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Cole Hamels pitched eight scoreless innings, finishing up by retiring Bryce Harper on a grounder as the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a season-long four-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.

Kim Clijsters says this year's U.S. Open will be her last tournament before retiring.

Pacific basketball coach Bob Thomason has announced he will retire after next season.

Ricky and Peggy Bergstedt are retiring after 26 years at the helm of the Riverton (Wyo.) girls' soccer program. Rick was the last of the head coaches remaining from 1986, the inaugural season of Wyoming high school soccer. The Bergstedts were profile...

Kerry Wood started his Cubs career with a bang and finished the same way.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood will retire on Friday, a source familiar with the situation told ESPNChicago.com's Bruce Levine. Read entire story....

The Chicago Cubs' Kerry Wood retired on Friday after his final strikeout.

This one is more of a podcastito. Jalen had a spare 15 minutes between taping ESPN studio shows to give the people what they want. We talked about the Lakers, how people make too much of who takes the last shot in games, retiring the word "swagger," ...

Michigan women's swimming coach Jim Richardson is retiring. Richardson led his program to 14 Big Ten championships in 27 years, including 12 straight from 1987 to 1998. His teams also finished in the top 10 in the NCAA championships 14 times durin...

Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro will leave Werder Bremen on the expiry of his contract this summer.

Wayne Nunnely, one of the premiere defensive line coaches in the NFL, is retiring after 17 seasons, the last three with the Denver Broncos.

English national team manager Roy Hodgson has hired former Manchester United captain Gary Neville as an assistant coach.

USC's policy on retiring numbers only applies to Heisman Trophy winners, a policy that doesn't allow the school to honor many of its greatest players.

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Retiring captain Stephen Craigan is expected to return to the Motherwell team for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash against Dundee United.The 35-year-old announced his retirement on Tuesday and is expected to lead the team out for the final ti...

CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Gavin Floyd wasn't invincible on Friday. He struggled early and he struggled late. In between, he appeared invincible. And while Floyd was impressive when he was retiring batter after batter during ...

After retiring and being away from the major leagues for more than a year, Andy Pettitte will make his return to the New York Yankees on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday.