When Peyton Manning revealed a recent flight debacle on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show,” future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady couldn’t hold back making a comment on social media that shows their rivalry is still very much alive after they both retired. 

Manning told McAfee and his gang about a recent Delta flight during which he was freezing cold in the back of the plane. And in Brady’s defense, Manning brought Brady’s name up first. 

“I was on a Delta flight the other night,” Manning said. “I was in 36F. Has Tom sat in 36F on a Delta flight?”

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Manning went on to explain how cold he got sitting in the exit row. 

“They put me in an exit row, Pat, which was great because of the legroom,” Manning said. “But I swear the door was open. I was cold as I’ve ever been. I’ve played some cold-weather games. I’ve been in Green Bay, played in New England.”

That’s when Brady stepped in on X. 

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“I’m sure the temperature was perfect,” Brady wrote with a video from the show. “Peyton could never handle life outside the dome…”

Manning played 13 of his 17 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, and McAfee was a teammate as the team’s punter. Their home games were at Lucas Oil Stadium, an indoor stadium. Some critics have argued Manning could never perform outside a dome, especially during cold-weather months. 

Tom Brady interacts with kids at Topps Hobby Rip Night at Wax, Packs, and Throwbacks in Linwood, N.J. (Fanatics/Topps)

Manning and Brady faced each other 17 times in their careers with Brady winning 11 of the matchups. 

It was just a playful jab between two of the best signal-callers in NFL history. Brady won six Super Bowls with the Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before retiring last season. Manning won the Super Bowl once with the Colts and once with the Denver Broncos, which came during his final year in 2015. 

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady played against each other 17 times during their Hall of Fame careers.  (Getty Images)

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But even with Manning retiring after winning it all that year, Brady continued to take shots at him. In 2021, Brady was in attendance when Manning was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

“I just need to make sure he’s really done,” Brady said on X. “Can’t risk this guy coming back…”

The noise level at Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium in October 2022 was deafening as the Tennessee Vols upset Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide to snap a 15-game losing streak. 

There’s no doubt Saban remembers, and he’s now asking Alabama fans to return the favor. 

No. 17 Tennessee travels to No. 11 Alabama Saturday as the rivals square off for the 106th time. 

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“We talk about what a great rivalry game this is and what a big game it is, but it should be a big game for everybody. You know, everybody is on the team, all the fans, everybody. And the fans in this game should have a huge impact on this game,” Saban said Thursday on the “Hey Coach & The Nick Saban Show.” 

“You can have a huge impact with the noise that you make. This team [Tennessee] is trying to go fast. They run 2.7 plays every minute in the game.

“So, you can affect that and disrupt that by making noise. And it’s going to create energy and an environment that our players will play better in, they’ll be able to sustain their intensity better in. Which is what we lost last week.”

Tennessee has not won at Bryant-Denny Stadium since 2003, losing the last nine matchups in Tuscaloosa. 

Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Arkansas Razorbacks during the third quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium Oct. 14, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.  (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

“These guys make a lot of explosive plays. They go fast,” Saban added. “So, it’s going to be one of those kind of games. And everybody has to stay with it, and you got to play the next play and stay in it as fans. And you create the momentum of the game by what you do as fans. Don’t worry about the players creating it. You create it for them.

“One time. One time I’m asking you to do that.” 

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Unlike last year’s matchup, the defenses will get most of the attention. 

Alabama and Tennessee are third and fourth, respectively, in the SEC in yards allowed per game, and both defenses are giving up less than 20 points per game. 

Joe Milton III (7) of the Tennessee Volunteers waits for the snap against the Texas A&M Aggies in the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium Oct. 14, 2023, in Knoxville, Tenn.  (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)

Tennessee’s defense gets after the quarterback — 24 sacks in six games — while Alabama’s offensive line has allowed 31 sacks on the year (126th in the country). 

Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton III threw for just 100 yards against Texas A&M in Week 7, while Alabama is 10th in the SEC in passing yards per game (219.4). 

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“It’s 11-on-11 when you’re inside the lines,” Vols head coach Josh Heupel said. “We’ve continued to work that and believe we’ll be ready for it when we hit game day.”

Tennessee and Alabama kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET

The Associated Press contributed to this report

The family of Jamea Harris, who was shot and killed near the University of Alabama campus in January, has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against three individuals. 

Former Alabama star Brandon Miller was one of the men named as a co-defendant in the case. He has not been charged with a crime. In June, Miller was the second overall draft pick.

Former Alabama player Darius Miles and Michael Davis were also named in the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Western Division on behalf of DeCarla Heard, Harris’ mother.

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Harris was with her boyfriend and was visiting a family member when she was fatally shot in Tuscaloosa in the early-morning hours in mid-January.

Heard is being represented by Birmingham law firm Farris, Riley & Pitt. The lawsuit alleges that all three defendants “knew or should have known that bringing a dangerous weapon to a dispute and discharging said weapon would likely result in harm.” 

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Miller is scheduled to begin his rookie season with the Charlotte Hornets when the NBA regular season begins later this month. He signed a four-year contract with the team in July.

Brandon Miller speaks with the media during the NBA Draft Combine at the Wintrust Arena on May 17, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois.  (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

During a hearing earlier this year, a police investigator testified that Miller had been at the scene of the deadly shooting. The investigator also said that the gun police claim had been used was found inside Miller’s vehicle.

An attorney representing Miller previously stated that his client “never touched the gun, was not involved in its exchange” and that the basketball player had “no knowledge of any intent to use the weapon.”

Brandon Miller, #24 of the Alabama Crimson Tide, flies to the basket for a slam-dunk during the second half against the Florida Gators at Coleman Coliseum on February 8, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  (Brandon Sumrall/Getty Images)

“Brandon and his family are horrified and saddened by the events that led to the senseless death of Ms. Harris and continue to offer their most sincere thoughts and prayers for her family,” Attorney Jim Standridge wrote in a statement in February.

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Miller said situation left him heartbroken.

“I never lose sight of the fact that a family lost one of their loved ones that night. This whole situation is just really heartbreaking,” Miller said in March.

From 2004 through 2016, Alex Rodriguez was a cornerstone of the New York Yankees, earning multiple All-Star appearances and playing a big role in their 2009 World Series victory. 

His accomplishments with the team – 351 home runs, ranking sixth in franchise history – give him an argument to have his No. 13 retired among the illustrious group that sits in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium today. 

In fact, it rubs the three-time MVP the wrong way that his number hasn’t been retired by the team yet. 

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“Of course, it bothers me,” Rodriguez said on “Evan & Tiki” with Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber on Wednesday. “It’s less about bother, but of course it would be nice to be recognized in one of the coolest places to be in Yankee history, but that’s not my decision.”

Not only has his No. 13 not been retired, but one of the most disastrous free agent signees in the modern era for New York – Joey Gallo – was allowed to wear it when he came to the team in 2021. 

“It did not make me happy,” Rodriguez told Roberts and Barber.

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When Rodriguez finally ended his 22-year career, 12 of which were with the Yankees, the Bombers didn’t have anyone using his No. 13 until Gallo came along via a trade with the Texas Rangers during the 2021 campaign. 

In 140 games, Gallo hit a putrid .159/.291/.368 with 194 strikeouts, 25 homers and 46 RBI. 

Derek Jeter, #2 (R), and Alex Rodriguez, #13, of the New York Yankees look on against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 16, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Rodriguez noted that his relationship with Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is “fine,” though he admitted to being pretty critical of his former squad in his role as an MLB analyst for FOX and ESPN. 

“I’m too critical to the Yankees, and that doesn’t help my case,” Rodriguez said. “But I get paid to tell the truth, and if you guys ask me a question, I’m going to tell you exactly as aI see it and not sugarcoat it because I want my number retired. If it’s not retired, so be it.”

While Rodriguez certainly has the career accolades to be a Hall of Famer, let alone have the Yankees retire his number, his image in baseball will forever be tainted by his steroids suspension that came in 2014 by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz. It was the entire 162-game season – a record-setting suspension – though it was initially supposed to be 211 games for his role in MLB’s Biogenesis scandal. 

Because of that, Rodriguez’s claim for Cooperstown falls into the category that Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and many others have, as voters continue to keep those stars from the Steroid Era out of the Hall. 

Alex Rodriguez walks onto the field prior to the 93rd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at T-Mobile Park on July 11, 2023, in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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Perhaps the same is happening for the Yankees, but Rodriguez certainly believes that his No. 13 should be next to those of Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio and his former teammate Derek Jeter among many others. 

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against former Baylor head football coach Art Briles, who was accused of negligence in a case involving a former female student who reported being physically assaulted by one of his players in 2014. 

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Briles, former athletic director Ian McCaw and Baylor University were not negligent in the case. Judge Pitman said “no reasonable jury can conclude” that happened based on evidence that was presented during trial. 

Dolores Lozano, the plaintiff in the case, claimed the three defendants were negligent after reporting her first assault in March 2014, which led to more alleged abuse by Devin Chafin, a running back in the Bears’ program who she had been dating. 

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Pitman also dismissed a federal Title IX lawsuit against the defendants. 

“I am happy for Coach Briles,” his attorney, Reed Simpson, said after the rulings, per KWTX. “He did nothing wrong.”

Briles and McCaw both testified in court Thursday, and Briles said he simply did not know about Lozano or her allegations of assault by Chafin until a lawsuit was filed in 2016. 

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McCaw noted that when he saw the report of the allegations from a staff member in 2014, he took the appropriate course of action, which included letting her know how to further the report. 

“Everything that’s been said about him is not true,” Simpson said about Briles, per ESPN. 

Head coaches Larry Fedora of the North Carolina Tar Heels, left, and Art Briles of the Baylor Bears shake hands after the Russell Athletic Bowl at the Orlando Citrus Bowl Dec. 29, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. (Rob Foldy/Getty Images)

Briles was fired by the Bears in 2016 amid investigations into the situation. Simpson said he hopes these dismissals help restore Briles’ reputation as a coach. 

However, other alleged sexual assaults were discovered by the law firm Pepper Hamilton during an investigation into the school’s handling of the allegations.

Pepper Hamilton accessed dozens of reports in 2015 and 2016 of sexual assault and used five, all claims against football players, in a presentation to the university in May 2016. 

Lozano’s report was not brought up in that presentation. 

“There is no question that bad things happened and mistakes were made bay Baylor,” said the university’s attorney, Julie Springer. “Baylor accepts and accepted responsibility for those failures. This case is not one of the cases in the findings. In Dolores Lozano’s case, Baylor got it right.”

Baylor Bears head coach Art Briles walks the sidelines as the Bears take on the Iowa State Cyclones in the second half at McLane Stadium Oct. 24, 2015, in Waco, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

How Briles is viewed since his firing at Baylor was illustrated after he emerged on the field with Oklahoma Sooners offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, his son-in-law, during the Sooners’ 28-11 win over SMU in September. 

Lebby apologized for Briles’ presence. 

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“Just want everybody to understand, my father-in-law – his presence on the field after the game the other night is just something that created a distraction,” Lebby said in a statement Monday. “And I do – I apologize for that. That was not the intent at all. The intent was just to celebrate with my family.”