Reggie Wayne News: Pro Sports Daily

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November 10

Indianapolis Star

"Reggie Wayne was good Sunday at Heinz Field. He had six receptions, 114 yards and one touchdown in the Indianapolis Colts' 24-20 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also was lucky. On his 65-yard touchdown, Wayne adjusted when Peyton Manning's pass along the left sideline was underthrown and went through the hands of Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor. Wayne secured the deflection, spun away from safety Ryan Clark and sprinted to the end zone for the longest play allowed by Pittsburgh this season. Wayne snatched another pass deflected by Taylor in the third quarter, that time gaining 16 yards. "Those count, too, you know what I mean?'' Wayne said after posting his second 100-yard ..."

Colts' Wayne cherishes role as 'Slash'

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October 26

Indianapolis Star

""Slash'' is back in the NFL. No, not Kordell Stewart, the Pittsburgh Steelers' former quarterback/receiver/runner/do everything. Say hello to Reggie Wayne. "In my own mind,'' he said, "I feel like I'm a 'Slash' myself.'' At the very least, Wayne's living the life of itinerant receiver with the Indianapolis Colts. No longer does he simply set up split wide to the left of quarterback Peyton Manning. Now whenever Manning works out of a three-receiver set, Wayne moves inside and leaves the left-side chores to Anthony Gonzalez. "You want to be a complete receiver,'' Wayne said as the Colts prepared for Monday night's AFC South showdown in Nashville with the Tennessee Titans. "You don't want to ..."

Gonzalez's lateral to Wayne a thriller

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September 15

Indianapolis Star

"It appeared to be a bolt of genius. Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez was inclined to regard it as dumb luck. "That probably was one of the dumber things I've ever done, but it worked out," Gonzalez said. "I'm not sure what was going on in my head. Thank God it worked out." The play in question came Sunday with 31/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter of the Colts' 18-15 victory over Minnesota at the Metrodome. The Vikings were leading 15-0 and the Colts' offense had barely squirmed all day. Then Gonzalez faked an out-route, slanted toward the middle and got open on a third-and-6 play. Quarterback Peyton Manning's pass was on target. Gonzalez grabbed it, cut back and ran ..."

It's Wayne's world

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August 6

Indianapolis Star

"The whispers finally should have been silenced last year. In his mind, Reggie Wayne used the 2007 season to quiet any skeptics who thought his emergence in the Indianapolis Colts offense was due in large part because he was Marvin Harrison's sidekick. Last season, Harrison, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and a future Hall of Famer, was not around for 11 games. Wayne was, and generated a career-best 104 receptions for a league-high 1,510 yards and 10 touchdowns. "That was an opportunity for me to shut everybody the hell up because there was still people out there saying I'm in Marv's shadow and I'm just doing all this because of Marv," Wayne said Tuesday as he relaxed in a golf cart ..."

Reggie Wayne's mind on hoops

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July 20

Indianapolis Star

"Reggie Wayne was back in Indianapolis Saturday evening, and it wasn't to offer an in-depth assessment of the Indianapolis Colts. That much was made clear as the two-time Pro Bowl receiver stood in a Conseco Fieldhouse corridor prior to the Amp Harris/Reggie Wayne Celebrity Basketball game that benefited Indiana Black Expo. "C'mon now,'' he said, "don't be asking me about Peyton or Marv.'' Consider it a preemptive dismissal. Rather than discuss quarterback Peyton Manning, who is expected to miss the first few weeks of training camp after having an infected bursa sac in his left knee removed last Monday, or wide receiver Marvin Harrison, who is coming back from an injury to his left ..."