 4, 2017, http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2017/01/03/eli-manning-giants-playoffs-nfl-ironman-streak.
13. “Growing Up a Manning,” Athlon Sports & Life, April 5, 2011, http://athlonsports.com/monthly/growing-manning.
CHAPTER 1: “THEY AIN’T STOPPIN’ IN DREW”
1. Dora Mekouar, “These Are America’s Richest & Poorest States,” Voice of America website, September 21, 2015, https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states/, and Sam Dillon, “Study Compares States’ Math and Science Scores with Other Countries,” New York Times, November 14, 2007.
2. “The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, History and Culture of the Mississippi Delta,” workshop given by the National Endowment for the Humanities, http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/other-opportunities/2015/the-most-southern-place-earth-music-history-and-culture.
3. Billy Turner, “The Hometown Archie Once Knew Is No More,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, January 26, 2008.
4. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
5. Mississippi Legislature, Regular Session 2009, House Bill 1480 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 593.
6. J. Todd Moye, Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945–1986 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004), 28 and 128.
7. US Census (1940), retrieved at https://1940census.archives.gov/search/?search.state=MS&search.enumeration_district=67-52#filename=m-t0627-02067-00842.tif&name=67-52&type=image&state=MS&index=12&pages=3 8&bm_all_text=Bookmark.
8. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 18.
9. Ken Murray, “Genetics, Athletics Mesh for Mannings,” Baltimore Sun, December 12, 2004.
10. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 16.
11. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
12. Author interview with Frank Crosthwait.
13. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 17.
14. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
15. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 18.
16. Ibid., 25.
17. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
18. Author interview with Paul Pounds.
CHAPTER 2: MR. DREW
1. “The Forgotten,” Southern Poverty Law Center, https://www.splcenter.org/news/2015/07/27/forgotten.
2. “Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple in Mississippi,” CNN, July 30, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/us/mississippi-black-couple-wedding/.
3. “Two Brandon, Mississippi Men Plead Guilty to Committing Hate Crimes Against African-Americans in Jackson, Mississippi,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, January 7, 2015, https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/jackson/news/press-releases/two-brandon-mississippi-men-plead-guilty-to-committing-hate-crimes-against-african-americans-in-jackson-mississippi.
4. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, p. 177.
5. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 34.
9. Ibid., 37.
10. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
CHAPTER 3: “AIN’T YIELDING TO NOBODY”
1. “Ole Miss Takes Its Name from Darky Dialect, Not Abbreviation of State,” Mississippian, May 13, 1939.
2. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
3. Stuart Stevens, The Last Season: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime of College Football (New York: Knopf, 2015; repr., New York: Vintage, 2016), 8.
4. United Press International, “Vaught Tells of Being Rebel,” Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, September 1, 1971.
5. Nick Valencia and Marlena Baldacci, “Ole Miss Racial Incidents Have Many Feeling Uneasy,” CNN website, February 22, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/21/us/mississippi-meredith-statue/.
6. C. J. Schexnayder, “The Integration of Football in the Southeastern Conference,” SB Nation, May 9, 2012, http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2012/5/9/3008248/the-integration-of-football-in-the-southeastern-conference.
7. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 48.
8. Becky Gillette, “Williams Brothers General Store Is Something to Count On,” Mississippi Business Journal, August 19, 2012, http://msbusiness.com/2012/08/williams-brothers-general-store-is-something-to-count-on/.
9. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 51.
10. Ibid., 56.
11. Ibid., 66.
CHAPTER 4: “I THINK BUDDY’S DEAD”
1. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 58.
2. Author interview with Frank Croshtwait.
3. William F. Reed, “Red-Letter Year for Quarterbacks,” Sports Illustrated, September 14, 1970.
4. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
5. “Ole Miss Launches ‘Project ’69,’” Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, August 24, 1969.
6. Lars Anderson, “Alabama vs. Ole Miss, 1969: The Night College Football Went Prime Time,” AL.com, October 3, 2014, http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/10/alabama_vs_ole_miss_1969_the_n.html.
7. David Moffit, “Archie Sets Three SEC Records,” United Press International wire story, October 6, 1969.
8. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
9. Pat Putnam, “Answer to a Foolish Question,” Sports Illustrated, November 24, 1969.
10. “Hustling the Heisman Hopefuls,” Time, November 16, 1970.
CHAPTER 5: “HE HAS MADE PEOPLE FORGET JAMES MEREDITH”
1. Reed, “Red-Letter Year.”
2. Ibid.
3. MediSav drugstore ad, Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, January 30, 1970.
4. Reed, “Red-Letter Year.”
5. Ibid.
6. Rick Du Brow, “Archie Who? Not Manning for Sure,” United Press International wire story, January 11, 1970.
7. “Driftwood,” Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, November 15, 1970.
8. William F. Reed, “Archie and the War Between the States,” Sports Illustrated, October 12, 1970.
9. Ibid.
10. The Ole Miss (University of Mississippi yearbook), 1970.
11. Lew Powell, “Newmoney Finds Raise Enriching,” Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, March 26, 1971.
12. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 85.
13. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
14. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 81.
15. “Archie in Canada?” Greenville (MS) Delta Democrat Times, April 19, 1971.
16. Susan Klopfer, comment on Benjamin T. Greenberg, “Why Doesn’t Mississippi D.A. Mark Duncan Want Assistance from the DOJ?” Hungry Blues: Ben Greenberg’s Blog, June 5, 2005, http://hungryblues.net/2005/06/15/why-doesnt-mississippi-da-mark-duncan-want-assistance-from-the-doj/.
17. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, p. 86.
18. “NFL Salary Survey Shows Colts’ Pay Highest,” United Press International wire story, July 25, 1971.
19. Don Banks, “Oral History of the 1971 NFL Draft: The Original Year of the Quarterback,” Sports Illustrated, April 21, 2016.
CHAPTER 6: MUDBUGGERS
1. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 95.
2. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
3. Ross Newhan, “Rams’ Front Four Is the Best—Manning,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1974.
4. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
5. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 119.
6. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
7. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 118–19.
8. Jeff Duncan, “Arrival of Saints Heralded ‘Sea Change’ for City of New Orleans in 1960s,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 1, 2016, http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2016/06/arrival_of_saints_heralded_sea.html.
9. George Becnel, When the Saints Came Marching In: What the New Orleans NFL Franchise Did Wrong (and Sometimes Right) in Its Expansion Years (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), 131.
10. Duncan, “Arrival of Saints.”
11. Peter Finney, “Archie Will Revolutionize Pro Football,” New Orleans States-Item, May 7, 1971.
12. “Archie Manning, Drew Mississippi and ‘The Ballad of Archie Who,’” The Whited Sepulchre, August 4, 2010, http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2010/08/archie-manning-drew-mississippi-and.html.
13. Mike Scott, “New Orleans, We Have a Problem: Remembering the Saints’ Astronaut Executive,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 11, 2016.
14. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
CHAPTER 7: “STRANGLED BY THE TRAUMA”
1. “Archie Is Happy, WFL Interests Him,” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, May 24, 1974.
2. New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 23, 1974.
3. “WFL Teams Seek Archie Manning,” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, June 27, 1974.
4. “Mecom Scores Manning for Leading Picket Line,” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, July 16, 1974.
5. “Manning Decision Due Soon,” Associated Press wire story, July 23, 1974.
6. “Manning Gets Rich Contract,” Associated Press wire story, July 10, 1975.
7. Sam Borden, “A Saint in His City: Archie Manning in New Orleans,” New York Times, January 26, 2013.
8. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
9. Lee Jenkins, “Peyton Manning: 2013 Sportsman of the Year,” Sports Illustrated, December 23, 2013.
10. New Orleans Times-Picayune, October 15, 1971.
11. New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 21, 1971.
12. Rick Rosen, “Olivia Manning, Peyton’s Mom: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know,” Heavy, February 7, 2016, http://heavy.com/sports/2016/02/peyton-eli-archie-manning-mom-wife-family-age-new-orleans-ole-miss/.
13. “Archie Inks 5-Year Pact,” Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, July 9, 1975.
14. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
15. Author interview with Derland Moore.
16. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
17. Bob Roesler, “Mecom-Stram Honeymoon Over,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 12, 1977.
18. Gil LeBreton and Marty Mule, “It’s Over—Saints Express Shock and Surprise,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, January 29, 1978.
19. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
CHAPTER 8: GOOD LORD, I FEEL LIKE I’M DYING
1. Peter Finney, “Mike Ornstein Case Shows How History Can Be Repeated,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, October 11, 2010.
2. William Nack, “Football’s Little Bighorn?” Sports Illustrated, January 26, 1981.
3. “Chuck Muncie,” Cal Alumni, http://www.berkeley.edu/news/magazine/summer_99/feature_alumni_muncie.html.
4. Jeff Duncan, “Remembering Chuck Muncie’s Star-Crossed Career with the New Orleans Saints,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 14, 2013.
5. “Muncie Not a Saint Anymore after Being Sent to Chargers,” New York Times, September 30, 1980.
6. Greg Bishop, “Beneath Brown Bags, Saints Had Loyal Fans,” New York Times, February 4, 2010.
7. “Humor Soon Turned to Ratings Worries,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, November 25, 1980.
8. Author interview with Derland Moore.
9. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
10. Sam Borden, “A Saint in His City: Archie Manning in New Orleans,” New York Times, January 26, 2013.
11. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
12. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 125.
13. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
14. Ibid.
15. Borden, “A Saint in His City.”
16. Associated Press, “Cooper Manning Happy for Brothers’ Success,” February 1, 2008.
17. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 187.
18. Ibid., 135.
19. Ibid., 133.
20. Ibid., 139.
21. Peter Finney, “Requiem for Saints No. 8,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 18, 1982.
22. New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 26, 1982.
23. Dave Lagarde, “Olivia Manning: The Pressure’s Off,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, September 18, 182.
24. Finney, “Requiem for Saints No. 8.”
25. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 142.
26. Don Reese, “I’m Not Worth a Damn,” Sports Illustrated, June 14, 1982.
27. Ronald Sullivan, “Associates Can’t Believe Charges against Strachan,” New York Times, July 4, 1982.
28. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 129.
CHAPTER 9: “A DOGGONE GOOD TRIP”
1. Sam Blair, “Manning’s Optimism,” Dallas Morning News, December 13, 1982.
2. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 148.
3. Peter Finney, “Archie Readies for Last Season,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 26, 1985.
4. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 153.
5. Finney, “Archie Readies for Last Season.”
6. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 276.
7. Finney, “Archie Readies for Last Season.”
8. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 164.
9. William Raspberry, “Reagan’s Race Legacy,” Washington Post, June 14, 2004.
CHAPTER 10: “WE’RE NOT AVERAGE. WE’RE COOP AND PEYT.”
1. Zimmerman, “Archie Manning Is Too Good.”
2. Author interview with Tony Reginelli.
3. Author interview with Frank Gendusa.
4. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, p. 179.
5. John Ed Bradley, “The Other Brother: Like His Famous Father, Archie, and Younger Siblings, Peyton and Eli, Cooper Manning Had NFL-Caliber Talent. Then His Body Betrayed Him,” Sports Illustrated, November 10, 2003.
6. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 183.
7. Ibid., 186.
8. Ibid., 194.
9. Author interview with Tony Reginelli.
10. Author interview with Frank Gendusa.
11. Ian O’Connor, “Peyton Manning Shares Lasting Bond with High School Coach,” ESPN website, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14718714/peyton-manning-denver-broncos-shares-lasting-bond-high-school-coach-tony-reginelli-nfl.
12. John Ed Bradley, “The Other Brother.”
13. Gulfport Sun Herald, September 29, 1992.
14. “Manning Career Is Ended,” Mobile (AL) Register, September 29, 1992.
15. John Ed Bradley, “The Other Brother.”
16. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 197.
17. John Ed Bradley. “The Other Brother.”
18. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 194.
CHAPTER 11: EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ORANGE
1. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 198.
2. Author interview with Tony Reginelli.
3. Author interview with Frank Gendusa.
4. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 204.
5. Press release, Gatorade Circle of Champions, December 30, 1993.
6. “Archie’s Son Spurns Ole Miss for Tennessee,” Associated Press wire story, January 26, 1994.
7. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 226.
8. Ibid., 247.
9. Tom Sharp, “Manning Happy to Wait for His Turn as Vols’ QB,” Associated Press wire story, August 21, 1994.
10. Michael Silver, “Thoroughbred,” Sports Illustrated, November 22, 1999.
11. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 235–36.
12. Tim Layden, “Matinee Idol—Now Playing on Saturday Afternoons: Tennessee’s Peyton Manning, Who Is Reveling in His Birthright as the Nation’s Best Quarterback,” Sports Illustrated, April 26, 1996.
13. Associated Press, “Bernard King Says He Faced Racism,” ESPN website, November 5, 2013, http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9927621/bernard-king-says-faced-racism-tennessee-volunteers.
14. “University of Tennessee is a ‘Cesspool’ of Anti-Semitic and Racist Behavior, Anonymous Watchdog Group Claims” London Daily Mail, October 25, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3730310/University-Tennessee-cesspool-anti-Semitic-racist-behavior-anonymous-watchdog-group-alleges.html#ixzz4OD4DWZ8c.
15. Layden, “Matinee Idol.”
16. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 242.
17. Ron Bracken, “Brain Cramps,” State College (PA) Centre Daily Times, September 10, 1994.
18. Ed Price, “Vols Break In Freshmen Quarterbacks,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, September 29, 1994.
19. Mary Foster, “Stewart Has Had Stellar Career,” ESPN College Football, December 31, 1998, http://a.espncdn.com/ncf/s/1998/1231/25370.html.
20. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 252.
21. Layden, “Matinee Idol.”
22. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 254.
CHAPTER 12: JUST RIGHT
1. Author interview with Marcus Nash.
2. Layden, “Matinee Idol.”
3. Mike Berardino, “No Chip Off Old Block,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, September 9,1995.
4. Berry Tramel, “Trouble in Tennessee Volunteer Football Program Racked by Scandals,” Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), September 27, 1995.
5. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 257.
6. “Despite Manning’s Play, Fulmer Displeased with Team’s Performance,” Associated Press wire story, August 25, 1995.
7. Tim Layden, “Putting Peyton in His Place,” Sports Illustrated, September 22, 1997.
8. Berry Tramel, “Trouble in Tennessee.”
9. Associated Press wire story, September 15, 1995.
10. “Alabama Preparing for Test by Tennessee QB Peyton Manning,” Associated Press wire story, October 10, 1995.
11. Layden, “Putting Peyton in His Place.”
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. “On Any Given Sunday” (excerpt from University of Tennessee investigative report), Smoking Gun, January 17, 2000, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/any-given-sunday-0?page=0.
15. Employment Discrimination Complaint, Jamie Naughright Whited, Case number 3021596, August 27, 1996.
16. David Keim, “33 Claims Cited by UT Trainer,” Knoxville News-Sentinel, August 19, 1997.
17. “Manning Mooning Expensive,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, August 16, 1997.
18. David Keim, “It Wasn’t for the Money,” Knoxville News-Sentinel, August 24, 1997.
19. Chris Dufresne, “Gators Put Tennessee, Peyton in Their Place,” Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1996.
20. Layden, “Matinee Idol.”
21. “Manning Was Nearly a Rebel,” Associated Press wire story, October 3, 1996.
22. Layden, “Matinee Idol.”
23. Ibid.
24. Peter Finney, “No Joke: Cooper Manning Really Loves His Brothers,” New Orleans Clarion Herald, October 1, 2013.
25. Dave Scheiber, “The Other Brother,” Tampa Bay Times, November 7, 2004.
26. Frank Schwab, “Peyton Manning Recalls Every Detail of Play at Tennessee in 1996, and It Is Simply Amazing,” Yahoo! Sports, May 2, 2013, https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/peyton-manning-recalls-every-detail-play-tennessee-1996-140742956.html.
27. Layden, “Putting Peyton in His Place.”
28. Mike Dame, “UF’s Wuerffel Nixes Playboy Offer as Top Scholar-Athlete,” Orlando Sentinel, May 10, 1996.
CHAPTER 13: “I’LL WIN FOR YOU”
1. William F. Reed, “Currying No Favor: Bill Curry Hasn’t Had a Winner in Six Years at Kentucky, Where Patience Is Wearing Thin,” Sports Illustrated, October 7, 1996.
2. Dave Goldberg, “Why Take Jeff George? Because a Lot of Teams Need a QB,” Associated Press wire story, September 28, 1996.
3. Jim Sexton, “The Star Who Stayed in School,” Aberdeen (SD) Daily News, August 17, 1999.
4. Associated Press wire story, August 17, 1997.
5. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 260.
6. Ibid., 261.
7. Mike Lupica, “It’s Michael on 33d St.: Knicks–Bulls Is Great Theater, but Not Last Act,” New York Daily News, March 9, 1997.
8. “Peyton’s Place Is With the Vols,” Associated Press wire story, March 6, 1997.
9. Lee Jenkins, “Peyton Manning: 2013 Sportsman of the Year,” Sports Illustrated, December 23, 2013.
10. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 262.
11. Tony Fabrizio, “Losing May Let Falcons Draft Vols’ Manning.” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, July 15, 1997.
12. Layden, “Putting Peyton in His Place.”
13. Augusta (GA) Chronicle, September 19, 1997.
14. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 270.
15. Newsday (Long Island, NY), September 21, 1997.
16. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 270.
17. Will Shelton, “Peyton Manning’s 10 Best Passing Performances at Tennessee,” SB Nation Rocky Top Talk, October 20, 2014, http://www.rockytoptalk.com/2014/10/20/7023395/peyton-mannings-10-best-passing-performances-at-tennessee.
18. Ibid.
19. Mike Berardino, “Manning Finally Gets Snapshot for His Memory,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, December 7, 1997.
20. Ibid.
21. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 267.
22. Ibid., 265–67.
23. John Adams, “Nebraska Had More Credentials to Finish No. 1,” Scripps Howard News Service, January 5, 1998.
24. “Colts Lure Mora Back to the NFL,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, January 13, 1998.
25. Associated Press, “Hopefuls Flock to Combine,” February 6, 1998.
26. Mel Kiper, “Ryan Leaf, QB,” ESPN Sports Zone, https://web.archive.org/web/19981207060713/http://nfldraft98-espn.sportszone.com/html/player/player17.html.
27. Matt Rudnitsky, “An Agent Claims the Colts Wanted Ryan Leaf over Peyton Manning, but Ryan Leaf Told Them to F*** Off,” SportsGrid.com, January 21, 2014, http://www.sportsgrid.com/real-sports/nfl/an-agent-claims-the-colts-wanted-ryan-leaf-over-peyton-manning-but-ryan-leaf-told-them-to-f-off/.
28. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
29. Peter King, “The Toughest Job in Sports: As Rookies Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf Are About to Find Out, an NFL Quarterback Must Withstand Unparalleled Pressure—a Fact Most of Their Young Predecessors in the 1990s Learned the Hard Way,” Sports Illustrated, August 17, 1998.
30. Leonard Shapiro, “Peyton’s Place Is Indianapolis,” Washington Post, April 19, 1998.
31. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 284.
32. Ralph Vacchiano, “In Rare Interview, Tom Condon, Super Agent for Peyton and Eli Manning, Gives Exclusive Look into His World,” New York Daily News, June 27, 2015.
33. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 85 and 267.
34. Mike Freeman, “NFL Draft Day ’98: Colts Agonize to the End, Then Pick Manning,” New York Times, April 19, 1998.
35. Associated Press, “Colts Make Indy Peyton’s Place,” April 19, 1998.
36. Freeman, “NFL Draft Day ’98.”
37. Shapiro, “Peyton’s Place Is Indianapolis.”
38. Freeman, “NFL Draft Day ’98.”
CHAPTER 14: “A GOLDEN STAIRCASE FROM HEAVEN”
1. Todd Graff, “Replacing Peyton Fit for a Tee,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, July 31, 1998.
2. Ben Cornfield, “Peyton Manning Never Beat Florida,” Gator Country, September 11, 2012, https://www.gatorcountry.com/florida-gators-football/peyton_manning_never_beat_florida/.
3. “American College Football Is Rich with Black History,” African American Registry, http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/american-college-football-rich-black-history.
4. Author interview with Frank Gendusa.
5. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 301.
6. Ibid., 303.
7. Ohm Youngmisuk, “Eli Manning Had Super Sense of Future While Still in High School,” New York Daily News, January 28, 2008.
8. Associated Press, “Manning Watches His Brother Play,” October 26, 1997.
9. S. L. Price, “The Big Easy,” Sports Illustrated, December 17, 2012.
10. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
11. Ibid.
12. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 295.
13. Mike Chappell, “A Weighty Matter for Colts’ Glenn,” Indianapolis Star, June 12, 1998.
14. Ribowsky, “No. 1 with a Bullet.”
15. “Faulk Excited about Colts’ Changes,” Associated Press wire story, April 26, 1998.
16. “Colts Rookies Trying to Adjust,” Associated Press wire story, April 27, 1998.
17. Author interview with Frank Crosthwait.
18. Robin Miller, “Manning’s Absence Becoming Alarming,” Indianapolis Star, July 24, 1998.
19. “Colts Need Manning in Camp, Former 49ers QB Says,” Indianapolis Star, July 27, 1998.
20. “Indianapolis, Manning Finally Agree to Rookie-Record, Six-Year, $48 Million Contract,” Associated Press wire story, July 29, 1998.
21. Vacchiano, “In Rare Interview.”
22. Bill Benner, “Fans Flock for Brush with $48 Million Man,” Indianapolis Star, July 30, 1998.
22. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
23. King, “Toughest Job in Sports.”
24. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
25. Jim Cour, “Rookie Shows in No. 1 Pick,” Associated Press wire story, August 10, 1998.
26. Bernie Wilson, “Early QB Edge to Leaf,” Associated Press wire story, August 11, 1998.
27. T. J. Simers, “Ryan ‘I’ve Got Personality’ Leaf No Prince Charming,” Los Angeles Times, August 16, 1998.
28. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
29. Associated Press, August 14, 1998.
30. Simers, “No Prince Charming.”
31. Associated Press wire story, July 31, 1998.
32. Conrad Brunner, “Manning Impresses in NFL Debut,” Indianapolis Star, September 7, 1998.
33. Marty Burns, “Growing Pains: Colts quarterback Peyton Manning Showed Flashes of Brilliance in His NFL Debut, but His Inexperience Led to a Dolphins Victory,” Sports Illustrated, September 14, 1998.
34. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 309.
35. Howard Ulman, “Pats Dominate Colts,” Associated Press wire story, September 14, 1998.
36. Dave Goldberg, “Quarterbacks Falling Like Flies,” Indianapolis Star, September 15, 1998.
37. Conrad Brunner, “Polian Furious after Defense Hits Bottom in Shellacking at Hands of AFC East Rival Jets,” Indianapolis Star, September 21, 1998.
38. Robin Miller, “Manning Growing, But, Oh, the Pain of Learning on Job,” Indianapolis Star, September 14, 1998.
CHAPTER 15: “AN AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS IMAGE”
1. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 301.
2. Damon Hack, “Eli as in Elite,” Sports Illustrated, January 23, 2012.
3. Dwight Foxx, “Sons of NFL Stars among Nation’s Top Quarterbacks,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, September 4, 1998.
4. Author interview of Frank Gendusa.
5. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 332.
6. Joe Drape, “Eli Manning Inherits the Reins at Ole Miss,” New York Times, October 19, 2001.
7. “Eli Manning Has a Name to Carry On,” Associated Press wire story, September 7, 1999.
8. Youngmisuk, “Eli Manning Had Super Sense of Future.”
9. Ribowsky, “No. 1 with a Bullet.”
10. David Newton, Columbia (SC) State, August 29, 1999.
11. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
12. Ibid.
13. “Heckler Gets to Leaf,” Associated Press wire story, August 20, 1999.
14. Betsy Blaney, “Ex-NFL QB Leaf Gets Probation in Texas Drug Case,” Seattle Times, April 14, 2010.
15. Michael Ventre, “In NFL Draft, Watch Out for Next Leaf,” NBC Sports website, March 25, 2000.
16. Ribowsky, “No. 1 with a Bullet.”
17. Silver, “Thoroughbred.”
18. Robert O’Connell, “The Inevitable Decline of Peyton Manning,” Atlantic, October 22, 2014.
19. John O’Neill, “ABC’s Esiason Likes the Chances for Colts to Reach Super Bowl,” Indianapolis Star, January 15, 2000.
20. Phil Richards, “NFL, Colts Try to Address Off-Field Abuse,” Indianapolis Star, January 9, 2000.
CHAPTER 16: ELI’S COMING
1. Joe Drape, “Eli Manning Inherits the Reins at Ole Miss,” New York Times, October 19, 2001.
2. Ibid.
3. Drunk Athletes, Twitter post, February 20, 2015, 9:06 p.m., https://twitter.com/athletesdrunk/status/568954807660228608.
4. Drape, “Eli Manning Inherits the Reins.”
5. Michael Silver, “Making Waves: AWOL from Colts Workouts, Edgerrin James is Cruising through the Off-Season at a Pace Worthy of the NFL’s Two-Time Rushing Champion,” Sports Illustrated, June 11, 2001.
6. Turner, “The Hometown Archie Once Knew.”
7. “Another Manning Era Begins at Ole Miss,” Associated Press wire story, August 16, 2001.
8. Drape, “Eli Manning Inherits the Reins.”
9. Ibid.
10. Youngmisuk, “Eli Manning Had Super Sense of Future.”
11. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 342.
12. Christopher L. Gasper, “17th Time Won’t Be Two Too Much,” Denver Post, January 24, 2016.
13. S. L. Price, “About Time,” Sports Illustrated, June 10, 1996.
14. John Ed Bradley, “Cooper on Eli: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby Brother, and Can Go a Lot Further,” Sports Illustrated, November 10, 2003.
CHAPTER 17: MR. INHUMAN
1. Price, “About Time.”
2. Archie and Peyton Manning, Manning, 272.
3. Matt Dolloff, “Malcolm Saxon’s Letter to Peyton Manning Speaks Louder than Any Other Evidence,” CBS Boston.com, February 18, 2016, http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/02/18/malcolm-saxon-letter-to-peyton-manning/.
4. Will Hobson, “The Mysterious 1994 Incident between Peyton Manning and a Tennessee Trainer,” Washington Post, February 19, 2014.
5. Will Brinson, “Peyton Manning Grilled over Article, Colts Kicker in 2003 Deposition,” CBS Sports website, http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/peyton-manning-grilled-over-article-colts-kicker-in-2003-deposition/.
6. Ollie Gillman, “Peyton Manning and a Dark History His Football Dynasty Family Have Tried to Bury,” DailyMail.com, February 13, 2016, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3445659/Peyton-Manning-dark-history-football-dynasty-family-tried-bury-Super-Bowl-legend-sexually-abused-college-team-s-trainer-stood-father-smeared-good-name.html, and Shaun King, “Peyton Manning’s Squeaky-Clean Image Was Built on Lies, as Detailed in Explosive Court Documents Showing Ugly Smear Campaign Against His Alleged Sex Assault Victim,” New York Daily News, February 13, 2016, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-peyton-manning-squeaky-clean-image-built-lies-article-1.2530395.
7. Mel Antonen, “Trainer Has Backers in Suit against Mannings,” USA Today, November 4, 2003.
8. “Employee of the Month: Lisa Perry,” Playboy, December 2005.
9. Leitch, “Peyton Manning Going All Brokeback Mountain on Us?” Deadspin, September 29, 2005, http://deadspin.com/128185/peyton-manning-going-all-brokeback-mountain-on-us.
10. Shaun King, “Peyton Manning’s Squeaky-Clean Image Was Built on Lies,” New York Daily News, February 13, 2016.
11. Don Pierson, “Pats Lay Down the Law on Peyton, Colts,” Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2004.
12. Ibid.
13. Michael Silver, “Cold Blooded,” Sports Illustrated, January 26, 2004.
14. Richard Rosenblatt, “This Manning Going to Houston,” Associated Press wire story, January 19, 2004.
15. Josh Kendall, “Manning Has Last Chance,” Augusta (GA) Chronicle, August 18, 2003.
16. “Ernie Accorsi’s Scouting Report: Eli Manning,” New York Giants website, June 18, 2003, http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Read-Ernie-Accorsis-Scouting-Report-Eli-Manning/02b2f782-cb8c-4eda-a1c9-531482da5a37.
17. Michael Marot, “Mannings Enjoy Nearly-Perfect Season,” Associated Press wire story, January 10, 2004.
18. Conor Orr, “Eli Manning Still Won’t Admit Why He Didn’t Want to Play for Chargers,” NJ.com, December 4, 2013, http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2013/12/eli_manning_still_wont_admit_why_he_didnt_want_to_play_for_chargers.html.
19. Adrian Wojnarowski, “Collins, with Departure Likely, Takes High Road,” Bergen Record, April 16, 2004.
20. Bill Wolverton, “Tillman Worthy of Hero Label,” Rockford (IL) Register Star, April 24, 2004.
21. John Breech, “Archie Manning Gives Details on Why Eli Refused to Play for the Chargers,” CBS Sports website, http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/archie-manning-gives-details-on-why-eli-refused-to-play-for-the-chargers/.
22. Jeffri Chadiha, “What a Manning Wants,” Sports Illustrated, May 3, 2004.
23. Bob Glauber, “Giants’ Trade a Win-Win,” Newsday (Long Island, NY), April 25, 2004.
24. Chadiha, “What a Manning Wants.”
25. Newsday, April 30, 2004.
26. “All Eyes on Eli in a Dud of a Debut,” Newsday, May 8, 2004.
27. Steve Serby, “Heir to the Throwin’,” New York Post, November 21, 2004.
28. Tom Canavan, “Eli Era Begins in New York,” Associated Press wire story, November 21, 2004.
29. Peter King, “A Rookie Mistake,” Sports Illustrated, November 29, 2004.
30. Paul Zimmerman, “Dr. Z’s NFL Forecast,” Sports Illustrated, November 29, 2004.
31. Lisa Altobelli, “Eli Manning,” Sports Illustrated, October 11, 2004.
32. Peter King, “Rating the Young QBs,” Sports Illustrated, October 10, 2005.
CHAPTER 18: PEYTON, FINALLY
1. “Peyton Manning,” Spotrac, http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/denver-broncos/peyton-manning-5028/cash-earnings/.
2. Bob Wolfley, “Jeff Saturday Explains Peyton Manning’s Pre-Snap Language and Histrionics,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 18, 2014.
3. Peter King, “Perfect Timing,” Sports Illustrated, September 27, 2004.
4. Paul Zimmerman, “Dr. Z’s Forecast,” Sports Illustrated, December 20, 2004.
5. Dave Goldberg, “Colts, Pats Have All the Drama This Week,” Associated Press wire story, January 11, 2005.
6. Peter King, “Harrison’s Deal: What It Means,” Sports Illustrated, December 20, 2004.
7. Howard Ulman, “Patriot Blasts ‘Vanderjerk,’” Associated Press wire story, January 12, 2005.
8. Mike Freeman, “Manning Still Battling College Foe,” Florida Times-Union, January 16, 2005, http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/011605/spf_17700659.shtml#.WigqmHNOkwi.
9. Howard Ulman, “Pats ‘D’ Stops Vaunted Offense of Manning, Colts,” Associated Press wire story, January 27, 2005.
10. Amy Goodman, “Left to Die in a New Orleans Prison,” Alternet, September 27, 2005, http://www.alternet.org/story/26073/left_to_die_in_a_new_orleans_prison.
11. Author interview with Tony Reginelli.
12. “Burress Has String of Debtor Lawsuits,” Associated Press wire story, February 9, 2009.
13. Peter King, “Peyton, Finally,” Sports Illustrated, November 7, 2005.
14. Darren Everson, “The Final Hours of James Dungy,” New York Daily News, January 1, 2006; “Dungy’s Son’s Death a Suicide: Medical Examiner”; CBC Sports website, February 17, 2006, http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/dungy-s-son-s-death-a-suicide-medical-examiner-1.616710.
15. Michael Marot, “Another Poor Playoff Performance Dooms Manning, Colts,” Associated Press wire story, January 16, 2006.
16. Ibid.
17. J. A. Adande, “Manning Loses Blame Game Too,” Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2006.
18. Michael Silver, “May the Best Manning Win,” Sports Illustrated, September 11, 2006.
19. Mike Arco, “’06 Fantasy Preview,” Rockford (IL) Register Star, September 3, 2006.
20. Silver, “May the Best Manning Win.”
21. Steve Serby, “It’s Eli-Mentary—Pressure’s on Little Brother, Not Big, to Finally Be Da-Man,” New York Post, September 6, 2006.
22. Nunyo Demasio, “The Marvelous and Mysterious Marvin Harrison,” Sports Illustrated, January 8, 2007.
23. Jarrett Bell, “Colts’ Jim Irsay: No Regrets Releasing Peyton Manning,” USA Today, October 15, 2013.
24. Gary Mihoces, “Ravens Target Addai,” USA Today, January 9, 2007.
25. Peter King, “Freaking ’Em Out,” Sports Illustrated, January 22, 2007.
26. “Colts Showed Class, Ravens Fans Didn’t,” Indianapolis Star, January 6, 2007.
27. King, “Freaking ’Em Out.”
28. Ibid.
29. Curt Calvin, “Patriots’ Cornerback Hobbs: ‘We Let Them Off the Hook,’” Indianapolis Star, January 22, 2007.
30. Bob Kravitz, “Manning, Colts Break Through with 2:17 of Magic,” Indianapolis Star, January 22, 2007.
31. Michael Silver, “Bringing It Home,” Sports Illustrated, February 12, 2007.
32. Ibid.
33. Michael Marot, “Manning’s Super Bowl Ring Comes with MVP Award,” Associated Press wire story, February 5, 2007.
34. “Peyton’s Payday,” Indianapolis Star, February 4, 2007.
35. Nicki Jhabvala, “Jay Glazer Explains His Infamous 2007 Feud with Peyton Manning,” Denver Post, November 20, 2014.
36. “Ryan Leaf Q&A,” Playboy, September 2013.
CHAPTER 19: ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
1. “Senator Wants NFL Spying Case Explained,” New York Times, February 1, 2008.
2. “Patriots Players Dismiss Shula’s Comments,” Providence Journal, January 9, 2008.
3. Jim Trotter, “Chargers,” Sports Illustrated, January 21, 2008.
4. Tom Canavan, “Giants’ D Comes Up Big,” Associated Press wire story, February 4, 2008.
5. Tim Layden, “They’re History,” Sports Illustrated, February 11, 2008.
6. Canavan, “Giants’ D Comes Up Big.”
7. Layden, “They’re History.”
8. “Fate Runs Out on Brady, Pats,” Associated Press wire story, February 4, 2008.
9. Jason Kessler, “Super Bowl Hero Warns of ‘Anarchy’ if NY Approves Gay Marriage,” CNN, June 17, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/16/new.york.gay.marriage.tyree/.
10. “Winning Now a Family Business for Mannings,” Associated Press wire story, February 3, 2008.
CHAPTER 20: “THE POWER OF PEYTON”
1. Adam Sternbergh, “Underdog,” New York, January 27, 2008.
2. Ed Beeson, “Burress Involved in Domestic Disputes,” Bergen Record, September 24, 2008.
3. “Guns Seized in Search of NFL Player’s Home,” CNN, December 24, 2008, http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/24/burress.home.search/index.html.
4. “Freeney Fined for Postgame Comments,” ESPN, January 10, 2009, http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3823511.
5. “Eli Manning Gets 6-Year, $97M Contract,” Associated Press wire story, August 5, 2009.
6. Shaun Assael, “Sources: Police, FBI Team Up in Probe,” ESPN, January 15, 2010, http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4826851.
7. Judy Battista, “Well-Rested Manning Leads Colts Past Ravens,” New York Times, January 16, 2010.
8. Lee Jenkins, “The Power of Peyton,” Sports Illustrated, February 1, 2010.
9. Gregg Doyel, “Brain Tumor Survivor Lives the Big Blue Dream,” Indianapolis Star, April 3, 2015.
10. Jenkins, “The Power of Peyton.”
11. Jim Trotter, “Secondary Matters,” Sports Illustrated, February 15, 2010, and Gary Myers, “After Disastrous Interception vs. New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning a Man of Few Words,” New York Daily News, February 8, 2010.
12. Curt Cavin, “Porter Hairdo a Work of Art,” Indianapolis Star, February 8, 2010.
13. Lee Jenkins, “For You, New Orleans,” Sports Illustrated, February 15, 2010.
14. Tim Layden, “Sportsman of the Year: Drew Brees,” Sports Illustrated, December 6, 2010.
15. “Caldwell: ‘You’re Hired to Win Super Bowls,’” Indianapolis Star, February 7, 2010.
16. Mike Freeman, “Greatest QB Ever? Manning’s Case Takes Hit,” CBS News, February 8, 2010, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/greatest-qb-ever-mannings-case-takes-hit/.
CHAPTER 21: ONE DOWN, ONE UP
1. Gregg Rosenthal, “New Deal for Peyton Coming Next Year?” NBC Sports, September 18, 2009, http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/18/new-deal-for-peyton-coming-next-year/.
2. Norman Chad, “‘Manning Is Picked . . . I Believe It Must Be an Optical Illusion,’” Indianapolis Star, February 9, 2010.
3. Mike Chappell, “Colts Stacked with Top Picks at RB,” Indianapolis Star, April 16, 2010.
4. Bob Kravitz, “A Day Later, Final Timeout Still Doesn’t Make Any Sense,” Indianapolis Star, February 10, 2011.
5. “Peyton Manning Had Neck Surgery,” ESPN, May 25, 2011, http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=6584790.
6. Lee Jenkins, “Peyton Manning: 2013 Sportsman of the Year,” Sports Illustrated, December 23, 2013.
7. Mike Chappell, “Manning Has 2nd Neck Surgery,” Indianapolis Star, May 25, 2011.
8. Mike Chappell, “Is It Too Early to Start Looking Down the Road?” Indianapolis Star, April 25, 2011.
9. Lee Jenkins, “2013 Sportsman.”
10. Sally Jenkins, “Peyton Manning on His Neck Surgeries Rehab—and How He Almost Didn’t Make It Back,” Washington Post, October 21, 2013.
11. Judy Battista, “Manning’s $90 Million Deal Gives the Colts Flexibility,” New York Times, July 30, 2011.
12. Brad Biggs, “Peyton Manning’s Signing Bonus $20 Million,” National Football Post, August 12, 2011, http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/peyton-mannings-signing-bonus-20-million/.
13. Sally Jenkins, “Neck Surgeries Rehab.”
14. Chris Mortensen, “Peyton Manning Being Re-Evaluated?” ESPN, September 5, 2011, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/6931858/peyton-manning-indianapolis-colts-neck-being-re-evaluated-doctors-sources-say.
15. Sally Jenkins, “Neck Surgeries Rehab.”
16. Lee Jenkins, “2013 Sportsman.”
17. Sally Jenkins, “Neck Surgeries Rehab.”
18. Lee Jenkins, “2013 Sportsman.”
19. Damon Hack, “Eli as in Elite,” Sports Illustrated, January 23, 2012.
CHAPTER 22: MIRACLE, REDUX
1. Hack, “Eli as in Elite.”
2. Peter King, “Déjà Vu All Over Again,” Sports Illustrated, January 30, 2012.
3. Ibid.
4. “Spoke Too Soon, Guys? Giants Website Claims They’ve Already Won Super Bowl as Fans Shell Out $16,000 for One Seat at the Big Game,” London Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096516/Super-Bowl-2012-New-York-Giants-website-claims-theyve-won-seats-sell-16k.html.
5. Victor Cruz, “Cruz Discusses Championship Hopes in Super Bowl Diary,” New York Post, February 3, 2012.
6. Hack, “Eli as in Elite.”
7. Bart Hubbuch, “Archie Proud Father of Eli,” New York Post, February 6, 2012.
8. Damon Hack, “One Giant Leap for Manningkind,” Sports Illustrated, February 13, 2012.
9. Mike Lupica, “Once Again, Eli Is Super,” New York Daily News, February 6, 2012.
10. S. L. Price, “The Big Easy,” Sports Illustrated, December 17, 2012.
CHAPTER 23: GOODBYE, HELLO
1. “Public Comments Irk Colts’ Jim Irsay,” ESPN, January 27, 2012, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7507255/indianapolis-colts-jim-irsay-upset-peyton-manning-went-public-comments.
2. Mike Chappell, “Irsay: Colts Want to Keep Manning—at Right Price,” Indianapolis Star, February 14, 2012.
3. Lee Jenkins, “2013 Sportsman,” Sports Illustrated, December 23, 2013.
4. Ibid.
5. Bob Kravitz, “No Easy Way for Irsay to Say Goodbye to Manning,” Indianapolis Star, February 2, 2012.
6. “Peyton Manning Farewell Press Conference,” American Rhetoric, March 7, 2012, http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/peytonmanningfarewell.htm.
7. Peter King, “Peyton Manning’s Long Game,” Sports Illustrated, April 2, 2012.
8. Mike Klis, “Broncos Ready to Add Veteran QB,” Denver Post, March 8, 2012.
9. Woody Paige, “Broncos Won’t Make Peyton’s Final List,” Denver Post, March 9, 2012.
10. “Peyton Watch: Look Out, Tebow,” Denver Post, March 10, 2012.
11. King, “Peyton Manning’s Long Game.”
12. Ibid.
13. Mike Klis, “Frank Tripucka Would Be Honored If Peyton Manning Wears Broncos’ No. 18,” Denver Post, March 14, 2012.
14. “Obama Says Broncos Would Be ‘Lucky’ to Have Manning,” CBS Denver, March 12, 2012.
15. Mark Kiszla, “Satisfying Me. B’s Request Sends Shivers to Fan,” Denver Post, March 11, 2012, and Mark Kiszla, “Elway’s Biggest Gamble,” Denver Post, March 13, 2012.
16. Nate Davis, “Broncos, Elway Introduce Manning after He Signs $96M Deal,” USA Today, March 20, 2012, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2012/03/report-peyton-manning-signs-five-year-96-million-contract-with-broncos/1#.Wjirt_krLIV.
17. Mike Klis, “High Hope Not Just Pie in the Sky,” Denver Post, March 25, 2012.
18. Peter King, “Stretching the Field,” Sports Illustrated, November 5, 2012.
19. Lee Jenkins, “2013 Sportsman.”
20. Ibid.
21. Woody Paige, “Peyton Not Passing Up Shot at Super Year,” Denver Post, August 26, 2012.
22. Jeffri Chadiha, “Demaryius Thomas Recalls Reboot,” ESPN, October 19, 2014, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/11667324/demaryius-thomas-recalls-catching-peyton-manning-first-broncos-td.
23. Mike Klis, “Manning’s Final Pass of Denver’s Season a ‘Bad Throw,’” Denver Post, January 13, 2013.
24. “Playoff Upset: Ravens Beat Manning and Broncos 38–35 in Double Overtime,” Associated Press wire story, January 13, 2013.
CHAPTER 24: “HE THROWS DUCKS”
1. Mike Klis, “Broncos, Peyton Manning Win Texas-Sized Shootout vs. Cowboys at Dallas,” Denver Post, October 6, 2013.
2. Jarrett Bell, “Colts’ Jim Irsay: No Regrets Releasing Peyton Manning,” USA Today, October 15, 2013.
3. “Peyton Manning, John Elway Dispute Wes Welker’s Suggestion that His Suspension Was a Shocker,” AP, September 3, 2014.
4. Bob Kravitz, “Peyton Manning’s Silence on Jim Irsay Says Enough,” Indianapolis Star, October 16, 2013.
5. Lindsay H. Jones, “Colts Spoil Peyton Manning’s Return to Indianapolis,” USA Today, October 21, 2013.
6. Mike Freeman, “Peyton Manning’s Record* Means Little If He Doesn’t Win Super Bowl,” Bleacher Report, December 22, 2013, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1898279-peyton-mannings-record-means-little-if-he-doesnt-win-super-bowl.
7. Kurt Badenhousen, “Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady: By the Numbers,” Forbes, January 14, 2014.
8. Andrew Lawrence, “Peyton Manning Has One More Ghost to K.O.,” Sports Illustrated, January 27, 2014.
9. Cindy Boren, “Richard Sherman On Peyton Manning’s ‘Ducks,’” Washington Post, January 30, 2014.
10. S. L. Price, “It’s Just the Start,” Sports Illustrated, February 10, 2014.
11. Mark Kiszla, “Super Apology May Not Need To Be Reissued by Peyton Manning,” Denver Post, January 28, 2016.
12. Chris Chase, “Richard Sherman Goes Off On Peyton Manning . . . In a Good Way,” USA Today, February 3, 2014.
13. Peter King, “Where to Begin?” Sports Illustrated, November 3, 2014, http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/03/nfl-week-9-peter-king-monday-morning-quarterback.
14. Greg Bishop, “Von Trapped,” Sports Illustrated, February 15, 2016.
15. Woody Paige, “Manning Will Trigger a Trip to AFC Title Game,” Denver Post, January 11, 2015.
16. Gregg Doyel, “Give Luck Time To Surpass Manning,” Indianapolis Star, January 11, 2015.
17. Stephen Holder, “Jim Irsay Looks Back on Peyton Manning, Ahead on Andrew Luck,” USA Today, January 6, 2015.
18. Mark Kiszla, “It’s All Over for the Legendary Manning,” Denver Post, January 12, 2015.
19. Patrick Saunders, “Luck Outplays Manning in Shocker,” Denver Post, January 12, 2015.
20. “Peyton Manning Noncommital for 2015 After Loss to Colts,” Denver Post, January 11, 2015.
21. Bishop, “Von Trapped.”
22. Jeff Legwold and Chris Mortensen, “Peyton Manning Taking a $4M Pay Cut,” ESPN, March 5, 2015, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/12422106/peyton-manning-denver-broncos-agree-4-million-pay-cut-2015.
23. Arnie Stapleton, “Peyton Manning: Tom Brady Apologized for Email Barb,” Associated Press wire story, August 12, 2015.
CHAPTER 25: “GONNA DRINK A WHOLE LOTTA BEER”
1. Eric Prisbell, “Tony Romo, Cowboys Pounce on Giants’ Blunder,” USA Today, September 14, 2015.
2. Steve Serby, “Imposter for a Day: Giants Hoping Never to See Absentminded Eli Again,” New York Post, September 15, 2015.
3. Howie Kussoy, “I Lost the Game for Us,” New York Post, November 16, 2015.
4. Ebenezer Samuel, “Giants Players Heard ‘Legitimate Threat’ Made toward Odell Beckham, No Homophobic Slurs,” New York Daily News, December 24, 2015.
5. Steve Serby, “Suspend It Like Beckham,” New York Post, December 22, 2015.
6. Ibid.
7. O’Connell, “The Inevitable Decline.”
8. Kevin Van Valkenburg, “The Audacity of Peyton Manning,” ESPN the Magazine, September 25, 2015.
9. Bishop, “Von Trapped.”
10. Drew Loftis, “Remember When Peyton Was the Man?” New York Post, November 17, 2015.
11. “The Dark Side: The Secret World of Sports Doping,” Al Jazeera America, December 27, 2015, http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/27/al-jazeera-investigates-secret-world-of-sports-doping.html.
12. “Documentary Links Peyton Manning, Other Pro Athletes to Use of PEDs,” ESPN, December 28, 2015, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14441114/documentary-links-peyton-manning-other-pro-athletes-use-peds.
13. Ibid.
14. “Transcript: Peyton Manning Interviews with ESPN’s Lisa Salters,” December 27, 2015, http://www.denverbroncos.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Transcript-Peyton-Manning-interviews-with-ESPNs-Lisa-Salters/f07ef954-bada-42fc-ab64-f9f38dc9fb49.
15. Paula Mooney, “Delta-2 Steroid: D2 Steroid Sold by ‘Thomas Mann’—‘The Dark Side’ Claims Dustin Keller Bought All D2 Stock Online,” Inquistr, December 27, 2015, http://www.inquisitr.com/2660292/delta-2-steroid-d2-steroid-sold-by-thomas-mann-the-dark-side-claims-dustin-keller-bought-all-d2-stock-online-video/.
16. Christian Red, “Sorry Charlie! Experts Say Delta 2 Is a Pretty Weak PED,” New York Daily News, January 7, 2016.
17. “Documentary Links Peyton Manning.”
18. “Transcript: Peyton Manning Interviews.”
19. Will Hobson and Justin Wm. Moyer, “Inside Peyton Manning’s Secret Investigation into Al Jazeera Documentary,” Washington Post, February 4, 2016.
20. “Documentary Links Peyton Manning.”
21. “Archie Manning Blasts HGH Report Involving Son Peyton,” ESPN, February 4, 2016, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14713984/archie-manning-defends-son-peyton-manning-regarding-al-jazeera-america-report.
22. Matthew Rewinski, “Peyton Manning PED Allegation Expose Tom Brady Haters,” Chowder and Champions, December 30, 2015, https://chowderandchampions.com/2015/12/30/peyton-manning-ped-allegation-expose-tom-brady-haters/.
23. “NFL Finds Peyton Manning Did Not Use HGH, PEDs,” Sports Illustrated, July 25, 2016, http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/07/25/peyton-manning-hgh-peds-nfl-investigation.
24. Bishop, “Von Trapped.”
25. Greg Bishop, “As Denver Turns,” Sports Illustrated, January 25, 2016.
26. Bishop, “Von Trapped.”
27. Jack Dickey, “Fossil Fueled,” Sports Illustrated, December 14, 2015.
28. Greg Bishop, “La-D-Friggin’-Da,” Sports Illustrated, February 1, 2016.
29. David Newton, “Mike Tolbert to Opponents: If You Don’t Like Panthers’ End-Zone Dances, ‘Stop Us,’” ESPN, January 27, 2016, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14661671/panthers-end-zone-dances-stop-us.
30. Troy E. Renck, “Peyton Manning Eager to Help Boost Broncos Offense,” Denver Post, January 28, 2016, http://www.denverpost.com/2016/01/28/peyton-manning-eager-to-help-boost-broncos-offense/.
31. Mark Kiszla, “Super Apology May Not Need to Be Reissued by Peyton Manning,” Denver Post, January 28, 2016.
32. Bishop, “Von Trapped.”
33. Ibid.
34. “Broncos Defeat Panthers, 24–10, as Von Miller and ‘D’ Help Peyton Manning in Super Bowl 50,” New York Daily News, February 8, 2016.
35. “Peyton Manning: Here He Is America . . . The Guy You Sided with Over Tom Brady,” Patskrieg.com: New England Patriots Fan Blog, January 17, 2014, https://patskrieg.com/2014/01/17/peyton-manning-here-he-is-america-the-guy-you-sided-with-over-tom-brady/.
36. Drew Magary, “Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Denver Broncos,” Deadspin, September 7, 2016, http://deadspin.com/why-your-team-sucks-2016-denver-broncos-1786098524.
37. “Women’s Group Calls for Sponsors to Drop Peyton Manning,” Denver Post, February 17, 2016.
38. “Vols to Protect Manning’s Name,” Denver Post, February 25, 2016.
39. Author interview with Tony Reginelli.
40. “Peyton Manning Retirement Speech: Full Text,” Denver Post.com, March 7, 2016, http://www.denverpost.com/2016/03/07/peyton-manning-retirement-speech-full-text/.
41. Kevin Van Valkenburg, “After the Perfect Ending, What’s Peyton Manning’s Next Rodeo?” ESPN, February 8, 2016, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14734266/after-perfect-ending-denver-broncos-peyton-manning-next-rodeo.
CHAPTER 26: LAST MANNING STANDING
1. “Giants Release Josh Brown after Domestic Violence Admission,” ESPN, October 25, 2016, http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17884851/kicker-josh-brown-released-new-york-giants-abuse-admission.
2. Dan Duggan, “Giants’ Eli Manning on Odell Beckham: ‘We’re on the Same Page,’” NJ.com, October 18, 2016, http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2016/10/giants_eli_manning_on_odell_beckham_were_on_the_sa.html.
3. Ryan Lazo, “Eli Back on Track with a Giant Effort,” New York Post, October 17, 2016.
4. Luis Tirado Jr., “New York Giants: Life after Eli Manning Is Coming,” Fansided, January 12, 2017, http://nflspinzone.com/2017/01/12/new-york-giants-eli-manning-life-after/.
5. Gary Myers, “Giants, Led by Odell Beckham and Party Boat, Waste Chance for Eli Manning to Win One More Super Bowl,” New York Daily News, January 9, 2017.
6. Stanton Peele, “The Psychology of Archie Manning and Sons,” Psychology Today, February 1, 2014, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/201402/the-psychology-archie-manning-and-sons.
7. Zach Braziller, “Ben McAdoo Throws “Sloppy” Eli Manning Right under the Bus,” New York Post, September 19, 2017.
8. Ryan Wilson, “Eli Manning on Embracing Coach’s Criticism: ‘Everybody Has Gotten Very Sensitive,’” CBS Sports, September 21, 2017, https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eli-manning-on-embracing-coachs-criticism-everybody-has-gotten-very-sensitive/.
9. Kyle Porter, “Peyton Manning Gets Mobbed for Autographs at Pebble Beach Pro-Am,” CBS Sports, February 10, 2013, https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/watch-peyton-manning-gets-mobbed-for-autographs-at-pebble-beach-pro-am/.