Today my childhood sports hero - my childhood hero - retired with a loss.
Of course, I cried.
Since I was 7 years old, no sport nor athlete has held my interest in any genuine way besides for Andre Agassi. Always the best, always screwing it up, always the best, but always the underdog, not always modest, but now always, always modest and a genuinely good guy. A good person. It's hard to explain to most people how much Andre means to me.
He has been playing for 21 years and I am 25 now. For most of my life I have been watching him play and that ended today. I know it's not the end of the world, but it sure feels like a goddamn sad day.