Michael Weiss is a former competitive and currently professional figure skater. He is a three-time national champion a two-time World bronze medalist, and two time Olympic team member. Weiss started the Michael Weiss Foundation, which gives scholarships to up-and-coming figure skaters. Weiss began skating at the age of nine. He competed 19 consecutive times at the U.S. Championships. He was... read full bio
Chris Thorpe is a luger who competed in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles. Thorpe also won two silver medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships. He won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title.... read full bio
Todd Eldredge became the U.S. Novice National Champion. Todd had won his first senior level U.S. National Championship. A bronze medal at the World Championships, and he was well on his way to the Olympics. He went on to take the silver medal at the World Championships. Afterwards, Todd placed the silver medal around his father's neck as a show... read full bio
Tommy Moe became the first American skier to win two medals in the Olympics by claiming gold and silver honors. He competed for the U.S. team at the Olympics in France, but finished no higher than 18th in his three events. Moe took a hiatus from the pressure of competitive skiing before rededicating himself to training. He earned his first... read full bio
Heather Richardson is a professional speed skater, who has been competing for ten years and counting. She currently holds the world record in the 2x500m, the sprint combination, and the 1500m, as well as the American record in the 500m. Previously, she held the 1000m world record. Heather represented the United States at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she... read full bio
Gino Torretta was a former NFL quarterback who played for 5 seasons. Torretta played for the University of Miami from 1989-1992. He spent his first two seasons on the bench, then with an injury to then starting quarterback Craig Erickson’s hand, Torretta lit up San Diego State with 485 yards. He set the school record for most passing yards in... read full bio
Nikki Stone is a former Olympic skier, best known for being the first American to win a gold medal as inverted aerial skier. Aerial Skiing is a sport where athletes ski into a 10-foot snow jump at approximately 40 miles per hour, flip and/or twist to a height of 50-feet, and land on a 45 degree hill. Nikki is now... read full bio
Bill Wennington is a retired Canadian professional basketball player for the NBA. He won three NBA championships in his time with the Chicago Bulls as a center. He has represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and also in the 1983 World University Games where he won Canada the bronze. One huge accomplishment he has had is that he has been... read full bio
Emmett Bryant is a retired professional basketball player for the NBA. he was a 6'1 guard from DePaul University who played for eight full seasons. He was on the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics, and the Buffalo Braves. He was the winner of one championship with the Celtics in 1969."... read full bio
Bobby Simmons is a professional basketball player in the NBA. He was selected as the 41st pick overall in the second round of the NBA draft. He has played with the Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, and San Antonio Spurs. Bobby was selected as the Most Valuable Player while... read full bio
Denis Savard is a retired Canadian professional hockey player who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, the Montreal Canadiens, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. He also served as the head coach of the Blackhawks after he retired but more correctly, he is an ambassador for the Blackhawks' organization. He was elected into the Hockey Hall Of Fame in 2000. Denis Savard... read full bio
Bernard Parent is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender that played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs, and also spent one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Philadelphia Blazers. During the 197374 and 197475 seasons, in what many consider the finest consecutive seasons ever by a... read full bio
Vincent Damphousse is a former Canadien ice hockey player who played in the NHL as a Center for 18 seasons. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Edmonton Oilers, the Montreal Canadiens, and the San Jose Sharks. He was chosen 6th overall in the 1986 draft pick by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was part of the Montreal Canadiens... read full bio
Scott Young is a retired American professional ice hockey right winger. In his first stint with the Blues he played 4 seasons, enjoying the best season of his NHL career during the 2000–01 season, scoring 73 points and scoring 40 goals, both career highs. He played for the Hartford Whalers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Quebec Nordiques, the Colorado Avalanche, the... read full bio
Tracie Ruiz-Conforto is a three-time Olympic medalist from the United States in synchronized swimming. She won 2 gold medals in 1984 and won a silver medal in 1988. Conforto excelled in both the solo and duet routines, winning a total of 41 gold medals during her career at national and international level. In the women's solo event Ruiz achieved consecutive... read full bio
Paul Wylie startled the world of skating by outperforming the best at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The result -- a Silver Medal to mark the culmination of his amateur skating career. That achievement also brought him the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, recognizing his contributions, both as a representative of his sport and as a competitor. Paul has been highly visible... read full bio
For eight years, from 1972 - 1980, the pillar of the Raiders' take-no-prisoners defensive line was 6'6, 260 pound Otis Sistrunk. This football gladiator was honored in 1973 as the Raiders' Lineman of the Year and won All-Pro honors in 1976. In the same year Otis lead the Raiders to a Super Bowl XI victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Sistrunk... read full bio
Martin Brodeur is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender and the assistant general manager of the St. Louis Blues of the NHL. Throughout his twenty-one year career with the New Jersey Devils, he won three Stanley Cup championships and five Eastern Conference titles in seventeen postseason campaigns. He also won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in the Winter... read full bio
Former NFL placekicker Kevin Butler played for the Chicago Bears and Arizona Cardinals for several years. He played college football at the University of Georgia. He then went on to be drafted with the Chicago Bears. Butler played a total of 11 seasons with the Bears and earned the title of all-time leading scorer for the team with 1,116 points.... read full bio
Ron Cey is a former professional baseball player who played for the Oakland Athletics, the Chicago Cubs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers as a third baseman. His college coach gave him the nickname The Penguin", for his slow running gait. He was on the All-Star team six different times and was a World Series champion with the Dodgers. He was... read full bio
