Elaine, could you just not talk for one minute?

The Peyton Manning “future endeavors” press conference is full of all the awkward man-hugging and loaded questions you’d expect (“what’s your favorite memory?” might as well have been followed by the guy handing Peyton a box of Kleenex), so let’s choose to remember Peyton in Indy the way he’d want us to — with a fan song set to “Desperado” by the Eagles.

Fan songs are a bit of an institution here at With Leather, and while the songs we normally carry are viral pandering or an indescribable kind of awful, this one gets pretty wistful, so don’t be surprised if you catch yourself staring off into the distance.

The only way this could be better is if it cut to a clip of Andrew Luck getting distracted by “Witchy Woman”.

SPORTSbyBROOKS has an EXLCUSIVE! today in which they EXCLUSIVEly tell you that they have learned EXCLUSIVEly that the Eagles will perform during halftime at Super Bowl XLII this coming February.

An announcement was not imminent, but a source said the likelihood of a deal being struck between the band and the league is "90%".  The NFL's initial choice as headline halftime performer was Garth Brooks, but negotiations with the country performer broke down. 

I don't understand.  I mean, I know the Eagles aren't going to play in the Super Bowl, but I don't see why they'd play the halftime show.  Does Donovan McNabb sing or something?  Whatever, at least it's not Garth Brooks.  The NFL must be totally "desperado" for an act.

(I went with bold, italics, and quotes 'cuz I hate it when puns are too subtle.)