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FOXSports.com reports that New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan has officially decided to retire from the NFL.

“It was important that my teammates knew which way I was going before they got on the field to start the work to defend our title,” the team’s all-time sack leader said from California. “It’s time. I’m done.”
Strahan finally made up his mind a week ago, but wanted to take the extra days to make sure his feeling on the matter was 100 percent.

He has long believed retirement was the route he would choose but the finality of it gave him problems. In the past two years, Strahan said he has spoken with many high-profile retired players and asked for their advice on retired life, the emotions of the decision and how they knew they were done. The one consistent theme was this: Once you’re done, it’s forever. Thus, the finality was what posed the biggest problem for Strahan in making the ultimate decision.

“It’s a tough decision but I wanted to be fair to the Giants and fair to my teammates,” he said.

He was a bit of a loudmouth and it’s doubtful anyone is going to miss his yearly wavering about retirement, but the guy could flat out play the game. The seven-time Pro Bowler will retire with 141.5 sacks, a NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award (2001) and two NFC Defensive Player of the Year honors (2001, 2003). Strahan is also the NFL’s single-season sack leader with 22.5 and retired with a Super Bowl ring.

Hey, why not go out on top?

Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson was arrested early Saturday morning for drunken driving in his home state of Texas.

Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said Benson was driving his BMW at 5th and Colorado Streets between 3 and 4 a.m. when he was pulled over for a running a red light.

After an officer had him perform a series of sobriety tests, Benson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, Aguinaga said. After his arrest, he refused a breathalyzer and blood test.

Benson was taken to the Travis County Jail. He was released around 9 a.m. this morning on bond, jail officials said.

He was in Austin for his mother’s birthday this weekend, his attorney Sam Bassett said.

The arrest comes a month after Benson was arrested on Lake Travis on charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, both class B misdemeanors. Those cases are still pending.

This is one smart individual. He was already on thin ice from the boating incident and now he gets charged for drunk driving. Couple those two incidents with the way he tiptoes into running lanes and tries to dances around would-be tacklers and the Bears have themselves what many call in the business a full-fledged bust.