John Elway The Drive Of A Champion Author:Michael Silver Few athletes attain the status of legend while still playing the game. From the time John Elway first donned the orange and blue of the Denver Broncos in 1983 -- at the head of the awesomely talented quarterback class that included Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Todd Blackledge, Tony Eason, and Ken O'Brien -- he has been one of those rare figures whose ... more »star shines brightest when the pressure is highest. Of the illustrious six taken in that 1983 draft, only Elway can wear a Super Bowl championship ring. With his strong passing arm and outstanding scrambling ability, Elway quickly established himself as the most dangerons quarterback the game has ever known. Eluding the rush, throwing across the field, making plays that no other quarterback could see much less execute, Elway's patented fourth-quarter heroics carried the Broncos to the brink of greatness year after year. And, at last, in 1997 he got to lead a team that he did not have to carry, that had the running game and defense to enable Elway to be a part of a great team, not to try to lift one singlehandedly. In John Elway: The Drive of a Champion, the editors of Sports Illustrated have collected the greatest moments from Elway's remarkable career: From his formative years at Stanford University, through his brief flirtation with professional baseball, to such football highlights as The Drive against the Cleveland Browns, and of course substantial coverage of the Broncos' stirring victory in Super Bowl XXXII. With stunning four-color photography and the outstanding writing of Rick Reilly, Rick Telander, Peter King, Michael Silver, and many others, John Elway is an irresistible chronicle of the life and career of a true football immortal.« less