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INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning is back. Whether he is ready to play is an open question. The Colts activated Manning from the physically unable to perform list Monday. A few hours later, the four-time MVP pulled on his white No. 18 jersey and a helmet, and jogged onto the practice field, renewing hopes that he might actually play in the season-opener at Houston on Sept. 11 four months after neck surgery. "Thats kind of been my goal all along, trying to get better and I know everybodys into predictions and everybody wants to have the breaking news," an upbeat Manning said. "But I just cant give you any more than what Im giving you." What everyone wants to know, of course, is whether Manning will be ready. Nobody, including Manning, will say that yet and he said again that he wont play in Thursday nights pre-season finale at Cincinnati. Clearly, though, Manning is getting closer. He acknowledged that he is healthy enough right now to take a snap or play a series to keep his consecutive-games streak intact but insists he wont. "Like I said the other night, I have to be able to competitively play," he said. "I have too much respect for football. Ive got to be able to compete and to help my team win, and thats whats fair to the team, fair to myself." Manning has started 227 consecutive games, including the playoffs, the second-longest streak in NFL history for quarterbacks behind Brett Favre. Of all the numbers Manning has put up over the years, the streak is the one he has usually said means the most. Manning had been on the PUP since the teams first training camp practice on Aug. 1 following the May procedure to repair a nerve in his neck. The Colts were facing a Saturday deadline to make the move or Manning would have missed Indys first six games. Team officials issued a statement that said Manning would practice on a "scripted" and controlled basis. Coach Jim Caldwell did not elaborate on the plan. "Obviously, hes been throwing, but nevertheless its just going to be in a limited amount," Caldwell said. "I dont think it needs a whole lot of explanation, I dont believe. Scripted means that we kind of know exactly what hes going to do, prescribed by his rehab specialist and our medical team." Manning hadnt been seen much at team headquarters, perhaps working out in private. He was at his playful best on Monday, teasing reporters about their memories, poking fun at the circus-like environment surrounding his neck injury and suggesting that his close friend and centre, Jeff Saturday, was tired of answering questions about him. Team officials have said all along that Manning would practice only when doctors cleared him and when Manning felt comfortable, and he again declined to say specifically what was holding him back. "I dont know what HIPAA stands for, but I believe in it and I practice it," Manning joked, referring to the federal law protecting medical privacy. "So, uh, Ill leave it at that." The fact he has been activated is not only good news for Manning, his teammates and Colts fans, but it also eased some concerns expressed by Jim Irsay. Indys team owner recently wrote on Twitter that the Colts should be prepared to start the season without Manning and later posted comments that prompted speculation he was trying to convince Favre to come out of retirement. Instead, the Colts signed another retired quarterback in 16-year veteran Kerry Collins, who stood alongside Manning in a nationally televised loss to Super Bowl champion Green Bay last week. "(hash)18 to the practice field! Soon the leaves will fall/I looked at sideline sat.night n saw $30,000,000.00 standing there,my checkbook hurts!," Irsay wrote Monday. Manning signed a five-year, $90 million contract deal in the off-season to stay in Indy. The next big question is how the Colts will divvy up the snaps. Manning insists hell spend the next two weeks continuing the rehab and trying to get in sync with his teammates. But the Colts need Collins to work with the starters and still want Curtis Painter, who remains No. 2 on the depth chart, to play, too, in case Manning misses the Houston game. "Starting today, I guess Id be getting quite a few reps," Collins said. "What the breakdown will be, I dont know, because Im sure theyre going to try and get Peyton back into the swing of things." The surgery was expected to keep Manning off the field for six to eight weeks. Instead, the recovery has gone slower than expected, something Manning has blamed, in part, on the 4 1/2-month lockout that kept him away from team trainers. With Manning ailing, the Colts have been refining backup plans. Two days after signing Collins, Painter delivered his best pre-season performance by going 11 of 21 for 171 yards with two TD passes and nearly led the Colts to their first pre-season win in more than two years. But Manning has been the backbone of this team since he was taken No. 1 overall in 1998. Hes thrown for 54,828 yards, third all-time behind Favre and Dan Marino, and needs one more TD pass to join Favre (508) and Marino (420) as the only members of the NFLs 400-club. Hes led the Colts to a record-tying nine consecutive playoff appearances, including last season when most of his top weapons went down with injuries. "This was one of my goals all along, to get back during the week of this last pre-season game," Manning said. "This would give you two weeks of on the field work, and it can give you a pretty good answer to some questions that coach Caldwell has and that I have." Manning has been through all of this before. In 2008, he missed the entire training camp after having two surgeries to remove an infected bursa sac in his left knee and didnt return to practice until the final preseason game. He wound up winning his third MVP award. This time, Manning has been seen running and throwing passes and teammates have expressed confidence he will start in Week 1. "I think hes right on schedule," said Saturday, one of Mannings closest friends. "I think its whatever the trainers and the rehab say. Thats where he is." Radamel Falcao Jersey . The NHL now has 60 days to file a grievance, an action that would seek declaration that the NHLPA withheld their consent unreasonably in violation of the CBA. As well, the league may seek damages on behalf of the teams whose business will be most impacted next year. Andres Escobar Colombia Jersey . Remember the Titans (2000)Sure this plot has been done to death. http://www.soccercolombiamart.com/world ... ll-jersey/. 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DALLAS -- Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and 10 years of probation for a drunken car crash that killed his friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. Brent was convicted Wednesday of intoxication manslaughter for the December 2012 crash on a suburban Dallas highway that killed Brown, who was a passenger in Brents car. Brent could have been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. Brent, a Cowboys defensive tackle, and Brown, a linebacker on the practice squad, also played together at the University of Illinois and were close friends. They were headed home from a night of partying with Dallas teammates when Brent lost control of his Mercedes and crashed. Officers who arrived on scene saw Brent trying to pull Browns ....... from the wreckage. Blood tests pegged Brents blood alcohol content at 0.18 per cent, which is more than twice the states legal limit to drive of 0.08 per cent. Prosecutors told jurors that the burly, 320-pound lineman had as many as 17 drinks on the night of the crash. One of Brents lawyers, George Milner, argued that Brent wasnt drunk and was only "guilty of being stupid behind the wheel of a car." He contended that Brent couldnt have had nearly as much to drink as prosecutors said he had, and that the police blood tests were flawed. Brents lawyers pushed their case for probation Thursday, calling a Dallas County official who testified that the county currently has 34 intoxicatioon manslaughter cases that resulted in probation.dddddddddddd. Kevin Brooks, one of Brents lawyers, said the one-time defensive tackle would be easy to monitor because of "who he is and who he was." Brent retired from football last year. Browns mother, Stacey Jackson, has also publicly forgiven Brent. When asked Thursday if she holds Brent responsible for her sons death, she said: "Hes still responsible, but you cant go on in life holding a grudge. We all make mistakes." Prosecutors pushed for prison time for Brent, who went to trial only weeks after another Texas intoxication manslaughter case sparked widespread public outrage. In that case, a defence expert argued that the defendant, a 17-year-old boy who caused a drunken crash that killed four people, deserved leniency because his parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility -- a condition the expert termed "affluenza." The teen wasnt given prison time. On Thursday, prosecutor Rebecca Dodds emphasized Brents 2009 drunken driving arrest in Illinois to press the states argument that he deserves prison time. In that case, he served 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanour charge. "Probation doesnt work for Josh Brent," prosecutor Rebecca Dodds told the jury during closing statements in the punishment phase. Brent played in all 12 games for the Cowboys in 2012 before the crash. Brown made the practice squad that season. 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