End of an Era!
My (ex) favorite Indian cricketer, Saurav Ganguly, has at last retired. After having made several spectacular comebacks after he was dropped, I was happy to see that he went on his own terms. Few people can stir up emotions like he did. You had to either detest him or adore him, there was no one saying "hes OK."
He was the first "great" cricketer that I was able to follow from his debut to retirement and he was the subject of innumberable lunch time arguments with my college buddies. Needless to mention, I was always the only one supporting him :)

Also, personally, this Oct 4th 2008 was the end of an era, in more ways than one!