Battle of California - Kings, Sharks, and Ducks

MMA Fighting's Mike Chiappetta talks to Cole Konrad, Kyle Kingsbury, Nick Denis and other mixed martial artists who are walking away from the sport at relatively early ages.

U.S. Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm announced his retirement yesterday, as he tried to make it back to the Olympics for the first time since 2004; He missed 2008 with an injury. Hamm said his body, at...

Openly gay pro rugger Gareth Thomas has retired from rugby, he announced today. Thomas said in a statement: I have listened and discussed this decision with many of my family and close friends. My...

We horse lovers who have worried about Big Brown continuing to race on that problematical hoof can now breathe easy. The other day, the colt was pulled from preparation for the Breeders Cup...

Journeyman netminder Chris Mason returns to the Nashville Predators this season, the club that gave him his start in the NHL. After three other NHL cities, is this the year Mase hoists the Cup? Or hangs up the skates?

It seems like Erik Cole isn't too happy with the new CBA, and he's thinking about his other options.

You win, Mayas. And you win, lockout. A lot of thanks on my last day hockey blogging.

Phillies fans and bloggers are using Twitter to create goodbye signs for Chipper Jones #goodbyesigns4chipper

Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Randy Couture discusses the challenges of retirement with MMA Fighting.

Kenny Florian talks to MMA Fighting about his retirement from prizefighting and what his favorite UFC moments were.