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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- New York Knicks guard Cuttino Mobley retired from the NBA on Thursday because of a heart disease that he said has gotten worse. Mobley said doctors told him he faced significant risks if he kept playing. The 11-year veteran said by walking away now, he could live a normal life. Mobley announced his decision at a press conference at the Knicks' training center, where he confirmed he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and said he had no choice but to end his career. "The specialists I've seen made it clear that my heart condition has gotten worse and I couldn't continue to play professional basketball without putting my health and life in serious danger," Mobley said. "As much as I want to keep playing in the NBA, I have no choice but to follow the advice of my doctors and step away from the league." The Knicks acquired Mobley last month from the Los Angeles Clippers. He never played for the Knicks after his physical exam and subsequent visits with specialists showed his condition was worse than previously thought. "The doctors said to not chance it and I feel as though they're right, having an 8-year old son, having a long life ahead of me, it's the smart thing," Mobley said. "It's a tough thing to swallow, but things in life happen, but you have to keep going." Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

anybody know of any road closings?

don't take this the wrong way, but... I HATE YOU. ;D gotta go to sleep, goodnight everyone!

i guess i still have to go teach tomorrow, huh?

we've got a ton! i've been outside for about two hours freezing my butt off. we made a pretty sweet snowman though.

it's been snowing HARD in the west end of beaumont for almost two hours!!!! we have a serious dusting here, and it's even sticking well on the concrete!!! this is awesome! i feel like a little kid

dang... nothing spells class more than a waffle house dinner in the snow ;D

man, i hate the yankees. maybe CC can turn into the next Carl Pavano

it's finally pooping out little snow kernels here.

sitting in beaumont... my friend a mile away is getting sleet/snow, i'm just getting rain

SHSU beat Texas Tech in Lubbock. What did they do? Bobby Knight gave us a 2 for 1. He loves Bob Marlin and a few of the other mid-major coaches in the region. BM is one of the coaches he took under his wing. BK took the SHSU coaching staff out to eat with his own when he came to Huntsville. What a class act! you left out where BK got mad about the poor service and threw the waiter through a window

pretty funny stuff

i just read the HJ/LCM article, and something jumped out at me... and i quote: "The Bears had one desperation shot with 0.85 left but Gonzales had to take a wild shot with two Hawks all up in his grill." was that really posted in the newspaper? The orange leader is given credit for the article.

i remember troop... he was the real deal as well.

no, of course not. do we expect smaller schools, or impoverished districts to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to put it in. Then we have to pay another official to operate it. absolutely not!

it sounds like either way Stowers isn't making a stink about it. he appears to be handling the situation with class.

67-58, FINAL!!!!! Texas in the top 5? soon

65-58, timeout, Texas ball

64-55, 36.2 left, Abrams to the line. Texas will be 7-1 with their only loss by one point to top-ten Notre Dame, and wins against #9 UCLA and #11 Villanova!!!

Texas ball, 1:03 left. Texas leads 63-55, but has missed 5 straight freethrows or this one would be beyond a doubt!

60-52, with 3:54 left. Texas keeps giving up 3 point plays.

57-47 with 5:25 left! i like that, eat three minutes and extend the lead by 4

If texas can pull this out, it will be another big win against a big name opponent. they've got a quality team this year.

With 8:30 left in the game, Texas leads 46-40.