Peyton Manning tries to fill Brett Favre's shoes both on and off the field

Posted on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 11:09:48 AM EST in NFL
More on: Peyton Manning, old, rookies, NFL, Colts (all tags)

Unless you're talking about the new Madden cover, Brett Favre is long gone from the NFL...for now. Who knows what will come in the months leading up to the season's kickoff, but No. 4 has not walked through the Packers' locker room doors yet, meaning the league needs a new, loveable, ol' dog to talk about the good old days and how the youngsters make him feel like he's still just kicking up dirt on the playground. As of now it looks like 32-year-old Peyton Manning is that man.

The veteran QB says the rookies sometimes make him feel old.

"It's hard for me to realize why some of these guys are nervous. As one of them, I can't remember who it was, they were saying how they like watching me on ESPN Classic. I don't consider myself to be an ESPN Classic type but when I was a 22-year-old senior at Tennessee these guys were I guess 11 years old. But I do enjoy being around these young guys cause it still is very much a young man's game and it does kind of keep you feeling young," said Manning.

You know what else keeps you feeling young at heart? Creepy, licking contests with Eli.

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[WISHTV.com]: Veteran QB Manning says rookies can make him feel old

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Horses get turned into glue when they get old, horse riders go to the Olympics

Posted on Thu Feb 07, 2008 at 10:30:53 AM EST in Other Sports
More on: Olympics, equestrian, horse, Hiroshi Hoketsu, old (all tags)

We've always heard that life goes straight downhill at 30. By that point, your washed up, fragile, mentally lost, physically weak and your only options left in life are to join ESPN or learn the samba on Dancing With the Stars. Oh, wait; that only applies to NFL running backs. Turns out 30 years old might just be a jumping off point fro the rest us.

Equestrian rider Hiroshi Hoketsu last went to the Olympics when he 22 years old, finishing 40th in his specialty, the show jumping event. Well, Hoketsu is back in the saddle again a few Olympics later and he's ready to show the world that age is just a number. Oh, did we mention the last time he took to the worldwide stage was in 1964?

At 67, Hoketsu would beat the previous record age for a Japanese Olympian set by fellow equestrian Kikuko Inoue, who was 63 when she rode at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

"It is more than likely Mr Hoketsu will take part in Beijing," the Japan Equestrian Federation's Azusa Kitano told Reuters on Thursday.

"He will be in the team dressage. He hasn't been at an Olympics since 1964, which was 44 years ago, but he has continued riding all this time."

The oldest Olympian was Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn who won his sixth Olympic medal at the 1920 Antwerp Games at the age of 72 years and 280 days.

The youngest athlete to participate at the Olympics was Greek gymnast Dimitrios Loundras, who competed in the 1896 Athens Olympics. He was 10.

Wow, now that's impressive. The guy is going to be 67 and he's still riding horses! Who does he think he is? Superman? Okay, maybe that was a poor reference.

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[Reuters.com]: Age no barrier for sexagenarian horseman

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