How do you adequately summarize the body of work over a 40-year career in sports journalism, including nearly 38 full years at The Blade? Close to impossible. As this column appears, I have officially retired, and this will be my final media offering to a community that I have attempted to serve with the best of my ability covering the local and regional sports scene. It was not an easy decision to end this run but, like I had heard from many others in this position before me, it was just time.