Giants quarterback Eli Manning decides to retire

Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowls in a 16-year career in which he set almost every team passing record, has retired.

The Giants said Wednesday that Manning would formally announce his retirement Friday.

The recently turned 39-year-old's future had been in doubt since the end of the season. Manning's contract with the Giants expired after the 4-12 season and there was little chance he would be returning after losing his longtime starting job to rookie Daniel Jones.

Manning said he wanted to think about his future after the season and roughly three weeks after the season ended he decided his career was over.

Manning replaced Hall of Famer Kurt Warner as the starter for then-new coach Tom Coughlin after nine games in 2004. They won the NFC East the following season.

Within three seasons, the Giants won their first NFL championship since the 1990 season and Manning got his first Super Bowl MVP award, knocking off the previously unbeaten New England Patriots. The second came after the 2011 season when Manning and company again beat Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Pats.

Manning completed 4,895 of his 8,119 passing attempts (60.3) for 57,023 yards, 366 touchdowns and 244 interceptions. He finished with a starting record of 117-117.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown following accusations that he and his trainer attacked another man near Brown's Florida home.

Brown faces charges of burglary with battery, burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and criminal mischief.

Officers responded Tuesday afternoon to a disturbance call, where the alleged victim said Brown and his trainer, Glen Holt, hit him, police said. Holt was arrested a short time later and charged with one count of burglary with battery. Officers attempted to make contact with Brown but were unsuccessful.

... Vikings assistant general manager George Paton had a second interview with the Cleveland Browns to be their new GM but left town without being offered the job.

... The Packers are retaining Mike Pettine as defensive coordinator.

The New York Mets are finalizing a multiyear agreement with quality control coach Luis Rojas to make him the team's manager, staying in-house to replace the ousted Carlos Beltran.

Rojas would take over for Beltran, who left the Mets last week before managing a single game as part of the fallout from the Astros' sign-stealing scandal.

The 38-year-old Rojas is the son of former Expos and Giants manager Felipe Alou and the brother of ex-big leaguer Moises Alou. The former minor league manager has been with the organization since 2007 but had never coached in the majors before joining Mickey Callaway's staff last season.

... The Phillies signed former Twins lefthander Francisco Liriano to a minor league contract with an invitation to attend major league spring training. Liriano was 5-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 69 relief appearances for Pittsburgh last season. The 36-year-old Liriano is 112-114 with a 4.15 ERA and has averaged 9.01 strikeouts per nine innings over 419 career games. ... Former Twins lefthander Hector Santiago signed with the Tigers after going 1-1 with a 6.68 ERA in 19 games last year with the Mets and White Sox.

... The Royals signed outfielder Alex Gordon to a $4 million contract for next season. The 35-year-old Gordon, a three-time All-Star, won his seventh Gold Glove last season and hit .266 with 13 home runs and 54 RBI in 506 at-bats.

Colleges: The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies. The Division I Council adopted the legislation at the NCAA convention. Previously, college athletes could compromise their eligibility to compete for their schools by accepting some benefits that are provided to potential Olympians.

Prep basketball: Morgan Wootten, a Hall of Fame coach who built DeMatha High School of suburban Washington D.C. into a national powerhouse, has died. He was 88. He went 1,274-192 and retired as the winningest high school coach in history, although he now ranks second.

Olympics: The World Anti-Doping Agency ordered Moscow's drug-testing laboratory to be shut down again.