Peyton Manning retired yesterday. He went out on top, winning Super Bowl 50, but he went out. He called it a career, something I never saw coming when I fell in love with him and his game 12 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was watching a random NFL game as a 10-year-old in January 2004. The Colts were playing the Patriots for the AFC title. It was snowing. “That’s...

Cam Newton will dance Sunday. He will do his Superman gesture. He will almost certainly score in Sunday’s Super Bowl 50. Newton, the quarterback of the Panthers, will be flashy. He’ll be entertaining. Peyton Manning won’t dance on Sunday, hopefully. He may not score. He definitely won’t be entertaining from a theatrical standpoint, but he’ll play Sunday. He may...

The 2013 NFL season ended Sunday night with a bang, but for Peyton Manning it seemed more like a whimper. It’s hard to say which part of Super Bowl Sunday...