MATTHEW ROBERSON | SPORTS EDITOR | THE USD VISTA | @mroberson22
It is widely understood that the career of professional athletes is much shorter than that of people with more traditional, non-athletic jobs.
With that in mind, I still was unprepared for the recent barrage of sports stars whose bodies have started to break down.
Last month it was Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz who dominated the news cycle by announcing that 2016 would be his last season of swatting home runs and entertaining baseball fans from here to his native Dominican Republic.
Then, the legendary and record setting NFL quarterback Peyton Manning was injured and subsequently benched.