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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Mario Lemieux made a career out of comebacks — from cancer and a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years ago, from the boredom of retirement.
Finally, he found something that prevented him from returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins yet one more time: A heart that still loves to play the game, but is not physically well enough to do so.
Lemieux, arguably the most talented player in NHL history if not the most accomplished or highest-scoring, retired Tuesday for the second time from a sport he played as well as any. Even if his own body wouldn't let him play nearly as much or as well as he wanted.
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