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.
Manning leapfrogged that mark back in 2012, during his first season with the Broncos, leaving only Favre ahead of him. Touchdowns Nos. 507 and 508 for Manning came 5,887 days after his first career NFL TD pass, a six-yard strike to Marvin Harrison way back in Manning's NFL debut on Sept. 6, 1998.