Jeff Fassero retires after 16 seasons
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Jeff Fassero is retiring from baseball after winning 121 games over 16 major league seasons.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Rick Fox has decided to retire, ending his 13-year pro basketball career. Fox played his first six seasons with the Boston Celtics, then spent the last seven years with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Pitcher Brad Radke makes his retirement official Tuesday, ending a 12-year career with the Minnesota Twins that was cut a bit short by a shoulder injury.
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DETROIT -- Steve Yzerman, who led the Detroit Red Wings to three Stanley Cups, will have his No. 19 jersey retired Jan. 2.
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Rudy Tomjanovich retired, saying he will never coach basketball again. Emmitt Smith was expected to announce his retirement from football on Thursday. Brett Favre is rumored to be thinking about hanging up his cleats.
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Former-Gold Glove first baseman  J.T. Snow announced his retirement after 15 seasons in Major  League Baseball on Thursday.
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Former Olympic and world 100 meters champion Maurice Greene announced his retirement from athletics on Monday. "Today I'm officially announcing my retirement from the sport," the 33-year-old American told reporters in Beijing.
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Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt called it quits today midway through a dismal season that began with the retirement of running back Ricky Williams and has left the team with the NFL&#39;s worst record at 1-8.
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Boston College High School football coach Jim Cotter has decided to retire at the end of this season after 41 years at the helm.
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Linebacker Junior Seau retired from  the National Football League on Monday, ending a 16-year career  that featured 12 Pro Bowl selections.
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Andy Pettitte, who left the Yankees after the 2003 season, has agreed to a one-year, $16 million contract.
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The aging process for veteran NBA players is usually accelerated when they have reached their tenth season. Penny Hardaway has 11 years and 647 games on his odometer and he can feel it in his bones and joints.
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1. Item: At 71, Hubie Brown suddenly retired as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies Thursday night. Brown, who was 83-65 with the Grizzlies in parts of three seasons, said unexpected health issues were the cause
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Emmitt Smith officially announced his retirement on Thursday, bringing to an end 15 sparkling years in the NFL that he leaves as the all-time leading rusher and a three-time Super Bowl champion.
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Pierre Turgeon ended his 19-year NHL career Wednesday, retiring after groin and calf injuries limited him to 17 games last season with the Colorado Avalanche.
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Former NASCAR Nextel (Winston) Cup Champion Rusty Wallace has confirmed that he will retire from the sport after the 2005 season during a much-awaited press conference in Daytona Beach on Monday.
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Emmitt Smith, the NFL's career rushing leader, is retiring after 15 years, according to two sources within the NFL.