FAVRE to retire...

Dude I'm serious...no really, it's all over the news...why would I make this up?...I'm not even a NFL fan...dude, why are you crying?...


Well, it seems like it's official...and he means it this time...Brett Favre is hanging up his cleats/spurs once and for all after 17 seasons in the NFL. And it only took what, 5 or 6 offseasons of suspense? The official reason given for why Favre decided this was the year to pull the plug? He's "tired". Good enough for me. I would imagine he is a little sore as well. And I'm not trying to be a smartass. He's earned the right to go out on his own terms.

You can pretty much count on SportsCenter being unwatchable tonight unless you happen to hail from Wisconsin. Of course, SportsCenter is pretty much unwatchable in the first place. On his radio show this morning Dan Patrick (who is no longer affiliated with ESPN) was taking calls and reading emails from distraught Cheese-Heads who had to "pull their cars over and burst into tears when they heard the news". Egads.

Yahoo sports has coverage here.

While Deadspin will have "more about this later". I can hardly wait.


Of course, I get most of my football news from The Guardian (UK), and you can find their coverage here.


John Madden is now expected to announce his retirement from broadcasting sometime within the next few days. At which point he will perform hara-kiri with a turkey leg.

Seriously though, today marks the end of an amazing career. Favre will go down as one of the all-time greats for sure. A supreme competitor, fearless, with a cannon for an arm and one of the most durable players of all time at his position. Perhaps the last of the wild-west gunslingers in the NFL. He, and his wildly entertaining brand of football, will be missed by fans and foes a like. Multiple MVPs and a Superbowl ring assure that a late summer trip to Canton, OH will be on his itinerary in the not too distant future.

Let the Aaron Rodgers era begin in Green Bay!!


-m