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Miami Dolphins running back Arian Foster is calling it quits.Foster, 30, released a letter on his decision to retire via Uninterrupted on Monday.There comes a time in every athletes career when their ambition and their body are no longer on the same page. Ive reached that point, Foster wrote.Foster had been a four-time Pro Bowler for the Houston Texans, but he suffered a torn?Achilles tendon in October 2015 and was released the following March after seven seasons in Houston.He signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with Miami one week before training camp.Foster finishes his career with 6,527 rushing yards and 54 touchdowns, and he left Houston as the franchise record holder in rushing yards.?This game has been everything to me...my therapy, my joy, my solace and my enemy. Ive learned to love every facet of this game, from the peak of accomplishment to the gutter of criticism, Foster wrote.Foster added: I am walking away in peace. I know it is not commonplace to do it midseason but my body just cant take the punishment this game asks for any longer.The retirement is effective immediately.The Dolphins met with Foster in the spring to get an update on his Achilles rehab and kept him on their short list before signing him in July.Foster won the starting job during the preseason, but his tenure as the starter lasted just two games. Foster injured his groin and a hamstring in Miamis Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots and missed the next three games.By the time Foster returned in Week 6, he didnt look the same, and Jay Ajayi made significant strides as the starter. Ajayi became just the fourth player in the Super Bowl era to post back-to-back 200-yard games, against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills.Barring injury, Foster likely would have been a backup the rest of the season had he not retired.Foster also made headlines this season as one of three Dolphins players, along with receiver Kenny Stills and safety Michael Thomas, to take a knee during the national anthem before every game.Texans coach Bill OBrien learned of his former players retirement after Houstons 27-9 Monday night loss to the Broncos.?One of the smartest players that Ive coached. Great zone runner, excellent vision, big, OBrien said at his postgame news conference. What we found with him was how good he was out of the backfield in the passing game. He was excellent in the passing game, great receiving back, so lot of respect for Arian.Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph said: ?[Foster] was a great running back with the Texans as far as all time. He was a great, unique guy off the field with some strong beliefs. He had a great frame of mind and I just wish him well in the future. Thats the way football works, though. Everybody has a different life span in this league. Obviously he did it for a long time in this league so he really didnt have anything left to prove.ESPNs James Walker and The Associated Press contributed to this report.? Alfredo Talavera Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. Jose de Jesus Corona Mexico Jersey . Wilson hit Schenn from behind during Tuesday nights game in Philadelphia, earning a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. He has a phone hearing with the department of player safety, which limits any potential suspension to five or fewer games. http://www.nationalsoccermexico.com/javier-aquino-mexico-jersey/ . 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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Stephen Curry let it fly from the top of the arc, backpedaled as his record-breaking 3-ball dropped and then wildly began bobbing his head and shuffling his feet with the swagger of a two-time reigning MVP.Add another remarkable achievement to a long list of them for Curry: most 3-pointers in one game.The star guard sank 13 to set an NBA mark -- one game after missing all his 3-point tries for the first time in two years -- and the Golden State Warriors beat the winless New Orleans Pelicans 116-106 on Monday.This was a special night, Curry said.He finished with 46 points, three days after his league-record streak of 157 games with at least one 3 was snapped when he went 0 for 10 on 3-point tries in a 117-97 road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.I was hard on myself in practice the last two days. I had pretty good shooting sessions, he said. I dont overreact to games like that whether I go 0 for 10 or 2 for 12 or whatever it is. My process is the same, but I had another level of focus the last two days trying to get my rhythm back and see the ball go in.Curry shot 13 of 17 from beyond the arc in his seventh career game with double-digit 3s. He broke the mark with 2:23 to go and bobbed his head in delight as the crowd roared.Curry shared the previous 3-point record of 12 with Kobe Bryant and Donyell Marshall.Nothing you can do about it. He was being Steph, Pelicans star Anthony Davis said.Grabbing back the spotlight from new Golden State star Kevin Durant, Curry raised his right arm and pumped his chest all night, howling and pointing as one shot fell after another. He went 16 for 26 overall in his first 40-point performance after leading the NBA with 13 last season.Warriors fans enjoyed every minute of it, chanting M-V-P! M-V-P!That was quite a show. Not at all surprising the way Steph bounces back from bad nights, Golden State coach Steve Kerr said.Klay Thompson had 24 points with two 3s as the Splash Brothers looked far more in sync from long range at last. Durant added 22 for the Warriors.Davis had 33 points and 13 rebounds for New Orleans (0-7), which along with the 76ers (0-6) are the NBAs lone teams still without a victory. Davis gave the Pelicans a 73-72 lead on a turnaround hook shot with 4:14 left in the third quarter.Davis had 45 points, 17 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in the teams initial matchup on Oct. 28.Draymond Green had his second doublee-double with 12 rebounds and 11 assists for the Warriors, who were back at Oracle Arena after they embarrassed the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-96 there in Durants first game against his former team last Thursday.dddddddddddd.Thompson -- 2 for 10 against the Lakers from 3-point range, a combined 0 of 13 vs. Phoenix and Portland and 9 of 46 overall (19.6 percent) this season coming in -- missed his first three attempts before hitting from the baseline late in the second quarter as the sellout crowd went crazy.Curry knocked down his first 3-point attempt at the 7:29 mark of the first quarter. He received a technical with 1:45 left in the third for arguing he was fouled by Davis on a 3-point attempt.TIP-INSPelicans: ETwaun Moore added 15 points. ... The Pelicans signed veteran G Archie Goodwin and waived injured G Lance Stephenson, scheduled to have surgery to repair his torn groin in Philadelphia on Tuesday. ... New Orleans lost for the 15th time in the past 16 games against Golden State.Warriors: David West appeared in his 900th regular-season game, one of 22 active players to reach the number. ... Curry has made a 3 in 81 straight home games. When he came up empty Friday night in Los Angeles, it was the first time Curry did not hit a 3 since Nov. 11, 2014. ... Rookie Patrick McCaw returned from missing four straight games with a sprained left ankle sustained late in the first meeting vs. New Orleans. C Anderson Varejao was inactive. ... Former Warriors player and coach Al Attles celebrated his 80th birthday, receiving a video tribute and the birthday song with cupcakes after the first quarter.DURANTS MARKDurant has scored 20 or more points in 71 straight regular-season games, matching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the fifth-longest streak in NBA history.ANNIVERSARYMonday marked 70 years to the day since the Warriors played their first game in franchise history . The Philadelphia Warriors beat the Pittsburgh Ironmen 81-75, watched by a crowd of 4,185.UP NEXTPelicans: At Sacramento on Tuesday in their first visit to the Kings new Golden 1 Center. Its the middle game of a three-game road trip. New Orleans has won six straight in the series and four in a row on the road.Warriors: Host Dallas on Wednesday looking for their fourth straight victory and 13th of 16 in the series. ' ' '