Michael Strahan Has Decided the FOX Booth Looks Just Comfortable Enough, Stays Retired

Published: August 26, 2008, 3:00 pm

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Filed under: GiantsWill he? Won't he? The nation was collectively gripped in a Favre like fever for 48 straight hours, wondering if Michael Strahan would unretire after only a few short months and return to save the New York Giants from a for-sure-locked-in 6-10 season. (End sarcasm. Except the 6-10 part.)Well, he won't, via the anti-Mort, Jay Glazer at FOX Sports."This has been one of the toughest nights of my life," Strahan said from Greece. "But after long deliberation and throwing around a million scenarios in my head for the past day, I think it's just best if I stay retired. "I have gone back and forth on this because as a player you'll always want to play, you'll never lose that urge to be out there. But I could only do this if I could commit 100 percent, physically, mentally, emotionally and I can't do that. I've tried to convince myself and my body to give it one more year, but in the end I just don't think I could turn it on like I need to again."First of all, nice "scoop",

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