Throughout the early 1980s, Ralph Sampson, a graceful and athletic player, dominated college basketball and contributed to the sport's revolution. When the University of Virginia was chosen by the two-time state champion from Harrisonburg, Virginia, the intense competition for Sampson recruits came to an end. Sampson was the first center to ever demonstrate all-court flexibility. He was faster than the... read full bio
Natalie Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100m backstroke gold in two consecutive Olympics. Coughlin's success has earned her the World Swimmer of the Year Award... read full bio
Triple H's career took a dramatic upward swing when he enlisted the services of his female bodyguard, Chyna. The duo joined forces with Shawn Michaels to form D-Generation X and change the World Wrestling Federation forever. After Shawn took time off for injuries, Triple H asserted himself as a premier superstar by taking over as leader of the faction. But... read full bio
Former American baseball player, Todd Helton played for the MLB Colorado Rockies 17 years. Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee Helton had a very successful baseball career in high school. He was drafted as the 55th overall pick to the San Diego Padres in 1992, but opted to continue his schooling and attend college at the University of Tennessee. He was awarded... read full bio
Reggie Bush is a former professional football player who played as running back. Bush was born in Spring Valley, California, and he began his career playing high school football and was considered a five-star recruit by Rivals and was listed as the number 1 running back in the nation. Bush went on to take a scholarship to play for the... read full bio
Marcellus Wiley is a former American football player who played in the sport professionally for 10 seasons. Wiley grew up in Southern California and in high school became a football and track and field star. Being Valedictorian and a member of the National Honor Society, he attended Columbia University. Wiley had a very successful football career at Columbia. He was... read full bio
Dominique Dawes is a retired United States artistic gymnast. 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning Magnificent Seven". Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and the... read full bio
"Hunter Mahan was born May 17, 1982 in Orange California. He had an impressive amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Championship and the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur. While attending the University of Southern California, Mahan was named the Pacific-10 Conference Freshman of the year. Hunter transferred to Oklahoma State University a year later where he was... read full bio
Ernie Irvan is a former professional stock car racing driver who was nicknamed Swervin Irvan. Irvan had suffered from a serious head injury during a competition at Michigan International Speedway and ended up coming back to NASCAR. He has been awarded with several awards over the years including being in one of NASCARs 50 Greatest Drivers, and being inducted into... read full bio
Tino Martinez is a Florida raised retired Major League Baseball Player. Martinez was on the Olympic Baseball Team for the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. They won 3-5 in the final game, in part because of Martinez's two belted homers and four dive runs. Martinez was drafted to the Seattle Mariners out of the University of Tampa and made... read full bio
The Chicago Blackhawks chose Olczyk with the third overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. In Chicago Stadium against Greg Stefan, he scored his first NHL goal in his debut NHL game against the Detroit Red Wings. At 200 pounds or more, Olczyk was a member of the notorious "Clydesdale Line" that also included Troy... read full bio
Lindsay Davenport is an American tennis player. Lindsay along with Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, and Chris Evert have been ranked year-end World No. 1 at least four times. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different times for a total of 98 weeks. She was also ranked No. 1 in doubles. ... read full bio
Marlen was raised in a household that was passionate about boxing and was born in Houston, Texas. She first got into the ring when she began watching her younger brother while he worked out at the neighborhood gym. Marlen was soon pleading with her dad and the trainer at the gym to allow her to give the sport a go.... read full bio
Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach. He is the coach of the Miami Heat of the NBA. He started as the assistant coach of the Heat but then moved up to head coach. Eric Spoelstra is the first Asian American head coach to win an NBA championship. He has guided the Miami Heat to six playoff appearances in... read full bio
When David Leadbetter retired from playing competitive professional golf, few would have predicted how his unique style of teaching would contribute to the success of those who were to become some of the outstanding golfing icons of a generation. Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Bernhard Langer, Ernie Els and David Frost are testament to a teaching philosophy and technique... read full bio
NHL great Steve Yzerman is currently the GM of the Tampa Bay Lightening. A Hockey Hall of Famer, Yzerman played his entire NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings. He was named among the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles. For twenty years, he was captain of the Red Wings,... read full bio
Julia Landauer is a multiple time championship winning racecar driver. Julia made history at the age of 14 as the youngest and first female champion from the Skip Barber Racing Series. Landauer has also been a contest on the series Survivor: Caramoan. She was also the first female NASCAR track Champion in her division at Motor Mile Speedway. Since then,... read full bio
Kerri Walsh Jennings is an Olympic volleyball player, who along with teammate Misty May Treanor, has been a gold medalist in beach volleyball at three Summer Olympics. The pair is widely recognized as the greatest beach volleyball team of all time, having reached the number one ranking in the world at their peak. Kerri currently plays on the U.S. AVP... read full bio
Robin Yount, Rockin Robin, is a retired professional baseball shortstop. He played his entire twenty-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers. Throughout that time, Robin was a three-time All-Star, two-time AL MVP, three-time recipient of the Silver Slugger Award, and winner of the Gold Glove Award. In his first year of eligibility, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.... read full bio
Don Mattingly is a former professional baseball first baseman, coach and current manager of the Miami Marlins. Donnie Baseball played his whole fourteen-year career with the New York Yankees. He later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years. Selected by the Yankees in the amateur draft, Don became the teams starting first baseman following a successful rookie season. Throughout... read full bio
