Birdstone retired to stud
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Birdstone, who denied Smarty Jones the Triple Crown by beating him in the Belmont Stakes, has been retired from racing due to an ankle injury his connections announced Wednesday.
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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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Todd Martin, one of the oldest players in men&#39;s tennis, announced his retirement after his first-round loss at the US Open Tennis Tournament Monday night.
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Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist announces his retirement from cricket.
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MIDWAY, Ky. -- Silver Charm, who barely missed winning the Triple Crown in 1997, was sold to the Japan Racing Association and will stand at stud in that country next year.
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Philippe de Montebello, who has led the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 30 years, announced on Tuesday that he planned to retire at the end of the year.
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Dickinson Dees' senior partner, Graham Wright, will retire next year after more than 30 years.
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New Zealand&#39;s opening batsman Mark Richardson announced his retirement on Friday, ending a career that included four centuries in 38 tests.
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Azeri has retired from racing. The six-year-old mare was voted Horse of the Year in 2002.
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Warren Sapp told the Oakland Raiders on Thursday that he was retiring, ending the career of one of the best defensive tackles to play in the NFL.
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Nine-time Grand Slam winner Monica Seles announced her retirement from competitive tennis on Thursday.
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Qwest Chairman and CEO Richard Notebaert, brought in to take over after Joseph Nacchio was indicted for insider trading in 2002, will retire after making the carrier profitable.
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Smarty Jones has been retired to stud in Kentucky, but his presence is felt among the other top 3-year-old thoroughbreds still racing.
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Invasor, regarded as the world's best racehorse, was retired to stud on Saturday after breaking a small bone in his hind leg.
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Disturbingthepeace, the champion California-bred sprinter of 2002, is likely to be retired after running poorly in two starts this summer, trainer Darrell Vienna said Friday.
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Former world number one Monica Seles announced her official retirement from professional tennis at the age of 34 on Thursday.
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BEIJING -- Former Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene announced his retirement on Monday.