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Emotional Aikman announces his retirement By Jaime Aron The Associate Press IRVING, Texas — As always, Troy Aikman came to Texas Stadi um with his game face on. He brought an inch-thick stack of index cards and enough family and friends to fill a ballroom. Banners from the three Super Bowls he won hung from the hole-in-the-roof visi ble behind him. But when it came time to talk about the end of his 12-year career, the usually unflappable quarter back was overcome by emotion. A few sentences into his nearly 1 1/2-hour retirement news confer ence Monday, Aikman put down the cards, took a breath and dragged a finger beneath and above his left eye. “You watch and you think your time will never come,” Aikman said slowly. “And my time’s come.” Aikman called it a career 33 days after being waived by the Dallas Cowboys. While he believes he can still be a starting quarterback in the NFL, the right job wasn’t out there. So rather than risk suffering an 11th concussion or taking another hit on his aching back, the 34-year old Aikman ended his playing ca reer and is preparing to start anoth er as a broadcaster. “I know it’s the right thing for me because of my health, concussions, the back problems I’ve had,” Aik man said. “It took its toll.” Aikman is close to finalizing a deal with Fox to replace Matt Millen as the partner for play-by play announcer Dick Stockton, an industry source told The Associat ed Press on condition of anonymi ty. An announcement could come as early as Tuesday, the source said. Aikman’s life is rapidly chang ing. He recently moved to Califor nia and in late August his wife is due to have their first child. The couple also is raising an 11-year-old daughter from her previous mar riage. “I wanted to play. I just can’t do that anymore,” Aikman said. “I think when all things are consid ered it was the right thing for me and my family.” Aikman bit his lip as Cowboys owner Jerry Jones introduced the first player he ever drafted and rem inisced about the rise of the team and the quarterback. Before he turned the microphone over to Aikman, Jones presented a video prepared by NFL Films. It be gan with home movies from Aik man’s youth and featured great mo ments from his career. Aikman told about going to the Green Bay Packers’ final game in 1988 and rooting for them to win so Dallas would have the top pick in the draft. The Packers won and, be fore leaving the stadium, Aikman bought a Cowboys cap. Dallas made Aikman the first pick in 1989 and also drafted Daryl Johnston, Mark Stepnoski and Tony Tolbert. Aikman anchored the Cowboys teams that won the 1992, ’93 and ’95 Super Bowls. Blazers’ Wells declared out for season with injury By Landon Hall The Associated Press PORTLAND — Bonzi Wells, the talented guard who bumped Steve Smith from the Portland Trail Blaz ers’ starting lineup, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. Wells has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Monday’s announcement was a huge blow for the struggling Blaz ers, who have lost 11 of 17 games to fall from first place in the Western Conference overall standings to sixth. The team also is dealing with the departure of reserve forward Shawn Kemp, who is seeking treat ment for cocaine abuse and won’t return this season. Wells, the team’s third-leading scorer behind Rasheed Wallace and Smith, was hurt in the second quar ter of Friday night’s 31-point rout of Golden State. He crashed to the floor while going up for a pass from Damon Stoudamire. It appeared Wells’ left foot came down on the instep of his right foot as he was try ing to get past a defender. The injury came when the Blazers had the game in hand against the out matched Warriors, But Portland, hav ing lost three straight games, wanted a convincing victory. The Blazers led by as many as 4 7 points and won by 31. At first, the Blazers thought Wells’ knee was sprained. But it had swelled since, and a tear in the ACL was found during a more thorough examination Monday afternoon. Wells’ teammates and coach Mike Dunleavy didn’t know the ex tent of the injury after finishing practice earlier in the day, but they seemed to sense it was serious. “It’ll definitely be a blow,” point guard Stoudamire said. “Bonzi is one of the only guys on this team that can really get easy buckets. He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the game, and it’ll hurt us. We have to just find some way to overcome it.” Coach Mike Dunleavy wasn’t ready to think about losing one of his best offensive players. “I really don’t want to even go there,” he said. “But if it were the case, that’s 53 percent field-goal shooting percentage out of your lineup, and that’s obviously tough.” At 24, Wells is the youngest player in the Blazers’ rotation, and he’s dan gerous in the open court. The former Ball State star has had a breakout third season in the NBA, averaging 12.7 points and 4.9 rebounds. He has made 53.3 percent of his shots, sec ond in the league only to Shaquille O’Neal’s 57.3 percent. Wells filled in for Smith as the start ing shooting guard against Vancouver on Dec. 29, when Smith had the flu. Wells scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting, and Smith didn’t start again until Sunday’s game at Sacramento. Call (541)3464343 or stop by Room 300 Erb Memorial Union to place your ad today. P.0. 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