Big John Studd. A basketball star in his youth, Big John Studd entered professional wrestling under the tutelage of fellow giant Killer Kowalski in the mid-70s. A legitimate 7-foot-1, Studd had the mass of an NFL linebacker with hands like baked hams.
Peyton Manning to retire a champion. Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos addresses the media during Super Bowl XLVIII media availability on January 30, 2014, in Jersey City, New Jersey. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Peyton Manning surveyed the landscape of his brilliant career and called one last audible. He's retiring a champion.
And Manning still has two years and $38 million left on the five-year, $96 million deal he signed with the Broncos before the 2012 season, brining his projected earnings through the end of his deal to $267.7 million â by far the most in history, and substantially more than the $178.8 million projected earnings for Tom Brady, who Manning squares off against Sunday in Foxborough.