Raef LaFrentz is an American retired professional basketball player who played both power forward and center in the NBA. LaFrentz was born in Hampton, Iowa, and he began his career playing high school basketball where he was named to the USA Today All-USA 1st team and was also a McDonald’s All-American. After high school, LaFrentz playing in the U.S. Olympic... read full bio
Marcus Banks is an American former professional basketball player who played as point guard in the NBA for several years. Banks was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he began his career playing college basketball at Dixie College before transferring to UNLV where he was named co-defensive player of the year of the Mountain West Conference. Banks went on to... read full bio
Doug Mirabelli is a former professional MLB baseball player who has played as catcher. Mirabelli was born in Kingman, Arizona, and he began his career playing baseball in high school where he helped his team go to two state baseball titles. From there, he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the MLB amateur draft but didn’t sign and went... read full bio
Danny Amendola is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Detroit Lions of the NFL. Amendola was born in The Woodlands, Texas, and he began his career playing football in high school where he helped lead his school to their first ever Texas state championship game. Amendola went on to play college football at Texas Tech where... read full bio
Jackie Bradley Jr., also known as JBJ, is an American professional baseball player who currently plays center fielder for the Boston Red Sox of the MLB. Bradley was born in Richmond, Virginia, and he began his career playing baseball in high school where he was named to the Virginia AAA All-State team and was one of the 40 best baseball... read full bio
Tim Thomas is an American retired professional ice hockey player who played goaltender in the NHL. Thomas was born in Flint, Michigan, and he began his career playing college hockey at the University of Vermont before going on to be drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the NHL Entry Draft although he didn’t play with them. During his time playing... read full bio
Mike Sullivan is an American ice hockey coach and former professional player who played as center in the NHL. Sullivan was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, and he began his career playing hockey in high school before going on to play college hockey at Boston University where he helped his university with the Beanpot Tournament. From there, Sullivan went on to... read full bio
Sergei Samsonov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played as left wing forward in the NHL. Samsonov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and while growing up, he played in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. He also played for CSKA Moscow before going on to be drafted by the Boston Bruins in the NHL... read full bio
Martin Lapointe is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL as right wing. Lapointe was born in Ville St. Pierre, Quebec, and he began his career playing for the Lac St-Louis Lions in the QMAAA before going on to play for the Laval Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Lapointe was then selected... read full bio
Ken Linseman, also known as “The Rat,” is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played centre in the NHL for several years and also played one year in the WHA. Linseman was born in Kingston, Ontario, and he began his career playing junior hockey with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. From there, he... read full bio
Ken Hodge is a retired British hockey player who played in the NHL for several years. Hodge was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He began his career playing with the St. Catharines Black Hawks on the Ontario Hockey Association as a teenager and went on to be called into the Chicago Black Hawks shortly after.... read full bio
Willie McGinest is a former American professional football player who played as outside linebacker in the NFL. McGinest was born in Long Beach, California, and he began his career playing football in high school where he earned all-state honors and All-American regonition from Super Prep, Blue Chip and Tom Lemming magazines and was selection to all-star teams and earned all-city... read full bio
Tom Gugliotta is a former American professional basketball player who played power forward in the NBA for 13 years. Gugliotta was born in Huntington Station, New York, and he began his career playing high school basketball before going on to play basketball at North Carolina State University where he was a second-team All-ACC, a first-team All-ACC, and a third-team All-American... read full bio
Tony Allen is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for several years as shooting guard and small forward. Allen was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he began his career playing basketball in high school before going on to play college basketball at Butler County Community College where he was named second team All-Jayhawk West Conference... read full bio
Mike Vrabel is an American football coach and former professional linebacker who played in the NFL. Vrabel was born in Akron, Ohio, and he began his career playing football at his high school before going on to play college football at Ohio State University where he played defensive end and was a consensus first-team All-American and was Big Ten Defensive... read full bio
Troy Brown is an American football coach and former professional wide receiver who played in the NFL and is currently the running backs and kick returners coach for the New England Patriots. Brown was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, and he began his career playing football in high school where he helped his school win a state championship. Brown went... read full bio
Mike Timlin is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher who played in the MLB for several years. Timlin was born in Midland, Texas, and he began his career playing baseball in high school before going on to play college baseball at Southwestern University. Timlin was known for his fastball and went on to be drafted in the MLB draft... read full bio
Malcolm Butler is an American professional football player who currently plays as cornerback for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL. Butler was born in Charlemont, Massachusetts, and he began his career playing high school football before going on to play college football at Hinds Community College before going on to transfer to Alcorn State University and then University of West... read full bio
Jeffrey Lurie is an American motion picture producer, businessman, and current owner of the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. Lurie was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and he has earned his B.A. from Clark University, a master’s degree in psychology from Boston University, and a doctorate in social policy from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University.... read full bio
Gil Brandt is an American former football executive who was most previously the vice president of player personnel in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Brandt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and he began his career playing football as well as baseball and track in high school. From there, Brandt went on study at the University of Wisconsin but left... read full bio
