Favre Loses Coin Toss; Retires

 
Few people outside of Green Bay Wisconsin are privy to the information that is in this article. Many Minnesota Viking fans died crossing the border with this information... not because they were killed, it was alcohol poisoning. You try going to Green Bay without consuming your weight in cheese curbs and Pabst Blue Ribbon. As tradition dictates: at 12:01 am on March 4th, in a small basement room of the famous Stadium View Sports Bar in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Brett Farve stood surrounded by hooded figures. While faces were largely obscured to protect anonymity, reports are that there was at least one middle aged woman that doesn't mind being married to someone who can't pronounce their own last name, one man that looks oddly like a walrus, one man that may or may not have been a Predator judging by the dreadlocks and four other gender ambiguous figures that swayed slightly as though trying not to fall down donning cheese wedge shaped hats over their cloaks.  Farve stood in a deeply meditative ... [link]

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Favre tells Packers he's retiring

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire. ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that according to Favre's agent, Buss Cook, Favre informed Packers coach Mike McCarthy of his decision Monday night. Foxsports.com first reported Favre's decision.
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A Legend Walks Away: Brett Favre Retires

In what really came as a shock to NFL fans, the Green Bay Packers QB has called it quits. The Mississippi gunslinger said in a voicemail to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, “I know I can still play, but it’s like I told my wife, I’m just tired mentally. I’m just tired.”
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