Report: Urlacher denies he threatened to retire

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SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 4/19/2008 on sports.espn.go.com [flag]
Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is disputing a published report which, citing anonymous sources, said he threatened to retire if his contract is not renegotiated. [link]

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Brian Urlacher Wants Money, Love, and New Neck
Published 4/19/2008 by goathair at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . Or maybe he didn’t . Just a day after a CHICAGO SUN-TIMES report that Urlacher was “threatening to retire because of neck and back problems,” Urlacher has issued a statement saying “I never said that I was going to quit.” The SUN-TIMES also reported that Urlacher’s agents have asked the Bears to explore trade opportunities, which Urlacher also denied.  “Everybody knows I want to be in Chicago ,” said Urlacher, “I want to be with my teammates.” Except, of course, at the training camp that Urlacher is boycotting.

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