Today On Rocky Top: Peyton Manning Visits Derek Jeter

May 4, 2014; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning watch the game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

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"Derek Jeter announced he will retire following this season a few weeks ago, and on Sunday, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning visited the Yankees captain to pay his respects. From Kieran Darcy of ESPN New York:“I came to see Derek play,” Manning said. “Derek and I have been friends — he’s a couple years older than me, but we’ve been pretty much professionals at the same time. So I wanted to pay my respects and see him play for the last time.”“It’s the only time I’m gonna get to New York before our season starts, and they’re not coming out to the [Colorado] Rockies this year,” Manning said. “I wanted to see [Jeter] play in person, and get a good picture for my scrapbook.”Manning ducked around questions about his own possible retirement — “I don’t want to just be out there hanging on,” he said — and then stayed in Jeter’s suite for the Yankees’ series finale against the Rays. His brother Eli was there, too. Read more at CBS Sports From WBIRSophomore southpaw Andy Cox finished off Tennessee’s series win over No. 25 Kentucky with an exclamation mark, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning to lead the Vols to a series-clinching 5-1 win over the Wildcats on a beautiful Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.A day after senior right-hander Nick Williams led the Vols (28-17, 10-14) to victory with a gutsy performance, Cox gave up just two singles and one run while striking out seven over 7 2/3 innings. Kentucky (28-19, 10-14) broke up his no-hit bid with a bunt single in the seventh.The Arlington, Tenn., native improved to 4-1 with the win and lowered his ERA to 1.87. His .167 batting average against now leads the SEC. He’s also leads the league with 35 hits against – just five for extras bases – over 62.2 frames.“I’m really excited for the guys; really proud of the guys,” said head coach Dave Serrano. “After Thursday we talked about how we deal with adversity as a team and [the way we handled it] you can’t draw it up any better. I’m very proud of them and what they accomplished. That wasn’t easy. It’s never going to be easy and it kind of goes off of what we’re trying to feed into them – grit and grind. There was a lot of grinding that went on this weekend. We did a great job of executing today. We stung some balls, but the dinkers fell in for us to be honest with you. We executed tremendously well.Read more at WBIR From WBIRCheyanne Tarango crushed a two-run blast in the sixth inning to lift No. 8 Tennessee to a 5-3 victory over Ole Miss on Senior Day Saturday at Lee Stadium.Before the game, Tennessee celebrated Senior Day, honoring seniors Melissa Davin,Ellen Renfroe and Madison Shipman. After the win, the trio’s record stands at 194-47 – good for an impressive .805 winning percentage (third-best among any UT four-year senior class). Tennessee also paid a special tribute to Lady Vol alum Ashley Andrewsfor her work these last two years as a team manager.The Lady Vols (41-9, 16-7 SEC) earned their second comeback win in two days to take the series against Ole Miss (22-30, 3-20 SEC). With the win, UT has also secured the No. 2 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament in Columbia, S.C.Tarango went 2-for-3 with a triple and a two-run homer. Madison Shipman hit a two-RBI double and Haley Tobler had an RBI single.Read more at WBIRPublished on 05/05/2014 at 8:29 AM EDTLast updated on 07/01/2019 at 1:16 PM EDT “I came to see Derek play,” Manning said. “Derek and I have been friends — he’s a couple years older than me, but we’ve been pretty much professionals at the same time. So I wanted to pay my respects and see him play for the last time.”“It’s the only time I’m gonna get to New York before our season starts, and they’re not coming out to the [Colorado] Rockies this year,” Manning said. “I wanted to see [Jeter] play in person, and get a good picture for my scrapbook.”Sophomore southpaw Andy Cox finished off Tennessee’s series win over No. 25 Kentucky with an exclamation mark, carrying a no-hitter into the seventh inning to lead the Vols to a series-clinching 5-1 win over the Wildcats on a beautiful Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.A day after senior right-hander Nick Williams led the Vols (28-17, 10-14) to victory with a gutsy performance, Cox gave up just two singles and one run while striking out seven over 7 2/3 innings. Kentucky (28-19, 10-14) broke up his no-hit bid with a bunt single in the seventh.The Arlington, Tenn., native improved to 4-1 with the win and lowered his ERA to 1.87. His .167 batting average against now leads the SEC. He’s also leads the league with 35 hits against – just five for extras bases – over 62.2 frames.“I’m really excited for the guys; really proud of the guys,” said head coach Dave Serrano. “After Thursday we talked about how we deal with adversity as a team and [the way we handled it] you can’t draw it up any better. I’m very proud of them and what they accomplished. That wasn’t easy. It’s never going to be easy and it kind of goes off of what we’re trying to feed into them – grit and grind. There was a lot of grinding that went on this weekend. We did a great job of executing today. We stung some balls, but the dinkers fell in for us to be honest with you. We executed tremendously well.Read more at WBIR Cheyanne Tarango crushed a two-run blast in the sixth inning to lift No. 8 Tennessee to a 5-3 victory over Ole Miss on Senior Day Saturday at Lee Stadium.Before the game, Tennessee celebrated Senior Day, honoring seniors Melissa Davin,Ellen Renfroe and Madison Shipman. After the win, the trio’s record stands at 194-47 – good for an impressive .805 winning percentage (third-best among any UT four-year senior class). Tennessee also paid a special tribute to Lady Vol alum Ashley Andrewsfor her work these last two years as a team manager.The Lady Vols (41-9, 16-7 SEC) earned their second comeback win in two days to take the series against Ole Miss (22-30, 3-20 SEC). With the win, UT has also secured the No. 2 seed in next week’s SEC Tournament in Columbia, S.C.Tarango went 2-for-3 with a triple and a two-run homer. Madison Shipman hit a two-RBI double and Haley Tobler had an RBI single.Read more at WBIR"