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Forward Brad Richards is retiring after 15 NHL seasons during which he established a reputation for offensive consistency and won two Stanley Cup championships.Following one season with Detroit, the 36-year-old announced his retirement in a two-page release issued by the NHL Players Association on Wednesday.From Prince Edward Island, Richards was a 10-time 20-goal scorer and finished with 298 goals and 634 assists for 932 points in 1,126 games in a career that included stops in Dallas and the New York Rangers.Richards was voted the 2004 Conn Smythe trophy winner as playoff MVP in helping the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup. He led the playoffs with 26 points (12 goals, 14 assists), and set an NHL postseason record with seven game-winning goals.Richards also won a title in 2015 during his one season with the Chicago Blackhawks.He won the 2004 Lady Byng Memorial trophy for sportsmanship and gentlemanly play. And in 2001, Richards finished second behind goalie Evgeni Nabokov in the NHLs rookie of the year vote.In thanking his many teammates, coaches, trainers and fans, Richards called winning two championships as his two most unforgettable moments.I will never forget those moments, Richards said. Nothing compares to enjoying that night with your team and knowing what you have accomplished together.One of Richards teammates in Tampa Bay was Vincent Lecavalier, who announced his retirement last month after 17 NHL seasons.Richards was selected by the Lightning in the third round of the 1998 NHL draft. He made his NHL debut two years later, and after helping Rimouski Oceanic win consecutive Canadian Junior Memorial Cup titles.He spent six-plus seasons in Tampa Bay before being traded to Dallas in 2007-08.In the summer of 2011, Richards was regarded as the NHLs top free-agent prize and made a splash in signing a nine-year, $60 million contract with the Rangers. He spent only three seasons in New York before the Rangers elected to buy out the remainder of his contract in June 2014, a week after the team lost the Stanley Cup Final in five games to Los Angeles.Richards scored a career-best 28 goals with Dallas in 2010-11, and he twice totaled 91 points in 2005-06 with Tampa Bay and again four seasons later with Dallas.Hes coming off a season in which scored a career-low 10 goals and 28 points in 68 games with the Red Wings.Roger Maris Jersey . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. Willie McGee Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. http://www.authenticcardinalspro.com/cardinals-drew-robinson-jersey/ . Hey!" 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The match was similar to Isners quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber which went to three sets, all tiebreaks and contained no breaks of serve.DENVER -- The Rockies struck out in their bid to make up ground against a last-place team.Colorado tied a season high by fanning 15 times in an 11-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.This after striking out 12 times the night before.Colorado has whiffed 12 times or more in consecutive home games for the first time in franchise history, according to the team.In losing two of three to last-place Tampa Bay, the Rockies were outscored 25-11 and outhit 35-24 with 31 strikeouts.We understood that we were going to face a team that is having a tough time, Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez said. We are in a situation where weve got to make things happen -- and it didnt happen.Archer (5-13) struck out 11 over six innings for his first win since June 6. He also took some inspiration from rookie Blake Snell, who pitched a gem the night before. Archer went out and tried to duplicate it.Nearly did, too.Archer allowed two runs and four hits to halt a slide in which he had lost six of seven starts.Archer struck us out a lot today and pitched well, said Gonzalez, who scored a run in the eighth, his 600th as a member of the Rockies. He mixed his pitches where he needs to and as a hitter it was frustrating not being able to score runs.Evan Longoria kept up his hot hitting with two doubles as the Rays captured their first road series since June 6-8 at Arizona. Longoria turned in a big series with two doubles, two triples, a homer and five RBI.Jorge De La Rosa (6-7) lasted only four innings and gave up nine runs, seven of them earned. He usually fares well at Coors Field -- with a better home ERA (4.27) than on the road (4.38) since joining Colorado.Everything was bad, De La Rosa explained. I threw pitches where I dont have to throw them.Tampa Bay trailed 2-1 before breaking open the game with three runs in third and five more in the fourth.Former Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson had three hits, including a triple, to increase his career average in this park to .dddddddddddd360. He was traded to the Rays last January for reliever Jake McGee.With two doubles Wednesday, Longoria has 50 extra base hits this season. Only one other Tampa Bay player, Aubrey Huff in 2003, had that many through 94 games.Archer allowed two runs in the second but quickly settled into a groove. He struck out the side in the fourth and the sixth -- his last pitch a 96 mph fastball that Mark Reynolds couldnt hit.We saw two guys the last two days that throw a lot of good breaking balls, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Snell had a real good slider. Archer had a real good slider. That was the common denominator the last two games.TRAINERS ROOMRays: OF Kevin Kiermaier got the day off.FEELING PRESIDENTIALWeiss is playfully campaigning for his man: Gerardo Parra.Weiss wore a Parra for President T-shirt before the game. The shirts were created as a joke before the season and Parras teammates constantly wear them.More pressing than getting Parra into the White House is getting him back on the field. The outfielder is on the disabled list with a sprained left ankle.THIS & THATRockies hitting coach Blake Doyle was throw out in the second inning for something he said from the dugout to home plate umpire Paul Emmel concerning the strike zone. ... There was a review over a tag at home plate in the second inning that lasted 6 minutes, 28 seconds, and had players just standing around. Archer threw warmup pitches. ... OF Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 12 games.UP NEXTRockies: Righty Chad Bettis (7-6) makes his 20th start of the season when Colorado opens a four-game series against Atlanta. ' ' '