{"id":182229,"date":"2025-07-22T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/john-elway-photographed-for-1st-time-since-agents-fatal-golf-cart-accident\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:51:29","slug":"john-elway-photographed-for-1st-time-since-agents-fatal-golf-cart-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/john-elway-photographed-for-1st-time-since-agents-fatal-golf-cart-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"John Elway Photographed for 1st Time Since Agent&#8217;s Fatal Golf Cart Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">NFL Hall of Fame quarterback <strong>John Elway<\/strong> was seen in public for the first time since being involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/new-details-on-john-elway-golf-cart-crash-that-killed-jeff-sperbeck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a golf cart accident<\/a> that killed his longtime friend and agent, <strong>Jeff Sperbeck<\/strong>, in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elway, 65, went golfing with hockey legend <strong>Wayne Gretzky<\/strong> and a group of friends at the Pebble Beach Resort in Monterey County, California, as evidenced by a picture shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMYEZUOJ0Ku\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a> by Gretzky, 64, on Monday, July 21.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cGreat day at Pebble!,\u201d Gretzky captioned the group photo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The golf outing came a week after Elway was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/investigation-into-the-death-of-john-elways-agent-has-concluded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially cleared in the investigation into Sperbeck\u2019s death<\/a> by the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cFollowing a thorough investigation into the death of Jeff Sperbeck, the Riverside County Sheriff\u2019s Office has determined that the incident was a tragic accident with no evidence of criminal activity or intent,\u201d the Office said in a statement on July 14. \u201cConsequently, no criminal charges will be filed at this time, and the case will be documented as an accidental death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In an interview with Denver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/mike-klis\/elway-officially-cleared-california-sheriff-says-sperbeck-investigation-concluded\/73-b68fedac-b7c4-44f7-92b8-64bfd1aa0e4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9NEWS<\/a> on July 11, Riverside County Sheriff <strong>Jeff Bianco<\/strong> said, \u201cWe\u2019ve talked to everyone involved and we found nothing new.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bianco added, \u201cI\u2019ve looked at video 100 times and there\u2019s no explanation as to why he fell off, he just fell off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DMYEZUOJ0Ku\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elway was driving a golf cart in La Quinta, California on April 26, when Sperbeck, 62, fell off and suffered blunt force trauma to his head. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on April 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bianco previously said there was no evidence to suggest that Elway was intoxicated at the time of the crash or that the golf cart showed any signs of malfunction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sperbeck began working as Elway\u2019s agent in 1990. Elway played all 16 seasons of his NFL career with the Denver Broncos from 1983 to 1998, winning two Super Bowls with the franchise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/johnny-bananas-rode-with-john-elway-during-deadly-golf-cart-crash\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/johnny-bananas-rode-with-john-elway-during-deadly-golf-cart-crash\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Johnny Bananas Rode In Golf Cart With John Elway During Fatal Accident<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tReality star Johnny Bananas was reportedly riding with John Elway during the golf cart accident that killed his longtime agent, Jeff Sperbeck. Bananas, whose real name is John Devenanzio, is best known for his long-running tenure on MTV\u2019s The Challenge. TMZ reported on Friday, May 2, that he \u201ctried to keep [Sperbeck] alive\u201d after he [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Elway and Sperbeck became professional partners in 2015 when they launched their wine brand, 7Cellars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The quarterback issued a statement about Sperbeck\u2019s death on April 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI am absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my close friend, business partner and agent Jeff Sperbeck,\u201d Elway said. \u201cThere are no words to truly express the profound sadness I feel with the sudden loss of someone who has meant so much to me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He continued, \u201cMy heart and deepest sympathies go out to Jeff\u2019s wife, Cori; his children Carly, Sam and Jackson; and everyone who knew and loved him. Jeff will be deeply missed for the loyalty, wisdom, friendship and love he brought into my life and the lives of so many others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/john-elway-photographed-for-1st-time-since-agents-fatal-golf-cart-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway was seen in public for the first time since being involved in a golf cart accident that killed his longtime friend and agent, Jeff Sperbeck, in April. Elway, 65, went golfing with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and a group of friends at the Pebble Beach Resort in Monterey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-182229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}