ESPN has handed its reporting to people who won't have to ask the League embarrassing questions while promoting upcoming games. They discovered a report from a Crisis Center that recorded Naughright reporting the Manning incident the day it happened.

Outside The Lines: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/...-1996-incident

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2016/0222/esp...isiscenter.pdf

The document shows one of five boxes checked for describing the incident: “Adult sexual assault.” The document doesn’t name Manning, but refers generally to a “very well known public figure.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...y-of-incident/