Fast Break
SWIMMING
Hall retires, focus on diabetes
Gary Hall Jr. went out early Sunday morning to catch a few waves.
Time to get on with the rest of his life.
The 10-time Olympic medalist has officially retired from swimming and turned his attention to a new challenge: helping those with diabetes lead long, productive lives.
Hall, who suffers from the disease, was expected to leave the sport after just missing out on making his fourth Olympic team this summer. He made it official in conjunction with World Diabetes Day, which was recognized on Friday.
The 34-year-old Hall decided that his family — a wife and two small children — came before another attempt at the Olympics.
“I’m just not ready to commit myself to another four years,” Hall said in a telephone interview. “It was difficult to be away from my wife and kids this past year to commit myself to training. It’s different when you have kids. To be honest, I was getting more enjoyment out of my kids than I was out of swimming.
“When you know, you know.”
NFL
A tie, and it’s not even Christmas
Donovan McNabb fumbled and threw three interceptions in regulation, and nearly had another pass picked off in overtime Sunday at Cincinnati as the Eagles and Bengals played to a 13-13 tie, the NFL’s first in six years.
Cincinnati’s Shayne Graham missed a 47-yard field goal with 7 seconds left in overtime, falling to the ground as the ball sailed a few inches wide to the right. It was a fitting way to end a game played like the very definition of a tie. Despite all the shanked punts and trick plays, this one went nowhere.
It was the first tied game in the NFL since Nov. 10, 2002, when the Falcons and Steelers finished 34-34 with Michael Vick and Tommy Maddox matching each other pass for pass. Sunday, the teams matched gaffe for gaffe.
Considering what went on the previous three hours, no one was surprised when Graham, 6-for-6 this season from 40-49 yards away, sliced it just outside the right upright for the second tie in franchise history. The Bengals played Houston to a 31-31 tie in 1969, their second season.
Philadelphia hadn’t finished with a tie since a 10-10 game against Baltimore in 1997.
| Sunday’s results |
| Denver 24, Atlanta 20 |
| Miami 17, Oakland 15 |
| Green Bay 37, Chicago 3 |
| N.Y. Giants 30, Baltimore 10 |
| Indianapolis 33, Houston 27 |
| Carolina 31, Detroit 22 |
| Philadelphia 13, Cincinnati 13 (OT) |
| New Orleans 30, Kansas City 20 |
| Tampa Bay 19, Minnesota 13 |
| Arizona 26, Seattle 20 |
| San Francisco 35, St. Louis 16 |
| Pittsburgh 11, San Diego 10 |
| Tennessee 24, Jacksonville 14 |
| Dallas 14, Washington 10 |
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Today’s Game Cleveland at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. |
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NFL Rewind, C5 |