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Yao Ming Retires After Injury-Plagued Career
Oft-injured Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has informed the NBA he has retired after eight seasons in the league. Yahoo! Sports first reported the news.
The top pick in the 2002 draft was an eight-time all-star, despite averaging just 48 games in each of the last five seasons. Yao appeared in only five games during the 2010-11 season after suffering a stress fracture in his left leg Nov. 10.
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Chestnut Destroys Competition to Win Fifth Straight Hot Dog Contest
In an age where dynasties are few and far between, Joey Chestnut has dominated his sport like few others.
Best of all, he let’s the success go straight to his belly.
“Winning tastes pretty good. I feel great,” said Chestnut, after winning his fifth straight Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. “It was hot out here but that didn’t really affect me.”
Nolan Ryan in Favor of Texas-Sized Rangers-Astros Rivalry
The competitor in the “The Ryan Express” is showing no signs of slowing down.
Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan says he would welcome the addition of a National League team, particularly inner-state rival Houston Astros, as part of a proposed division realignment plan by Major League Baseball.
Tiger Woods Won’t Return to Golf Until He’s Perfectly Healthy
Tiger Woods doesn’t know when he will find his way back onto a golf course, but this much he does know: He will be 100 percent when he does.
Woods spoke to reporters Tuesday while attending the AT&T National, a tournament which benefits his foundation, and said he was tired of playing through injuries.
Eric Lindros Gets Snubbed in Hall of Fame Voting
The Big E got the big snub.
Eric Lindros, a bruising injury-prone power forward once appointed the “Next One,” will have to wait until next year before entering the pantheon of hockey’s greatest.
Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Mark Howe were among the four players chosen to be elected into this year’s Hockey’s Hall of Fame class, the selection committee announced Tuesday. The Class
South Carolina Repeats as NCAA Baseball Champs with Record-Setting Run
Not even the Gators could take a bite out of the Gamecocks’ unprecedented run.
The University of South Carolina baseball team reeled off a record-setting 16th straight NCAA tournament victory and an all-time best 11th consecutive College World Series win to capture its second straight national title after completing a two-game sweep of Florida Tuesday night in the CWS finals.