thank you so much michelle lyons author of the book death row the final minutes also former spokeswoman for the texas department of criminal justice. and slightly tough transition here german basketball great dirk nowitzki has announced his retirement the forty year old has been one of the n.b.a.'s most successful european imports and was adored by fans and dallas nowitzki hell led the mavericks to their only n.b.a. title back in two thousand and eleven and was crowned the league's most valuable player in two thousand and seven he did an emotional farewell after twenty one years into us as you guys might expect this is my last home game. you know i so want to thank my family lot of people flew in from all over the world there are lots of from from germany like that's here my sister it's been amazing. i thank you guys so much for coming out. while the term has come a long way since we first arrived in the united states more than two decades ago let's take a look now back at and i would skis stellar career. for you was. a down to earth superstar to wicki straight to success may have been