Baseball pitcher Jesse Hahn plays for the Kansas City Royals. He is renowned for his excellent fastball, knack for getting strikeouts, and very projectable 6'5 stature. Out of Virginia Tech, the Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the MLB Draft. Later, he was a member of the San Diego Padres. In Groton, Connecticut, Hahn attended Fitch Senior High School. He was Matt... read full bio
Switch-hitter Chase Headley plays third base for the MLB team San Diego Padres. He was once a member of the New York Yankees. He has won the Gold Glove Award, the Silver Slugger Award, Player of the Week and Player of the Month three times. In his third season, the San Diego chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America overwhelmingly... read full bio
DJ LeMahieu is an infielder in the MLB for the New York Yankees, where he has won a Gold Glove Award and been chosen as an All-Star. LeMahieu was an Aflac All-American, two-time Gatorade Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Player of the Year for the State of Michigan as a leadoff hitter in high school. During his final year, he only... read full bio
Walter Bond is an American former NBA player. Walter Bond, like many other young men in Chicago, aspired to play basketball for the NBA. He rose from being a reserve player coming off the bench to become the first rookie free agent to start for the Dallas Mavericks by overcoming injuries and other difficulties with uncommon tenacity. The strong values... read full bio
Former first baseman in the American Major League Baseball who goes by the moniker "Herbie" is Kent Alan Hrbek. He spent all 14 years of his baseball playing career with the Minnesota Twins (1981–1994). Hrbek threw with his right hand and batted with his left. In an exhibition game against the Phillies on April 3, 1982, he hit the first... read full bio
Bo Kimble is a retired NBA basketball player from Philadelphia. Prior to joining the NBA, he played basketball for Loyola Marymount University. He played for the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers during his professional career. In the draft, Bo Kimble was chosen with the eighth overall pick. Bo Kimble also starred as a fictional high school student named... read full bio
Leonard J. Elmore is a well-known sportscaster in the United States and former National Basketball Association player. Elmore has served in the same function as a college basketball analyst for ESPN, Fox Sports, as well as CBS Sports' coverage of the NBA and NCAA Tournament. Power Memorial Academy in New York City served as Elmore's place of education. He played basketball for... read full bio
Basketball player Elena Delle Donne is an all-star in the league. She was a standout player in high school, both physically at 6'5" and symbolically as one of the best in the area. Prior to being selected by the Chicago Sky in the second round of the draft, she played college basketball for the University of Delaware. In her first year... read full bio
The Minnesota Lynx's head coach is Lindsay Whalen. She has previously played for the Connecticut Sun, UMMC Ekaterinburg, ZVVZ USK Prague, Minnesota Lynx, Galatasaray, Dynamo Moscow, AGU Spor and Yakin Dogu Universeti. She played ball for the University of Minnesota. Lindsay participated in both the Olympic team and the world championship team. Gold was hers in both competitions. Lindsay Whalen's Hutchinson High School basketball... read full bio
Davey Lopes played professional baseball for a number of years and later managed in the Major Leagues of Baseball. He played second base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Oakland Athletics, the Chicago Cubs, and the Houston Astros throughout his professional baseball career. He has previously served as the manager of the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres, the Washington... read full bio
The PGA Tour is now comprised of players including Johnson Wagner. In 2002, Wagner made the transition from amateur to professional golfer, and he is now a member of the PGA Tour. Between the years 2003 and 2006, he participated in the Nationwide Tour. By finishing in second place on the money list of the Nationwide Tour in 2006, he... read full bio
Former American football quarterback Vince Young spent six seasons competing in the National Football League (NFL). In the 2006 NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans selected Young with the third overall choice. He played for the Titans for the first five years of his career. When Philip Rivers of San Diego had to withdraw from the AFC Pro Bowl due to... read full bio
John Lynch is a former player in American football who spent 15 years playing in the National Football League. Lynch got his start in football at Stanford University, where he attended college after growing up in San Diego, California. Lynch spent his childhood participating in a wide variety of sports, and at one point he was even selected to pitch... read full bio
Li Na, a former professional tennis player from China, retired from the sport seven months after reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 2 on the WTA Tour as a result of a severe left knee problem that had previously prevented her from competing for several years. Li achieved nine WTA singles victories throughout her career, including two Grand Slam... read full bio
Henrik Lars Sedin is a Swedish ice hockey administrator. In addition, from 2010 until his retirement, he led the Canucks as captain. Sedin and his identical twin brother Daniel, who were both born and reared in Rnsköldsvik, Sweden, played together throughout their careers and were well-known for their efficiency as a pair. Daniel was renowned as a goal scorer (150+... read full bio
Jim Tomsula is a coach for a football team that competes professionally. He was previously the defensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers before he was recently elevated to the position of head coach. Tomsula worked as a head coach in a variety of European countries for a number of years before joining the 49ers in 2007. He was... read full bio
Tiger Woods' niece, Cheyenne Woods, is a professional golfer who competes on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. Her first coach was her great-grandfather Earl Woods (Tiger's father). The LPGA Tour has had six African-American players, and she is the sixth. She was a member of the Xavier College Preparatory golf team and twice took first place in the... read full bio
Thomas Pieters is a well-known name on the European Tour, where he competes as a professional golfer from Belgium. He won the Jack Nicklaus Invitational and the individual NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship while he was a sophomore at the University of Illinois. The following year, he led his team to a second-place finish at the NCAA Division I... read full bio
Everson Collins Walls, a former American football defensive back who played professionally for the Cleveland Browns, the New York Giants, and the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), was born on December 28, 1959. He was chosen for the Pro Bowl four times throughout the course of his 14 seasons. He was also chosen for three All-Pro teams.... read full bio
American professional golfer Daniel Berger competes on the PGA Tour. In the Honda Classic's final round in March 2015, Berger recorded a 6-under-par 64 to enter a sudden-death playoff, which he lost to Pádraig Harrington. Berger started the final round nine strokes behind 54-hole leader Ian Poulter; had he won, it would have been the second-largest final round comeback in... read full bio
