Appearances in six nations. A stop on a deployed aircraft carrier at sea. A trip to the war zone. A visit with wounded heroes. Not bad for a week’s work. But as Indianapolis Colts fans know (and Denver Broncos fans are finding out), it’s wise to expect the best when Peyton Manning gets involved. The NFL quarterback — a four-time Most Valuable Player and the MVP of Super Bowl XLI who’s on the express train to the Hall of Fame — led a delegation of athletes on a USO tour last week, beginning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center…
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Sounds like NFL coaches currently visiting troops on a USO tour are getting an earful from the troops about the NFL lockout. “They were chanting, ‘End the lockout,’ this morning,” said former Atlanta and Seattle head coach Jim Mora, one of the coaches visiting the Middle East as part of a NFL-USO Coaches Tour. “Nine hundred-ninety out of 1,000 questions I get are about the lockout,” said Mora. “If they were holding negotiations over here, they’d be done. Every one of them (military members) wants to know if there’s going to be a season. ” Read the full story on…
America’s service men and women already have a bowl game named in their honor: the Armed Forces Bowl. Since there are roughly 7,658 college football bowl games, why not add another? It was only a matter of time before a defense contractor stepped in to sponsor the bowl game played in Washington, D.C. at RFK Stadium. With all the defense dollars floating around this town, it only made sense. Northrop Grumman will partner with the USO to host the former Eagle Bank Bowl game, which has been renamed the Military Bowl. Those who make a donation to the USO can…
The New Orleans Saints take on the New England Patriots tonight in Monday Night Football, which is as good of a reason as any to share the following: Drew Brees loves him some Marines. At least that appears to be the case, since he not only visited troops overseas with the USO in June, but found motivation in a Marine Corps running cadence. Jeff Duncan of the Times-Picayune has details: Brees will address the team with a quick intro, then repeat the team’s 2009 mission statements: “Be special,” “Finish strong” and “Smell greatness.” Then the team will break into a…
