With Ricky Williams’ surprising retirement this week, Page 2 has produced their list of the greatest early retirements. It’s actually a pretty good list, especially for Page 2, which seems to screw these sorts of thing up usually.
I didn’t remember that Borg was only 26 when he retired. That’s incredible. He seemed so much older to me, but I guess I was just a kid. I play tennis with big, looping, topspin forehands and two-handed backhands because of him.