He is sure his reputation has been hurt over the past three years, since his messy departure from the Mariners.

He released his autobiography named Open Season in mid-2011, which further details his messy departures from both the Brisbane Lions and the Western Bulldogs.

Even though the Red Sox ended an 86-year drought by winning the 2004 World Series, the despair about Epstein's messy departure made it seem as if those joyful memories happened a lot longer than only 15 months ago.

Two days after the messy departure of Fran Fraschilla, Manetta, the St. John's athletic director, has received calls from hopeful prospects while compiling his list of candidates.

Given the fate that befell the last president, Michael S. Ovitz, whose messy departure in 1996 after just 14 months is still generating bad publicity for Disney, Mr. Iger said he was not taking anything for granted.

Fathers and Sons In many ways, Mr. Higgs's messy departure is business as usual in the photo district, where allegiances are tenuous and breakups common.

Riley expected some of the backlash he took for his messy departure from the organization in 1995.

Several sections of the play were rewritten substantially for its UK debut, which came on the heels of Keane's messy departure from Manchester United.

Mr. Bourns said Mr. Sculley's messy departure from Spectrum had no effect on Kodak's decision to hire him.

To the Sports Editor: After the messy departure of Ken Griffey Jr. from Seattle, Alex Rodriguez was a breath of fresh air.