Athlete retirement
FILE - Anaheim Ducks goaltender Ryan Miller takes off his mask during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Arizona Coyotes in Anaheim, Calif., in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Ducks goalie Ryan Miller will retire at the conclusion of the season, ending the 18-year career of the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history. The 40-year-old Miller announced his decision Thursday, April 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Ryan Miller's time: Ducks goalie to retire at end of season

By Greg Beacham Apr. 29, 2021 12:24 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan.18, 2018 file photo, United States' Lindsey Vonn prepares for an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill training, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. Having retired from racing in 2019, Vonn is offering her thoughts on the 2021 world championships in Cortina in a diary with the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, file)
Lindsey Vonn: I wanted to end my career at Cortina worlds

By Lindsey Vonn Feb. 12, 2021 04:40 AM EST

FILE - United States' Ted Ligety celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, in this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety says he will retire from World Cup ski racing after the world championships. Ligety’s final race will be the giant slalom on Feb. 19 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File)
2-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety to retire after worlds

By Pat Graham Feb. 09, 2021 05:15 AM EST

Osterman to retire after '21 season with Athletes Unlimited

Feb. 03, 2021 01:54 PM EST
Defending champion Cat Osterman has committed to return for the second season of Athletes Unlimited softball before she retires. Osterman...

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 file photo, Belgium's Pieter Timmers holds up his silver medal after the men's 100-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Belgian swimmer Pieter Timmers had planned to retire after Tokyo last summer. He's decided to stick to his timeline rather than disrupt his family's plans. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)
Some athletes shelving Olympic bids amid delayed Tokyo Games

By Ken Maguire Jan. 21, 2021 11:26 AM EST

FILE - In this June 7, 2019, file photo, Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut (12) holds the ball against the Toronto Raptors during the second half of Game 4 of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif. Bogut announced Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 that he is calling quits on his bid for an Olympic medal and has decided to retire after 15 years in professional basketball. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Bogut retires, ending his bid for an Olympic medal

Nov. 30, 2020 09:06 PM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, Minnesota Timberwolves' Luol Deng in action suring an NBA basketball game, in Minneapolis, USA. The two-time NBA All Star, who became president of the South Sudan basketball federation after retiring as a player last year, Luol Deng wants to build up basketball in his native South Sudan that may mean him coaching the national team himself, as they prepare to play against Mali upcoming Saturday Nov. 28 2020. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, FILE)
Retired NBA player Deng coaches South Sudan at tournament

Nov. 27, 2020 10:47 AM EST

Canadian skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis retires

Oct. 13, 2020 04:12 PM EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Three-time World Cup winner Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada announced his retirement Tuesday from competitive racing. ...

FILE - In this March 3, 2018, file photo, Meghan Duggan, of the gold medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, listens to a question from the media before an outdoor NHL hockey game between the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs in Annapolis, Md. U.S. women's hockey captain Duggan announced her retirement Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, after a career in which she won the 2018 Olympic gold medal and seven world championship golds. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Meghan Duggan, a champion across women's hockey, retires

By Stephen Whyno Oct. 13, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 file photo, first placed Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg celebrates on the podium of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Garmish Partenkirchen, Germany. Rebensburg, who won the Olympic gold medal in giant slalom in 2010, announced her retirement Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 at the age of 30 after an injury. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca, File)
Olympic giant slalom champion Rebensburg retires at 30

Sep. 01, 2020 08:41 AM EDT

British diver Blagg retires at 23 because of shoulder injury

Jul. 06, 2020 06:03 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — British diver Alicia Blagg is retiring from the sport because of a shoulder injury that has ended her chances of competing in a third Olympics at...

4-time Olympic biathlon medalist Landertinger retires

Apr. 20, 2020 07:15 AM EDT
VIENNA (AP) — Four-time Olympic biathlon medalist Dominik Landertinger of Austria retired Monday at the age of 32. Landertinger said on...

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016 file photo, Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina acknowledges the audience after her routine on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chusovitina had considered retirement before but chose to carry on before qualifying for her eighth Olympics — breaking her own record in the sport. This time around, the 1992 gold medalist said Tokyo will be her last Olympics. “It's already good that they have postponed. Everything will calm down and everything will be fine, and I think then the Olympics will go ahead as normal,” said the 44-year-old Chusovitina, who is training in restricted. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)
Record-setting Olympians stretch careers for games in 2021

By James Ellingworth Mar. 26, 2020 09:51 AM EDT

A man looks at a Tokyo 2020 countdown clock displaying the current date and time outside Tokyo Station, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing the world's biggest sporting event, a global extravaganza that's been cemented into the calendar for more than a century. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The Latest: Hurricanes ask employees to take time off

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2020 07:44 PM EDT

Second-placed Quentin Fillon Maillet, left, winner Martin Fourcade and third-placed Emilien Jacquelin, all of France, celebrate on the podium after the men's 12,5 km Pursuit competition, at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti, Finland, Saturday March 14, 2020. Fourcade retired from the sport on Saturday exactly ten years after his first World Cup victory in Kontiolahti. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)
French Olympic great Fourcade retires in style with 83rd win

Mar. 14, 2020 05:32 PM EDT