So long, farewell

[longtimefirsttime]

Sports careers that ended in 2006:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=farewell/061222

[austinsm11]

I didn't realize Tiki Barber was retiring. I thought a reporter suggested it and really took alot of heat about it because it wasn't true.

Flutie is finally gone. What a shame. Wasn't it him that did the drop kick field goal?

Although Zidane retired from international play, I believe he is still playing for his club team.

What a career Yzerman had.

[longtimefirsttime]

Flutie is finally gone. What a shame. Wasn't it him that did the drop kick field goal?



Yes. He said he wanted to do it his entire career and finally found a coach that would let him try it. He's a guy who fans liked to root for because of his charity work and for defying the odds of being a short quarterback.

[austinsm11]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=454433&cc=5901

MILAN, Italy -- Italy defender Marco Materazzi finally disclosed what he said to Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup final that provoked the French star to retaliate with a head-butt.

"I prefer the whore that is your sister," Materazzi said during an interview in next week's edition of Italian magazine TV Sorrisi E Canzoni, according to Italian news reports Saturday. He previously acknowledged he had insulted Zidane's sister.



I do like what Zidane's coach had to say:

France coach Raymond Domenech this month lauded Materazzi's strategy for getting Zidane sent off.

"I say 'bravo' to him," the coach said.