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Favre: 'It's been a wonderful career'

Updated: February 13, 2009, 1:55 PM ET
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NEW YORK -- Brett Favre swears this is the real deal -- no more last-minute comebacks.

The 39-year-old quarterback retired again Wednesday and insisted he won't look back. Well, at least for now.

"I have no reason to wonder why you would be so skeptical," Favre said Wednesday with a slight chuckle after announcing he was leaving the game after 18 record-setting seasons.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Ed Werder first reported Favre's retirement after receiving an e-mail from the ...

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Less than a year after retiring from the Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre stepped away from the NFL again Wednesday, telling the New York Jets that he will not return as their QB in 2009. Story | AFC East blog | NFC North blog

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