Thompson to retire after championships
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The 31-year-old swimmer, who owns an American-best career total of 12 Olympic medals, will retire after the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, the same city where her international career began in 1987.
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England World Cup-winner Richard Hill will retire from senior rugby union at the end of the current northern hemisphere season, the flanker announced Thursday.
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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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Matthew Pinsent, the four-time Olympic gold medallist, confirmed today that he is to retire from the sport - as reported in The Times yesterday.
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Rower Matthew Pinsent, who has won four Olympic gold medals, has announced he is retiring from the sport. That means Pinsent won&#39;t equal the five gold medals won in successive Olympics by another rower, Sir Steven Redgrave.
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NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace will retire at the end of the 2005 season, citing concerns about getting hurt and saying Monday he wanted to leave at the top of his game.
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Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel will retire at the end of June, ending a career during which he was instrumental in the formation of the Big East Conference and the building of the Carrier Dome.
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Seve Ballesteros officially retired from competition Monday, ending a charismatic career filled with five major championships, a record 50 victories on the European Tour and a fighting spirit that reinvigorated Europe in the Ryder Cup.
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South Carolina coach Dave Odom will retire at the end of the season, saying Friday "I'm on the back end of not only my career, but my life."
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MILAN, Italy -- Italy&#39;s former world champion Mario Cipollini has ended speculation that he is to retire by announcing that he will ride next season for the Liquigas Sport team.
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Indianapolis, Oct. 12 - The pool where swimmers set four world records, where America&#39;s most honored Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson said goodbye, is all gone.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Sports Network) - East Carolina head  football coach John Thompson is expected to announce his  resignation, effective at the end of the season, during a  Wednesday afternoon press conference.
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Four-time Olympic medalist Stephan Eberharter of Austria has announced his retirement from competitive skiing. Eberharter told reporters in Vienna that 20 years of the sport is enough for him.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson has resigned, a government official said Friday. Thompson, 63, informed his staff of his decision.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson waves farewell after announcing his resignation at HHS headquarters in Washington Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.
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Tommy Thompson said it&#39;s time for him and his family to &quot;move on to the next chapter.&quot;. The Health and Human Services secretary is resigning after four years he calls &quot;challenging but greatly rewarding.
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Glasgow, Scotland (Sports Network) - Celtic midfielder Alan Thompson could be out for at least one month after pulling his hamstring during Champions League play on Wednesday.