Famous Guy To Become Slightly Less Famous

Oscar De La Hoya "retired" today, which is what boxers do while they wait for someone to offer them $20 million for their once-in-a-lifetime comeback payday. He will be missed?

De La Hoya led a remarkable career, I guess, even though I cannot recall a single memorable thing that he did at any point in his life, besides maybe winning a gold medal at the Olympics (Atlanta? Barcelona?) and wearing fishnets. I'm not a boxing expert, obviously, but I assume that every one of his important fights was broadcast on pay-per-view or a cable channel that I did not get, which it means it might as well not have happened. I still miss Wide World of Sports. Anyway, congratulations on a job ... done.

Emotional De La Hoya announces retirement [Reuters]

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Well, gang, that it's for me. I'm off the rest of the week (immigration issues), but I'm sure there will be capable hands to guide you gently into the mid-April swing. Or maybe chaos will rule the day and the whole world will burn. Either way, my conscious is clear.

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