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Giants DE Strahan to retire: 15 years, 7 Pro Bowls
Giants DE Strahan to retire: 15 years, 7 Pro Bowls
Michael Strahan, the New York Giants' 15-year veteran defensive end and seven-time Pro Bowl player who helped lead them to a 2008 Super Bowl win, ESPN.com's John Clayton confirmed Monday.
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Strahan hangs it up
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — ... Giants defensive end Michael Strahan has decided to retire, according to a source close to the player. A few minutes ago, a team spokesperson told me that Strahan had indeed informed the team of his retirement. ...

Michael Strahan Retires
GMEN HQ | A New York Giants Blog — ... According to ESPN.com, Strahan said, “It was important that my teammates knew which way I was going before they got on the field to start the work to defend our title. It’s time. I’m done.” ...

Strahan to shove himself down our throats the rest of our lives.
Clubhouse Cancer — ... So, Mike Strahan decided to retire. Great. Now, we get the chance to put up with him and his ham-fisted, gap-toothed ‘hilarity’ for time immemorial. Here’s hoping he gets snapped up by the NFL channel, so football fans can forget about him forever.       ...

Strahan and Favre to be connected again
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog — ... Yes, Michael Strahan and Brett Favre will be connected again. With Strahan's announcement that he has retired from the New York Giants, it should be a foregone conclusion that the defensive end will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013. Assuming he doesn't come back, Favre will be part of that class as well. ...

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Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician — Not everyone is jazzed about the idea of Big East Lacrosse...Orange44 Get to know SU opponent Northwestern a little better...EDSBS So is Melo getting traded or what?...CNY in the Pros To Joe Paterno, the only good blogger is a dead blogger...PittsburghLive Fare thee well, Michael Strahan. I remember the day you were drafted. And that makes me feel very old...ESPN So you know how after every big horse race, some asshole always has the nerve to say that ...

Steelers Players Not Making The News..Thank God
Behind the Steel Curtain — ... * Michael Strahan decides to hang it up with a Super Bowl ring in his back pocket. There were million$ of rea$on$ to come back for one more go-round, but the move makes plenty of sense. ...

COMINGS AND GOINGS: STRAHAN, DEL NEGRO
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... I guess the big story today for a couple hours was the news of Michael Strahan's retirement.  The Giants defensive end and future Hall of Famer had an impressive career, making seven Pro Bowls in 15 years, notching 141.5 career sacks (5th best all-time), breaking the single-season sack record with the help of a lily-livered Brett Favre, and having one of the all-time ...

NFL News
End Zone Buzz — ... What's happening around the country's most popular league. > - Michael Strahan retires after 15 seasons with the New York Giants (ESPN.com) > - USA Today says the 1990 New England Patriots are the worst football team ever assembled. (USA Today) > - Kenny Stabler was arrested again with his third DUI. (Alabama Press-Register) > - Sporting News handed out grades for offseason moves, and only two teams - the Jets and Vikings, received A's. (Sporting News) > ...

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Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan is retiring after a 15-year career, capped by a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants in February. The 36-year-old Strahan, the NFL's active leader in sacks, informed the Giants on Monday. "I'm ...
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Giants defensive end Michael Strahan to retireBoston.com -- Football news 6/9/2008
Seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan is retiring after a 15-year career, capped by a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants in February.