Chamique Holdsclaw retires....

The 29 year-old forward who was once proclaimed the "female Jordan" and the only female to grace the cover of SLAM Magazine has retired in the middle of her ninth season, shocking the Los Angeles Sparks.
Chamique Holdsclaw is a six-time WNBA All-Star, but had suffered depression in 2004 while with the Washington Mystics, leaving the team for a temporarily before being traded to Los Angeles.
Holdsclaw was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year in 1999 and led the University of Tennessee's Lady Vols to three consecutive NCAA Championships. She is Tennessee's all-time leading scorer and rebounder (male or female) with 3,025 points and 1,295 rebounds. She was only the fifth women's basketball player in NCAA history to reach 3,000 points.
It's actually crazy to think that this was her 9th season in the WNBA, it seems like she was in college just yesterday. In her WNBA career she averaged 17 points and 8 rebounds per night, including a 2002 WNBA scoring title.
A phenomenal player and talent, maybe she will come back like MJ did in a year, but if not, she will always be remembered as one of the greats.