As a group of reporters awaited Bo Ryan’s arrival at a news conference in the Kohl Center concourse Tuesday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach slowly rounded a corner using a cane to help him along. “Be right there,” he said. The prop was a lighthearted jab at reports on the Internet over the weekend that he was set to retire due to failing health. Ryan did end up announcing his retirement in a statement on Monday — he’ll coach through the end of the 2015-16 season, his 15th with the Badgers — but he made it clear in his first public comments a day later that the decision had nothing to do with his health.
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