Sources believe Peyton Manning likely to retire
Yahoo Sports writer Jason Cole reported yesterday that based on conversations with sources close to Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and doctors who specialize in his injury, that the future hall of famer is unlikely to play football again. The nerves in Manning’s arm aren’t healing progressively while his rehabilitation has plateaued. While the Colts quarterback has regained the ability to throw, his velocity is still far from what it used to be and the league doctors that Cole spoke with weren’t optimistic that it would ever return.“If you’re getting consistent improvement, then that’s OK…if you hit a plateau, that’s a problem.” One of the doctors told Cole. As Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay pointed out during his news conference last Monday, “There are no cases of going through [Manning’s injury].” One of the most durable quarterback’s in NFL history may have to retire prematurely due to one of the few injuries he sustained during his career.
Basketball team pays respects to Joe Paterno
Wisconsin’s men’s basketball team was in State College, Pennsylvania to take on Penn State Tuesday night and took time to pay respects to Joe Paterno. Just before their game against the Nittany Lions, the entire team went to the Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium and took photos in front of the ball coach’s monument. Badger Head Coach Bo Ryan and his players signed a Wisconsin hat and left it next to the many flowers and notes left by Penn State students. The hat read “To the greatest teacher of all time!” The photos were tweeted out to the public by Wisconsin media relations official, Patrick Herb yesterday.
Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open
Novak Djokovic won tennis’ first major of the season, beating Rafael Nadal in an epic five set match, that will more than likely go down as one of the best matches of all time. The two went back and forth in the longest Grand Slam finals match in history, lasting just south of six hours. In the end, the 24-year-old Djokovic claimed his fifth career major title, and his third straight major championship, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5. It was also the second year in a row Djokovic won the Australian Open. He will next attempt to hold all four major titles at once at the French Open in May, a tournament in which he has never advanced past the semifinals.
Aaron Rodgers criticizes Pro Bowl teammates
Aaron Rodgers was on the losing end of the Pro Bowl this past weekend, and was less than impressed with his teammates lack of effort. Rodgers said in an interview with ESPN Milwaukee “I was a little bit disappointed. I felt like some of the guys on the NFC side embarrassed themselves. I wanted to make [the fans] proud of their Pro Bowlers and I was just surprised that some of the guys either didn’t want to play or when they were in there didn’t put any effort into it.” Since making those comments, Rodgers has been the recipient of some media backlash, as the players chosen to the game don’t usually put forth much effort anyway. Rodgers should have just been like every other player, and enjoyed his FREE trip to Hawaii, and the fact that he had a 0% chance of getting hurt by an opposing player.
