Peyton Manning May Be Done With Football
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January 31, 2012 by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. in
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It was first reported on ESPN radio by John Clayton on Sunday night. Then other sources started to pick up on the story that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning may be forced to retire. The fused vertebrae in his neck is healing, but there is still some lingering nerve issue down his arm that may be problematic.
Yahoo Sports is reporting that even though Manning started throwing a football again in December, that the velocity on his passes isn’t improving. Doctors familiar with the type of surgery that Manning underwent believe that he’s still a year away from determining if he can play again. Manning didn’t respond directly to Yahoo, but he remains determined that he’ll play again.
We’ll keep you updated as we hear more.
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Lester has had a consistent online sports presence for over 6 years now. He started writing about sports for fun on sportingnews.com, which led to him being the official Chicago Bears blogger for the Sporting News website, which led to his current gig as an Editor and Writer about the Chicago Bears and the NFL at windycitygridiron.com. More recently he started writing for wegotthiscovered.com, where he hits on the full spectrum of sports.
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