DeadSpin.com has an interview series in which they ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. They talked to former Cat Jeff Sheppard who said: “It was in 2001, and I was in Rome, Italy, when the terrorist attacks happened on 9/11, and my daughter was just born. She was…
Former Cat Jeff Sheppard quit playing basketball because of 9/11
Former Kentucky star Rick Robey: “Physically, I Just Didn’t Have It Anymore”
Tell Me When It’s Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: former basketball player Rick Robey. Robey was a fourth-year senior when Kentucky beat Duke 94-88 on March 27, 1978, to win its first national championship in 20 years. Teammate…