Over the hill.

Has-been.

Washed-up.

Burnout.

Mike Tyson with the face tat.

Willie Mays staggering around.

300-pound Magic Johnson posting up.

Al Pacino post-Any Given Sunday speech.

Brett Favre.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs dropped this week, and since the reviews are saying it’s one sequel too many, I guess the movie is aptly named. The series has grown old. That got me thinking about how often I hear about how Brett Favre is past his prime, and how sick everybody is of hearing about No. 4. But what other athletes are washed up and need to call it quits? What other athletes are we sick and tired of hearing about?

I asked an all-star panel of sportsbloggers that very question, and here’s what they came up with…

John Daly, Golfer – By AEM, The 5th Corner

I have a question for all of you: how does a person end up looking like John Daly (who is 43 years old) when he is walking about 3.64 to 3.86 miles four times a week? If you don’t think that it’s time for this has-been golfer to retire to a senior citizen development that has a golf course (best if mini-golf) and allows smoking (and drinking) on the premises, then I don’t know what to tell you. Or maybe he could go record another record, since he does classify himself as a singer. Whatever the choice he makes, Daly has to go because, for all the steps in the right direction people like Tiger Woods have made to show that golfers are athletes, he has made just as many in the opposite direction. For all the steps that well-mannered golfers have taken to make the PGA look good, he has done the opposite. But most of all I want him to go because he came up to a PGA tournament in upstate New York and after a so-so first round no one saw him again. The golf officials said he was sick, the people from the hotel/casino he was staying at didn’t have a comment, on the record that is. Off the record, everyone saw him bringing a cooler to his room when it was way past midnight.

Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers Outfielder - Bob Biscigliano, Detroit 4 Lyfe

Magglio “Singlio” Ordonez needs to retire.

Before I start this, I want to say that Magglio has been my favorite Tiger since he joined the team. I digress.

Magglio isn’t hitting at all, and when he does he’s only punch and judy. He sports a .166 BA in his last 36 at bats with one home run and just two ribs (on the home run). He can’t get around on a fastball to save his hair and is a defensive liability. Many believe Detroit should release him, but Detroit probably can’t for fear of facing a messy grievance being filed against the team and/or further pissing off Ordonez’s agent, Scott Boras, who represents a couple of Detroit’s most recent unsigned draft picks. We could try to trade him, but no general manager off drugs and in his right mind would ever trade for Magglio knowing that if he gets enough plate appearances or games played this year, he is guaranteed $18 million for next season.

That leaves one solution: Magglio needs to hang them up.

I know he’s not going to because he’s a competitor and seems to be loving the game, and I doubt he’s thinking about that gratuitous guaranteed contract he’s not worth. Hanging up his spikes would be the right thing to do for a couple different reasons. For one, it would save Magglio the embarrassment of getting booed and potentially becoming the single most-overpaid player in Tigers franchise history. It also eases the Tigers concerns of having to play him into next year’s contract. A Magglio retirement would help the two sides part ways somewhat amicably and end Magglio’s career in a Tigers uni.

Ken Shamrock, MMA – Kipp Tribble, Rear Naked Joke

While this may not be the sexiest pick, most MMA fans are frankly just tired of having to waste time on him. His blink-and-missed-it fight against Robert Berry where he got his bell rung was just an extra final nail in the coffin. When he had to drop out of his fight with Kimbo Slice, none of us cared. And none us have cared for a long time. Ken was an animal back in the early days of the UFC, and helped build MMA into what it is today. But, dude, stick to coaching and embrace the fact that your time has passed. Otherwise, you just continue to tarnish a once great name in sports, which has become a punchline — with no help from your brother, I might add. Go back to pro wrestling, my friend. It pays better and those guys go until they’re sixty. Just stay out of the Octagon.

Tony Clark, Arizona Diamondbacks First Baseman – Jonathan Sacks, Sports Rubbish

Let’s face it, you probably didn’t even realize Tony Clark was still playing baseball. Well, I use the term “playing baseball” loosely. What Tony Clark has been doing on the field recently can barely be classified as such.

The Diamondbacks signed Tony this offseason to bring in that great intangible: veteran leadership. He’s certainly served as a leader, but not in the way the team intended. In a lineup full of inept bats, Tony Clark has been one of the worst, boasting a .200 batting average with just 10 hits this season. He was on the injured list for part of that time, and he should have stayed there. When he came back, he managed to blow one of the D-backs rare opportunities to win by dropping a certain out that hit him right in the palm of his glove. He has also struck out an impressive 23 times in 50 ABs, which equates to roughly 275 Ks over a full season, making Mark Reynolds look like Joe Dimaggio in comparison. Josh Whitesell is the first baseman of the future for the Diamondbacks (yes, we’ve heard that many times before — hi, Travis Lee!). Whitesell should be the one getting the playing time, not Tony.

If the D-backs want Tony Clark’s experience around, keep him around as a bench coach. He should be nowhere near the field.

Jamie Moyer, Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher – Paneech, Paneech.com

Other than the fact that Jamie Moyer will be 47 this November, there are other reasons why I think he needs to retire. He got his 250th win, but on the pace he has set over the past three years he will have to pitch into his mid-50s to get to 300. I know he has seven children and still needs to bring home a check, but it is time for Moyer to realize that coaching will keep the groceries in the fridge.
So far in 2009, Moyer is 6-6, with a brutal 6.05 ERA. In 83 innings he has struck out 50 batters. While I realize that he had 16 wins and pitched almost 200 innings last year, the tank now seems empty and it is time for Pterodactyl Moyer to become extinct.

Allen Iverson, NBA Free Agent Guard – Brant Houghton, That Ball’s Outta Here

Allen Iverson, aka The Answer. Over the course of Iverson’s career, he has scored a career- high 60 points against the Orlando Magic; won the Most Valuable Player Award in 2001; and led the Philadelphia 76ers to the 2001 NBA Finals. But the one thing he has not done during his illustrious career is win a championship.

Iverson is now 34 years old and is a free agent. He has ruined the team chemistry of the Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers, and he has proved that he cannot help a team win a championship any more. Look at his career in Denver. They never got out of the first round, and as soon as he was traded away the Nuggets almost make it all the way to the NBA Finals.

As much as I hate to say it, Iverson no longer has the answers, and should no longer be known as the Answer. He only brings up more questions nowadays, and does not have the physical capability to drive into the lane time after time to pick up fouls. Iverson needs to face it and just play on the bench instead of whining. Face it A.I., you now need the practice as much as you hate it. Just quit giving the head coaches headaches, because that is all you are doing. Save your career while you can. Just…retire, man.

Mark Martin, NASCAR Driver – Hopper, Stock Car Spin

Everybody in the sports world (myself included) is sick of Brett Favre retiring/un-retiring. Well, in my opinion, Mark Martin is the Brett Favre of NASCAR. He’s that guy who says every year that he’s going to retire, and then comes back again. Heck, the guy retired in 2005! Then, at the request of his car owner, Jack Roush, he came back for one final run at the championship, before “retiring” from full-time competition after the 2006 season. Three years later, he’s still here. And it doesn’t appear that he’s going away, as he has three wins on the season, and looks primed for a championship run. It’s hard to say that someone who’s running as well as Martin should retire. But if someone says they’re going to retire, and they’re still competing five years later, I have a problem with that. If sports fans want Favre to go away, then they’d be hypocrites for not wanting Martin to go away. Mark Martin, please go away.

Chuck Liddell, MMA - Zoner, Zoner Sports

It pains me to say this, but Chuck Liddell should retire. He hasn’t won since late-2007, and he has lost four of his last five fights. He can still beat up on some cans that might be put in front of him, but the days of contending for the title are over. Chuck turns 40 in December, and even UFC President Dana White has said “I’d really like to never see him fight again.” And Liddell can still make a lot of money for the UFC, so it’s interesting that White stated that.

Chris Chelios, NHL Free Agent Defenseman – Tim Redinger, Sabre Noise

There comes a point in time when it is just time to hang up the skates. Chris Chelios has played hockey at the professional level for almost as long as I have been alive. His prime years in the NHL were definitely in the 1990s, and his play has fallen off considerably since then, this last season only appearing in 28 games and having no points. You have to think teams are going to consider his age, his injuries and his contributions in an age when free agency comes at a young age — and teams are using younger and younger players. Veterans no longer have that grace period where a prospect gets three to four years of seasoning in the AHL prior to joining the bigs. Clubs are willing to take a gamble on younger players to save on the salary cap, as well as getting the most use out of their top prospects before seeing them test the open market. Thank you for some incredible hockey, Chris, but it is time you left the ice.

Jason Ferguson, Miami Dolphins Defensive Tackle – Brian Miller, Phin Phanatic

The Miami Dolphins are no longer a team of washed-up archaic relics. They are no longer dinosaurs who roam the sidelines. The Phins have four players who have double-digit NFL tenures, and of those four only Jason Ferguson should really consider calling it a career…and probably will in another year or two. Ferguson shares the 13-year service number with Jason Taylor, while Joey Porter has 11 years. Chad Pennington sits with 10. While Ferguson is still productive, it’s more or less a matter of not having anything better behind him. That will change. In the cases of the other three…not so much. Each are expected to contribute to the success of the team this season. But Ferguson needs to hang up his helmet and shoulderpads for good.

Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs Outfielder – Dan Zinski, Cubbies Crib

I realize that Alfonso Soriano is only 33 (allegedly), and is coming off a season in which he hit 29 homers in 109 games, but he still needs to retire. The Cubs made a big mistake signing this guy, who is a complete defensive liability, and so unclutch he makes Alex Rodriguez look like Reggie Jackson. And don’t even get me started on the whole lead-off thing. Under no circumstances should this guy be
batting first in any line-up, except one where all the other plays are paraplegics. Maybe you could live with the low on-base average and the absurd three-swing strikeouts if the guy stole a base now and
then, but he doesn’t even try to run anymore. There is absolutely no justification for batting him lead-off except that he demands to hit there, and frankly, except for the money, this guy is in no position to demand anything. How Lou Piniella has managed to endure this farce for two-plus seasons is beyond comprehension. Please, Alfonso, for the sake of Lou Piniella’s sanity and that of Cubs fans, just release the team from the burden of you and your contract by retiring. You can’t honestly be enjoying baseball anyway. I know that I could never enjoy anything I sucked at that bad.

(Adam Best is the senior editor of the FanSided.com Sports Network and the twisted mind behind Fan Addict. Follow him on Twitter.)