Charles Woodson is a former American football cornerback for the Oakland Raiders and the Green Bay Packers. Woodson grew up in Fremont, Ohio, and attended the University of Michigan. There, he was selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, made the All-American team, and then became the last winner to win the Heisman Trophy that was not a... read full bio
Emerson Fittipaldi is remembered as Brazils foremost automobile racecar drivers, having a long lasting and successful career in Formula 1 races. Emerson Fittipaldi had the ambition to convince every critic and team owners of his talent. After some wins and visits to the podiums most of his initial victories came in the Formula Ford. Thereafter, Fittipaldi was rushed to training... read full bio
Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays is a retired American professional baseball player. His professional baseball career began in 1947 in the Negro American League for the Birmingham Black Barons. With only a year in the minor league, Willie Mays started his major league baseball career with the New York Giants. In 1951, Willie won the Rookie of the... read full bio
For the past twenty-nine seasons, including two NCAA Championships, Rick Pitino has been showing players and audiences around the world how to maintain focus and win. While being both captivating and charismatic, coach Pitino speaks on the topic ""Success Is a Choice"", for which he offers audiences practical steps to building personal self-esteem as well as ""team ego."" He... read full bio
Reggie Jackson earned the nickname Mr. October" for his World Series heroics with both the A's and Yankees. In 27 Fall Classic games, he amassed 10 home runs including four in a row 24 RBI and a .357 batting average. As one of the game's premier power hitters, he blasted 563 career roundtrippers, sixth on the all-time list.... read full bio
Johnny Miller is an American former PGA Tour golfer. Miller won two major titles, the 1973 U.S. Open and the 1976 Open Championship. His final round 63 in the 1973 Open at Oakmont Country Club is considered one of the most dominating performances in that tournament's history. Miller was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1974, and... read full bio
Craig Stadler has had an impressive PGA career. His career highlights are almost too numerous to list. Impressive 12 PGA Tour Victories include: 1980 Bob Hope Desert Classic,1980 Greater Greensboro Open,1981 Kemper Open, 1982 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open, 1982 Masters Tournament, 1982 Kemper Open, 1982 World Series of Golf, 1984 Byron Nelson Classic,1991 PGA Tour Championship, 1992 NEC World Series of... read full bio
Tom Kite spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994. He has 19 PGA Tour victories, including the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. He competed on seven Ryder Cup squads and served as the 1997 captain. Kite holds a unique record of making the cut at every U.S. Open held at... read full bio
Ben Curtis is a professional golfer, best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship. Ben Curtis comes from hardy, unassuming stock. It's just what you expect from a boy from rural Ohio. Ben Curtis was always around the game of golf. His boyhood home, 33 miles outside Columbus, Ohio, sat right beside Mill Creek Golf Club, the course built... read full bio
Scott Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002. He has won several prestigious tournaments, including the Western Open, the Ford Championship at Doral, the Heineken Dutch Open and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. He also won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1986. He has featured in the... read full bio
Lorena Ochoa was an active player on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the number one ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to May 2010. As the first Mexican golfer (of either gender) to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer of... read full bio
Fred Funk is a professional Golfer but did not become a member of the PGA Tour until later in his career. Before becoming a member of the PGA Tour, Fred worked as a golf coach at his alma mater. He became the first player to ever win a PGA-sanctioned event after knee replacement surgery with his victory at the... read full bio
Jesper Parnevik is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001. Parnevik turned professional in 1986 and scored four wins in his early years on the European Tour. Based in Florida, he joined the PGA Tour in the mid-90s, subsequently winning five events. His playing career... read full bio
Carl Edwards is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series driver for Roush Fenway Racing. In the Sprint Cup Series, Edwards drives the #99 Aflac Ford Fusion and the #60 Fastenal Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series.... read full bio
Matt Forte is a former American football running back who has played in the NFL. Forte was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and he began his career playing football in high school where he was named St. Tammany Parish Player of the Year, District 5-5A Offensive MVP and earned All-Metro selection accolades. He went on to play college football at... read full bio
Since being named as head coach, Lovie Smith has led the Bears to three division titles, two NFC Championship game appearances, and their first Super Bowl appearance in 21 years. He was named the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year after becoming the fastest head coach in Bears history to lead the team to a division title. Smith and... read full bio
College Football Hall of Famer Steve Spurrier has proven himself a winner as both player and coach. He was awarded the Heisman Trophy as quarterback for the University of Florida, and went on to play for ten years in NFL. As head coach, he led Duke University to its first ACC championship in 24 years, then returned to his alma... read full bio
Colt McCoy is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Browns in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft, after playing college football for the University of Texas at Austin. McCoy was the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 2006–2009 and won the 2008 Walter Camp Award... read full bio
Gabby Douglas was a member of the 'Fierce Five', the United States women's national gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won gold medals in the individual all-around and team competitions. She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, and the all-around silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships.... read full bio
Craig made a significant contribution to the United States Olympic hockey team in 1980 that will go down in sports history as a major player in their successful quest for the gold medal in Lake Placid, New York. In the semi-finals, the American team shocked the widely favored Soviet Union 4-3 thanks to the resilient goaltender's astounding 39 saves. Craig's... read full bio
