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Giants' Strahan calls it a career
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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June 10, 2008
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Michael Strahan had what he wanted -- a
Super Bowl championship to add to a resume featuring seven Pro Bowls
and two sack records. Now it was time to leave football and leave
the New York Giants after 15 years in the NFL.
Four months after a stunning Super Bowl victory over the
previously unbeaten New England Patriots, the 36-year-old Strahan
informed Giants co-owner John Mara he was done. He will be walking
away from a $4 million contract for the 2008 season.
"I told him he's been a great Giant," Mara said Monday. "He
thanked me for everything the organization has done for him. I said,
'I think you've done more for us than we can ever do for you.'"
Strahan never ...
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