owns a real estate company in Atlanta, called Urban Creek Partners. “For me, real estate is tangible; it’s something I can touch and feel, and it gives me a chance to make other people happy,” Teixeira says. “It’s really exciting because I can be outside and walking around and creating places. We have a huge mixed-use development in Northwest Atlanta that we’ll be breaking ground on this year. To me it’s one of the coolest projects that will hit the city of Atlanta for quite some time. Being able to create something from the ground up is very rewarding.” Teixeira will be in the Yankees camp as a special instructor during spring training, but don’t look for any deeper involvement with a team. He’s enjoying life too much, which includes spending time with his wife, Leigh, and their three children—Jack, Addison and William— at their home in Greenwich, Conn. “One of the reasons I wanted to retire was to spend more time with my family and to do new things,” Teixeira says. “Signing back up to be on the field isn’t conducive to that. I really don’t have any desire to do that right now. Ask me in 15 or 20 years and I might have a different answer. But right now, I’m happy with what I’m doing.” While Teixeira is content, there is one aspect of playing baseball that can’t be replaced. “Hitting home runs is something I’ll miss until the day I die,” Teixeira says. “To be able to run around the bases when the fans are cheering you, I think that’s the coolest thing in sports.” Megatron, aka Calvin Johnson, set numerous receiving records at Tech and in the NFL, but retired from the sport early and is focused on his charitable efforts.
“ESPN pays me to tell it like it is,” Teixeira says. “ To see something and then analyze it. And if that ends up being critical, so be it. I haven’t had any problems.”
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NUMBER OF SEASONS for Tech’s winningest women’s head basketball coach, MaChelle Joseph
CALVIN JOHNSON, CLS 07, FORCE FOR SOCIAL GOOD LEGENDARY TECH WIDE RECEIVER Calvin Johnson is staying busy these days. But playing football is no longer part of the equation for the former Georgia Tech standout. Johnson retired from the Detroit Lions after the 2015 season at the relatively young age of 30. Hall of Fame numbers were already on the back of “Megatron’s” football card—over 6-and-a-half miles of receiving yardage along with 83 career touchdowns in the NFL. Because he retired in his prime, speculation about a return to the pros has been rampant. But truth be known, Johnson really is
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