Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning says he's not sure he's deserving of the 2013 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honor but is glad to be in such elite company that includes the likes of former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt.

Peyton Manning is Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have six MVP awards between them in the regular season. They have three more in the Super Bowl.

DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning went virtually untouched by Kansas City's sack-happy defense Sunday night, throwing for 323 yards and a touchdown to lead the Denver Broncos to a 27-17 victory over the NFL's last undefeated team.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning is back on the practice field for the Denver Broncos as they prepare for an AFC West showdown against Kansas City.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning was a no-show to start practice Wednesday with the Denver Broncos.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Broncos say an MRI has determined that a hit Sunday caused no further damage to Peyton Manning's tender right ankle.

DENVER (AP) — Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning says he expects to have an MRI today on his right ankle, which was injured in a hit in the closing minutes of Denver's 28-20 win at San Diego yesterday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jack Del Rio is following in John Fox's footsteps in one very important way: he's handing the Denver Broncos' high-powered offense over to Peyton Manning and getting the heck out of the way.

In a few days, the Denver Broncos will play the Indianapolis Colts, as quarterback Peyton Manning returns for the first time to face the team that drafted him with the #1 overall pick in 1998 and the team with which he won a Super Bowl. This week the headlines have been more about a war of words off the field than they have been about the actual game itself Sunday night on national television. It