Tag: retirement
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Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are not going quietly into retirement
During their playing careers, Olympic medalists Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe helped propel women’s sports toward mainstream popularity, sparking conversations around equal pay and inclusion. Now, as the two settle into retirement, they’re finding ways to keep those conversations going. Bird, who retired in 2022 as the only WNBA player to win titles in three…
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Shams Charania on joining ESPN after Woj’s retirement
The man of the week is Shams Charania. Just weeks after ESPN basketball reporter Adrian Wojnarowski shocked the sports world by announcing his retirement from journalism, ESPN scooped up Woj’s main rival and one-time protege, Charania. The timing is fortuitous. As it happened, Charania’s contracts with his previous employers FanDuel TV and The Athletic expired at the end…
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Hurricane Milton tornado rips through Florida retirement community, killing multiple victims
Hurricane Milton tornadoes tore through a Florida retirement community Wednesday, killing multiple residents and leaving a level of destruction not seen locally for decades, officials said. Four people lost their lives in St. Lucie County to the twisters and more than one of those fatalities came at the Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, a neighborhood…
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Rafael Nadal announces his retirement from tennis
Tennis legend Rafael Nadal announced his retirement Thursday at age 38. Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam winner known for his dominance on Europe’s clay courts and his on-court rivalry with Roger Federer, said he would play his final match in November’s Davis Cup. “It has been some difficult years, these last two especially,” the Spanish…
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Daniel Day-Lewis officially ends retirement from acting for son’s film ‘Anemone’
Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the greatest actors of his generation, is emerging from retirement after seven years away from the big screen. He’s starring in Focus Features and Plan B’s upcoming film “Anemone,” which marks the directorial debut of his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis co-wrote the film, described as…