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Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, Sister Jean, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement earlier this month. Sister Jean rose to the spotlight during Loyola Chicago’s trip to the Final Four in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. She was spotted cheering courtside throughout the Ramblers’ improbable run. …

PARIS — Blue Origin is retiring a New Shepard capsule that flew a dozen uncrewed missions over nearly eight years. The capsule, RSS H.G. Wells, launched atop its booster at 9 a.m. Eastern Sept. 19 from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas. The NS-35 mission carried dozens of research payloads, but no people, marking Blue Origin’s seventh suborbital …

(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has named Ben Snider as its new chief U.S. equity strategist, succeeding veteran David Kostin, who is set to retire at the end of the year, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Snider, who joined Goldman as an analyst in 2010 and became managing director in 2017, will lead the U.S. Portfolio …

The Cubs have announced that Anthony Rizzo will retire as a Cub and will be honored this Saturday at Wrigley Field as the club hosts the Rays. He will also serve as an ambassador for the organization. Jesse Rogers of ESPN was among those to relay the news. Rizzo, now 36, was part of a few different organizations in his …

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper retired Thursday, a little more than a week after signing a one-year contract to return to the Las Vegas Raiders. Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly said Cooper called coach Pete Carroll on Thursday morning and gave him the news. “It’s unfortunate because I think the world of him,” Kelly …

Astronaut Megan McArthur has retired from NASA, ending more than two decades with the space agency. McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She lifted off on her first mission in 2009, aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission — …

Jeremy Lin is ready to let the final buzzer sound on a remarkable 15-year basketball career that captured headlines across the globe and for a few weeks in 2012 made New York City the epicenter of the basketball universe. The NBA icon announced his retirement in an Instagram post Saturday, writing that although he knew the end would come, it …

Jeremy Lin Retires After 15 Years That Included ‘Linsanity’ With the Knicks  The New York Times Lin retires after living ‘wildest childhood dreams’  ESPN 9-year NBA veteran Jeremy Lin announces retirement from professional basketball  NBA Jeremy Lin retires after trailblazing basketball career that sparked ‘Linsanity’ craze  NBC News Jeremy Lin Retires from Basketball, Knicks Icon Played Last NBA Game in 2019  Bleacher Report Source link

The final chapter of “Linsanity” is officially over. Former Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin announced his retirement from basketball through an Instagram post Saturday night. “As athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of retirement is never far away,” Lin said in his post. “I’ve spent my 15 year career knowing that one day I would have to walk …

Ex-Warriors player Jeremy Lin, who launched ‘Linsanity,’ retires from basketball  SFGATE Jeremy Lin Retires After 15 Years That Included ‘Linsanity’ With the Knicks  The New York Times 9-year NBA veteran Jeremy Lin announces retirement from professional basketball  NBA Former Raptors guard, NBA Champion Jeremy Lin retires from basketball  Sportsnet.ca Jeremy Lin Retires from Basketball, Knicks Icon Played Last NBA Game in 2019  Bleacher Report Source …