Manning passes on famous ad

Shocking post-Super Bowl news from Miami:

Peyton Manning turns down endorsement deal!

According to CNBC, Manning passed on the customary “I’m going to Disney World!” endorsement that usually goes to the Super Bowl’s most valuable player.

Instead, running back Dominic Rhodes and Coach Tony Dungy will represent the Indianapolis Colts at Disney World.

That’s OK. Manning can afford to give them Disney World. The quarterback already earns more than $10 million annually in endorsements, and after Sunday’s 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears, Colts offensive lineman Jeff Saturday told reporters, “You might not watch a sporting event without seeing Peyton Manning’s face on some commercials from now on.”

Trivia time

Which player began the “I’m going to Disney World!” Super Bowl tradition?

Dewey loses, fails to cover spread

Another, more recent Super Bowl tradition is the practice of newspapers printing “Our team won!” extra editions in advance of the game so they can be shown on national television as soon as the game ends.

Unfortunately for the Chicago Sun-Times, it pulled a Rex Grossman with its advance edition, which was intercepted by the Chicago Tribune, which then poked fun at its rival a day before the Super Bowl.

In its Saturday sports section, the Tribune published what it said was the front page of the Sun-Times’ extra, bearing the date “Sunday, Feb. 4” and the headline “Bears World Champs!”

According to the Tribune, the extra “made it out of the paper’s possession.”

This was embarrassing for the Sun-Times, but the Tribune knows the feeling.

In 1948, the Tribune was guilty of declaring the wrong presidential winner with its infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline.

Saturday, the Tribune tweaked the Sun-Times by writing, “If Peyton Manning has a big game, the only question left could be how many touchdowns Dewey scored against Truman.”

The newspaper added, “We learned this lesson a long time ago.”

London calling

When the NFL plays its first regular-season game in London next season, which set of opponents will be the most interesting?

The Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants, scheduled to play at the new Wembley Stadium on Oct. 28?

Or London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga?

Livingstone, an outspoken critic of the Bush administration, said at a news conference last week, “I look forward to the day the American people elect a government as great as they are.”

Huizenga, a staunch Republican and supporter of President Bush, replied, “Maybe you and I can talk a little politics when we get over there.”

Livingstone is going to be a tough sell.

And just wait until he asks Huizenga to defend the Harrington administration.

Trivia answer

New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, who was the most valuable player of the 1987 game.

And finally

During “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” co-anchor Amy Poehler reported, “The New Jersey Nets this week unveiled their new senior dance group that consists of members who range in age from 59-83. When asked what the group would wear, one member said, ‘Depends.’ ”

mike.penner@latimes.com