retirement

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas is considering taking a leave of absence from the ice, and even wrote in a Facebook message on Saturday that “hockey’s just not that important right now.”

Over thirteen months ago, Andy Pettitte held a press conference at Yankee Stadium to announce his retirement from the game of baseball. He quietly walked away from the game he loved, going down in history as one of the greatest left-handed pitchers in the history of the New York Yankees. Well today, the man who wore jersey number 46 has decided to put on the Pinstripes one more time.

Mariano Rivera is 42 years old, and has been toying with the idea of retirement for a few years now.  He says that he knows if he'll retire at the end of this season, he's just not saying which way he is leaning.

The 2011 NFL season was the first time since 1998 that wide receiver Randy Moss didn't grace a football field.  He bowed into an early retirement, but now he says he wants back in.

After 11 seasons in the NFL, running back Ricky Williams has decided that he has had enough and he will be retiring.

Well it seems the former Yankee fearsome foursome  has been halved. According to ESPN.com Jorge Posada will announce in short order his retirement from Major League Baseball.

Brandon Roy has only been in the NBA for five short seasons, but already has to call it quits due to on going trouble with his knees.

Jorge Posada has been a career Yankee, but now at 40 years old it's clear that his time with the organization has come to an end.  Posada isn't quite ready to hang it up, but says that being back with the Yankees won't happen.

After 45 years at the helm, Joe Paterno has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

Tony La Russa has managed his last game in Major League Baseball.  La Russa managed in the big leagues for 33 years before announcing his retirement from the game on Monday.

Will Jorge Posada retire... or try to go one more year with the Yankees?

Football is back.  The NFL and the players have agreed to terms of the new CBA which means we'll actually have an NFL season in 2011. So let the Brett Favre watch begin.  Rather than write a story about how much I hate the Brett Favre retirement watch, I decided to go a completely different route.