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GOING OUT ON TOP

By Sean Bartlett

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Annika Sorrenstam, the LPGA's all-time money leader, and Justine Henin, current WTA #1, have announced that they will be retiring at the top of their games (curiously within 24 hours of each other). It got us thinking about other athletes who have had the good sense to retire on top. Rocky Marciano The Rock from Brockton retired with a perfect record of 49-0-0 in 1956, the only heavyweight champ to retire undefeated, and even "beat" Muhammad Ali 13 years later. But, in a ironic twist, the ...

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