Favre tells Packers he's retiring

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FAVRE RETIRES!
Published 3/4/2008 at Da Bears Blog
... The Journal Sentinel is updating quite often and this Favre retirement is starting to sound almost like it was forced by the Packers. Here's a comment from his agent: ...

Favre Retires, Agent Drops Hints That He’ll Unretire
Published 3/4/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
Who will be the first to give Packers.com’s webmaster some credit for the scoop of 2008?  Presumably not the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein. Quarterback Brett Favre told Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy Monday night that he was going to retire.But his agent, James (Bus) Cook, told the Journal Sentinel this morning that he believes Favre wants to play another year and didn’t get the sense that the Packers wanted him back all that badly. “It’s my opinion,” Cook said of the ...

BREAKING: Favre Retires; Madden Goes Into Mourning
Published 3/4/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
Brett Favre to Retire After 17 Years -Glazer: Favre Has Decided to Call It a Career (FOX Sports) -Favre to Retire (SunHerald) -Report: Wear and Tear Played a Factor (Green Bay Press-Gazette) -Favre Tells Packers He’s Retiring (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -Agent: Favre Will Retire After 17 Seasons (AP) -Peter King: Fondest Brett Favre Memory (ESPN) -Favre Informs Thompson He Intends to Retire (Packers.com)

FAVRE SITUATION SUDDENLY GETS WEIRD
Published 3/4/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
As it turns out, that dark cloud in Wisconsin could quickly become a storm. Brett Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, has told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that Favre wanted to play another year, but that he felt like the Packers didn’t want him . Uh-oh.  “I know he wants to play one more year,” Cook said.  “I do not know much conversation there was and I don’t think anyone forced him to make that decision.  But I don’t know that anyone tried to talk him out of it.” Uh-oh.“I think he wanted to play,” Cook said. ” I think he’s still got it.  He knows he’s still got it.  I think he ...

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
Published 3/4/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip to brighten this short, dark life
... After the initial report of Brett Favre's retirement, it took less than two hours for rumors of unretirement to begin.  The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (link via ...

Brett Favre's Agent: 'I Know He Wants to Play One More Year'
Published 3/4/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... decide to retire? His agent, Bus Cook, suggests that Favre could have been convinced to stick around if he had thought the Packers were showing enough interest in him, but that the Packers' lukewarm feelings made Favre decide to hang up the cleats. From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: ...

Has Brett Favre Lambeau Leaped Into Retirement?
Published 3/4/2008 by 10000takes at 10,000 Takes
... that I talk about Bus as my friend, Favre said.  But that's what he has become, one of my best friends...We trust each other, and that's rare in professional sports." And we trust (yes, blindly) the comments from Cook. Our gut feeling tells us Favre feels unwanted and angry that the Packers didn't land Moss last year or this offseason. In a week or two after Favre realizes the permanency of his decision, would any us be surprised if Favre changed course? Favre tells Packers he's retiring [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] ...

Brett Favre Retires...I Think
Published 3/4/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... Favre's agent, Bus Cook (no relation to Bus Bettis), says Favre felt like the Packers didn't want him, and Pro Football Talk muses that ...

Peter King And John Madden Are On Suicide Watch
Published 3/4/2008 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... America’s favorite quarterback has decided to hang it up after 16 years in the NFL, because he thought the Packers didn’t want him back (guess that snafu with the accidental publishing on the Packers’ web site got back to him, didn’t it?) and also because he was tired of the physical and mental grind (although agent Bus Cook thinks he wants to play one more year.) I personally will miss watching Favre on the field; I could never say that I watched a Packers game that he didn’t go balls out for in the pursuit of winning. He deserves his status as an ...

Report: Favre didn't want to retire
Published 3/4/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is leading its Web site with a story suggesting that Packers quarterback Brett Favre wanted to play another year, but that he didn't think the club wanted him back. ...

Agent: Favre Still Wants To Play; Maybe in Miami?
Published 3/4/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... , some folks aren’t totally convinced that Brett Favre is really ready to call it quits - including the QB’s own agent . The MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL reports that James “Bus” Cook believes his client still has a little more football left in him:“I think he wanted to play, I think he’s still got it. He knows he’s still got it. I think he felt he could play one more year. I don’t know if (the Packers) told him they really wanted him to play. That’s just the feeling I got .” So, does this mean the Pack actually kicked their all-star to the curb?“I do not know much ...

Favre’s Legacy
Published 3/5/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... had this to say: “Well, maybe the media speculation that the guy who brought Favre to Green Bay, former G.M. Ron Wolf, might be whispering to Bill Parcells about trying to get Favre to Miami is more accurate than we initially thought. Because if Favre wants to play another year and if it's not with the Packers, then maybe it will be elsewhere.” Talking to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, had some interesting things to say regarding the retirement. "I know he wants to play one more year,” said Cook. “I do not know much conversation there was and I ...

Favre on the comeback trail?
Published 4/4/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... Of course, this is the same man who suggested that the Packers weren't exactly devastated by Favre's decision to retire. Cook spent most of his Thursday afternoon shooting down The Times report. ...