In his latest incarnation Marino is stepping to the political fore at a time when voter disillusionment is high and, in his own words, "the feeling that politics is bribing, corruption, stealing, is very entrenched in the minds of many, many Italians and probably the majority of Romans".
Mr. Marino, a former United States attorney, handily defeated Mr. Carney.
The pentito Francesco Marino Mannoia later explained why.
Nobody has yet mistaken the Dolphins' latest quarterback, Ryan Tannehill, for the second coming of Marino, but the 2012 first-round pick had shown sufficient promise to earn a $96m contract extension in May.
The withdrawal of a Hall of Fame legend like Marino will be a blow to the latest lawsuit, which seeks damages for "negligence [and] intentional misconduct".
The short routes Marino cited are frequently substitutes for running plays, and as the N.F.L. shifts division games to late in the season to ensure competitiveness, quarterbacks are unlikely to get as much rest as they have in the past.
Milner felt it was the latest indication of how England are developing under Hodgson ahead of the World Cup qualifiers with San Marino and Montenegro.
(Even Peyton only has that one Super Bowl — and John Elway, like Marino, might very well have left the league with none at all if not for some very late career good fortune).
Mr. Marino, 63, graduated from Rutgers, and is a son of Grace M. Marino of Toms River, N.J., and the late Pat Marino.
