Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player who plays center for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Embiid was born in Yaounde, Cameroon, and moved to the United States when he was 16 to pursue a basketball career. He began playing at The Rock School and went on to play college basketball at the University of Kansas. While there,... read full bio
Rudy Gobert is a French professional basketball player who plays center for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He was born in Saint-Quentin, France, and began his career playing for the Cholet Basket, a French junior team. After playing with Cholet for three years, Gobert went on to be selected 27th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the NBA draft... read full bio
Karl-Anthony Towns is a Dominican-American professional basketball player who plays center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey, and he began his career playing high school basketball at St. Joseph High School where he led the team to a state championship, which earned him a spot in the ESPN 25 national ranking of... read full bio
Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard / small forward for the Miami Heat of the NBA. Butler was born in Houston, Texas, and he began his career playing high school basketball. He went on to play college basketball for a year at Tyler JC and then went on to play at Marquette University where... read full bio
Mike Conley Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Conley is the son of Mike Conley Sr. who was an Olympic medalist who performed in track and field. Conley was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and began his career playing basketball at Lawrence North High School. While playing in high... read full bio
Jrue Holiday is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard / shooting guard for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Holiday was born in Chatsworth, California, and he began his career playing high school basketball at Campbell Hall where he was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and a Parade Magazine First Team All-American. He... read full bio
Nikola Vucevic is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who plays center for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Vucevic was born in Morges, Switzerland, and he began his career playing in Europe before moving to Simi Valley, California, where he played a year of high school basketball at Stoneridge Preparatory before going on to play college basketball at the University... read full bio
DeAndre Hopkins is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the NFL. Hopkins was born in Central, South Carolina, and he began his career playing football, basketball, and running track and field at D.W. Daniel High School. From there, Hopkins went on to play college football at Clemson University where he was an ACC champion, and named... read full bio
David Bakhtiari is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was born in San Mateo, California, and began his career playing football and lacrosse in high school. While there, he was named Honorable Mention All-West Catholic Athletic League, All-Metro, and All-San Mateo County after winning the WCAL Co-Championship. He then went on to... read full bio
Jose Ramirez is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman that plays for the Cleveland Indians of the MLB. Ramirez was born in Bani, Pervia, Dominican Republic, and he began his career playing baseball in the Dominican Prospect League. When he was 17 years old, he traveled to the Indians facility where he was signed there. Ramirez went on to play... read full bio
Jacob deGrom is an American professional baseball pitcher that plays for the New York Mets of the MLB. Jacob was born in DeLand, Florida, and he began his career playing both baseball and basketball at Calvary Christian Academy. Jacob went on to play college baseball at Stetson University and was then selected by the New York Mets of the MLB... read full bio
Alex Bregman is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop that plays for the Houston Astros of the MLB. Bregman was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and he went on to begin his career playing baseball in high school at Albuquerque Academy where he usually played catcher. He went on to be a shortstop and while in high school... read full bio
Juan Manuel Marquez, also known as “Dinamita”, is a Mexican former professional boxer who is the third Mexican boxer to become a world champion in four weight classes, he has held nine world championships including the WBA (super), IBF and WBO featherweight titles; the WBC super featherweight title; the WBA (Super), WBO, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles and the... read full bio
Cam Newton is an American professional football quarterback who currently plays for the New England Patriots in the NFL. Newton was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was considered a five-star prospect by Rivals and was the number 2 dual-threat quarterback in the nation. Newton went on to play college... read full bio
Kurt Warner is a retired National Football League quarterback who played for the St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals. Warner would go on to be considered the best undrafted player of all time following a twelve-year career, regarded as one of the greatest stories in NFL history. Warner first attained stardom during his highly successful stint... read full bio
Sports broadcasting legend Bob Costas has an illustrious career spanning decades of compelling play-by-play, smart reporting, and entertaining hosting. When he joined NBC in 1980, he rapidly established himself as a versatile asset, lending his skills to a wide range of projects. Costas shown a tremendous range of abilities throughout his time there, including his knowledge of collegiate basketball, Major League... read full bio
Steven Adams is a New Zealand professional basketball player who plays center for Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. Adams was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, and he began playing basketball for the Wellington Saints of the National Basketball League where he was named NBL Rookie of the Year and became an NBL champion. Adams then moved to the United... read full bio
LaMarcus Aldridge is a power forward / center for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. In high school, he became a second-team Parade All-American and Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Class 4A Player of the Year. He was ranked as the No. 4 center and the No. 16 player in the nation, along with being considered a five-star recruit... read full bio
Draymond Green is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. Green was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and began his career playing high school basketball at Saginaw High School. From there, Green went on to play college basketball at Michigan State where he became very successful being a Big Ten Tournament... read full bio
Damian Lillard is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He was born in Oakland, California, and went on to play high school basketball at St. Joseph Notre Dame where he First-Team All-League his junior and senior year. Lillard went on to play college basketball at Weber State where he... read full bio
