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ABOUT LAST NIGHT

About Last Night: Manning's Rocky Mountain High

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In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday.

  • John Elway and the Denver Broncos officially introduced Peyton Manning in a press conference after signing the free agent to a deal that could be worth as much as $96 million over five years. "I'm happy to join the Mile High club under a legend like John Elway," said Manning, in a really unfortunate opening statement followed by an even more unfortunate joke: "Even if it does get a little hard to breathe!"
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ABOUT LAST NIGHT

About Last Night: The Rich Get Richer

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Ryan Kelly
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In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday.

  • With a balanced scoring attack, the no. 6 Duke Blue Devils held off no. 17 Virginia to win their 44th straight home game, 61-58. After the game, the student body from both schools expressed relief that they could put the rivalry aside and get back to wearing pastel shirts and inventing new ways to screw poor people.

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