Even when the NFL season ends, superstar quarterback Peyton Manning is hard to miss on American TV. He has become such a marketable pitchman that his commercials -- a sports drink here, a credit card company there -- seem endless.
Apparently, President Bush has taken notice while flipping the channels.
"So a lot of people here in the White House compound have been really looking forward to seeing Peyton Manning," Bush said Monday on the South Lawn. "They wanted to see a guy who gets more air time than I do."
The good-natured poke came as Bush welcomed another championship team to the White House: the Indianapolis Colts.
Bush hailed the Colts for ignoring naysayers and playing as a well-balanced team.
The Colts' Tony Dungy became the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. Long one of the most respected figures in the NFL, Dungy coped with the suicide ...
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