“After 12 incredible years, it’s come time for me to explore this world, this life, without my fuzzy red friend. In what’s been an impossibly difficult choice to make, I’ve decided that June 30th will be my final day at the Chicago Bulls, where my heart will forever live.”
Barry Anderson, the man behind Benny the Bull, detailed his plans Friday in a Facebook post, saying he will not return to team coming next season.
The news of Benny the Bull’s retirement is the first change made known in the start of the team’s offseason.