1.   Certainly if Hughes plays against Latvia in Belfast the way he played against them in Riga the first of those farewell games for Bingham will yield another two points.

2.   But if none of that works out and the Fighting Irish stay home, Holtz will have had the quietest farewell game in Notre Dame history.

3.   But there was concern that even a brief appearance in Phoenix could keep him from playing in Houston and could diminish his farewell game.

4.   He tosses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar out of his own farewell game.

5.   That was the Magic Johnson farewell game, a game which also included other since-retired pals Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas.

6.   Diego Maradona hung up his soccer boots for what surely will be the last time Saturday, after taking part in his farewell game.

7.   Essendon gave its retiring veteran Mark Harvey a farewell game to remember by scoring a thrilling comeback victory over Adelaide.

8.   Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona arrived in his homeland Tuesday, promising he is fit and well for his farewell game Saturday.

9.   Former German captain Juergen Klinsmann may get his farewell game after all.

10.   It was a farewell game for outgoing Chunichi manager Morimichi Takagi.