- Chris Young
Christopher Brandon Young, is a center fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2001 Amateur Draft, he was traded to the Diamondbacks with Orlando Hernández and Luis Vizcaíno for Javier Vázquez after the 2005 season. He made his major league debut on August 18, 2006. Chris began the 2007 season as the Diamondbacks everyday center fielder. He graduated from national powerhouse Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas). - Limas Sweed
Limas Sweed will be a redshirt senior wide receiver for the Texas Longhorn college football team during their 2007 season. - Bobby Cox
Robert Joseph "Bobby" Cox (born May 21, 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) is the current and longtime manager of the Atlanta Braves and was a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. He first led the Braves from 1978 to 1981, and then managed the Toronto Blue Jays from 1982 to 1985. He later rejoined the Braves in 1985 as a general manager. He moved back to the manager's role during the 1990 season, and as of the 2007 season, … - Chris Atkinson
Chris Atkinson born November 30, 1979 in the far South Coast town of Bega, New South Wales, Australia, is a professional rally driver. in the World Rally Championship. He has driven for the Subaru team since 2005. In Rally Japan in 2005 he finished third, his best finish thus far in the WRC. After a 2006 season with plenty of speed, but no quality results, Subaru told Atkinson that his job was on the line, … - Alex Barron
Alex Barron (born June 11, 1970) in Menifee, California) is a race car driver. He began racing in CART in 1998 and made his first Indy Racing League start in 2001. In December of 2006, Barron married a local native of Cincinnati, OH, Kate Kerns, an Indiana University swimmer and co-chair of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. They currently reside in San Vejo, California. Barron succeeded in the American Toyota Atlantic series, … - David Dejesus
David Christopher DeJesus (born December 20, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is a center fielder currently with the Kansas City Royals. DeJesus was raised in Manalapan, New Jersey. In 1997, he was drafted out of high school by the New York Mets in the 43rd round of the 1997 amateur draft. However, DeJesus did not sign. He attended Rutgers University, and was drafted in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals. - Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born February 7 1983) is an Austrian Formula One racing driver. Klien has yet to achieve a race win or a podium finish in Formula One. Klien started his career in motorsport in his early teens; racing in karting championships both in Austria and Switzerland before moving up to Formula BMW. After several more titles in lower Formulas, Klien moved up into Formula One with the Jaguar Racing team, alongside Mark Webber. - Seth McClung
Michael Seth Hill McClung (born February 7, 1981 in Ronceverte, WV) is a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In his career, he has started and relieved. He comes from a family heavily involved in sports. His father, Mike, was an all-state high school football player. His brother, Marcus, is a former football player at Virginia Tech and the Canadian Football League, his brother Shawn played extreme sports, and younger brother Sam, … - Jan Heylen
Jan Heylen (born May 1, 1980 in Geel) is a race car driver in the Champ Car World Series. He began karting in 1992 and was the 2005 Renault Megane Eurocup champion. He also won the 2002 Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and has competed in the Formula Three Euroseries and Formula 3000. He beat out Nicky Pastorelli for the 2006 season at Dale Coyne racing by bringing sponsorship from the Muermans Group and BergHOFF Worldwide. - Dean Solomon
Dean Solomon (born January 9, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. He currently plays for the Fremantle Dockers following a trade from the Essendon Football Club. Known for his toughness, he made his AFL debut in 1998 for Essendon and was part of their 2000 premiership team. On numerous occasions, however, Solomon has shown his lack of discipline to be detrimental to his game, one example being the 2005 clash with Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, … - Dan Clarke
Dan Clarke is a British auto racing driver born October 4, 1983 in Mexborough. A veteran of British Formula Ford where he won the prestigious Formula Ford Festival, he moved up the British Formula Three Championship in 2005 in a team part owned by Kimi Räikkönen, Räikkönen Robertson Racing, and finished 5th overall, taking one win at Castle Combe.With a series of impressive tests he was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing - HVM, … - Lou Merloni
Louis William "Lou" Merloni (born April 6, 1971 in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a Major League Baseball player. Merloni played for his hometown Boston Red Sox from 1998-2003. During his time there, Merloni was considered one of the original Dirt Dogs. Merloni is well-known locally for his frequent trips between the Red Sox and their Triple-A affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox, which has become known as the "Merloni Shuttle". - Tim Byrdak
Timothy Christopher Byrdak (born October 31, 1973 in Oak Forest, Illinois) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Detroit Tigers. His previous major league experience came from 1998 to 2000, when Byrdak played for the Kansas City Royals. On August 30, 2006, the Orioles designated Byrdak for assignment. On November 17, 2006 the Tigers signed him to a minor league deal. Prior to the 2007 season, Byrdak developed a forkball, … - Gigi Galli
Gianluigi Galli, better known as Gigi Galli, is an Italian rally driver. He comes from, and lives in, Livigno, Italy. In 2006, he drove a Peugeot 307 WRC, His best result was 3rd place in the Rally Argentina. For the 2007 season he is running a Citroën Xsara WRC for the Italian privateer outfit Aimont Racing. - Jarrett Lee
Jarrett Lee (born June 2, 1989, in Brenham, Texas) is an American football quarterback. He currently attends Brenham High School in Brenham, Texas, and committed to attend the Louisiana State University. Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming compared Lee to former Oklahoma quarterback Rhett Bomar. - Brock McLean
Brock "Chooka" McLean is an Australian rules footballer playing for the AFL’s Melbourne Football Club. Brock, a graduate of the AIS/AFL academy, and member of the U18 International Rules team, was selected as Melbourne's second pick and 5th overall in the 2003 AFL Draft. McLean debuted in 2004 and showing instant maturity and decision making ability quickly became one of the most consistent midfielders in the side. - Angel Villalona
Angel Miguel Villalona (Born August 13, 1990 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a third baseman in the San Francisco Giants organization. He was signed to a franchise record $2.1 million signing bonus as an amateur free agent on August 17, 2006, becoming the second highest contract every given to an amateur free agent, the most being Wily Mo Pena, who was given 2.3 million in 1999 by the New York Yankees. - Trung Canidate
Trung Jered Canidate (born March 3, 1977 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American football running back, a free agent in the NFL. Drafted out of Arizona, Canidate was selected with the 31st overall pick of the 2000 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. With the addition of running back Marshall Faulk the previous year, there was much confusion with such a selection and most fans thought it was wasted. He got only 3 starts in his 3 seasons with St. Louis. - Rob Murphy
Rob Murphy (born January 18, 1977 in Buffalo, New York) is an offensive lineman for the CFL's B.C. Lions. He currently wears number 56, weighs 310 lbs. and is 6'5 tall. Murphy went to Ohio State University and played for the Ohio State Buckeyes, he was a 2-time All-American in 1997 and 1998. He played in the NFL from 1999 to 2005. In 2000, Murphy played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe starting all ten games. - Steven Richards
Steven Richards (born 11 July, 1972) is a New Zealand-born Australian racing driver, currently competing in the V8 Supercar series for Ford Performance Racing. He is the son of seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Jim Richards and is a two-time Bathurst winner himself, having won the event in 1998 and 1999. He is one of only three drivers to win Bathurst in both a Ford and a Holden (the others are Craig Lowndes and Tony Longhurst). - Pete Mackanin
Peter Mackanin, Jr. (born August 1 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) is the acting manager of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. Mackanin was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft and made his debut with them in 1973, after they moved and became the Texas Rangers. In a 9-year career, he also played for the Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins. He played in 548 games. - Greg Sutton
Greg Sutton (born 19 April 1977 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian Footballer. He is a goalkeeper for the Canadian national team and for Major League Soccer's Toronto FC. - Alwyn Davey
Alwyn Davey (born 15 May, 1984) is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club of the Australian Football League. Drafted by the Bombers in the 3rd round of the 2006 AFL Draft from South Adelaide, Davey made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, and has played in every game until Round 14. He has featured several times amongst the Bombers' best including an outstanding ANZAC Day match. - Tim Brewer
Tim Brewer is an American stock-car racing crew chief and television analyst. Brewer joined NASCAR on ESPN for the 2007 season. He is part of "NASCAR Countdown", the pre-race show, with host Brent Musburger and fellow analyst Brad Daugherty. He is also a contributor to "NASCAR Now", the daily NASCAR information program on ESPN2. During each race, Brewer returns to the coverage to analyze race stories by using a "cut-away" car, … - John Howett
John Howett is the President of Toyota Motorsport, and the Toyota F1 team. Howett (British) joined Toyota in the late 1970s as a team coordinator for Brussels-based Toyota Team Europe, run by former Toyota F1 boss Ove Andersson. Moving back to England in 1980, he worked for Toyota in after-sales service. In 1991, he returned to Belgium, and worked his way up to be Vice President for Toyota/Lexus sales and marketing. In early 2003, Howett moved to Cologne, Germany, … - Lindsay Thomas
Lindsay Thomas (born February 28, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's North Melbourne Football Club. Drafted by the Kangaroos in the 4th round of the 2006 AFL Draft from the Port Adelaide Magpies, Thomas made impressive performance by kicking 4 goals in his first pre-season game against Collingwood in the NAB Cup at Carrara Oval. Thomas made his AFL debut in Round 1 of the 2007 season, scored no goals but five behinds in a loss against Collingwood. - Clinton Schifcofske
Clinton Schifcofske (born November 10, 1975 in Moranbah, QLD) is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition. Clinton previously played rugby league for the Parramatta Eels and the South Queensland Crushers before the club disbanded and he was signed to the Canberra Raiders where he eventually finished his rugby league career. His position of choice is at Fullback. In 2006, Schifcofske was made captain of the Canberra Raiders. - Axel Merckx
Axel Merckx (born August 8, 1972 in Uccle, Belgium), is a professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam T-Mobile Team. Since he began his professional career in 1993, he has won an Olympic Bronze medal and competed in 8 Tours de France, finishing in 6 as the highest-placed Belgian rider. During the 2006 Tour he announced that he signed a new contract for one extra season with Phonak, (to be renamed iShares). - Athan Iannucci
Athan Iannucci is a professional lacrosse player. Iannucci attended Hofstra University. In 2006, he was Hofstra’s second-leading scorer with 80 points (62G, 18A) in 19 games. Iannucci was a First Round Draft pick (8th Overall) by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League in the 2007 NLL Entry Draft. He was awarded Rookie of the Week Honors in Week 5 and Week 15 of the 2007 season, and was also named to the 2007 All-Rookie team. - Lenny Hayes
Lenny Hayes (born 14 January, 1980) is an Australian rules footballer. Originally from Sydney in New South Wales, Hayes was recruited from the Pennant Hills Demons AFC by St Kilda in the 1998 AFL Draft. He is a highly-skilled, classy midfielder. Coach Grant Thomas named Hayes as captain for the 2004 season, as part of St Kilda's policy of rotating the captaincy to a different player each season. - Leroy Jetta
Leroy Jetta (born July 6, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. The speedy forward was drafted by the Bombers with the priority selection (18th overall) in the 2006 AFL Draft from South Fremantle. He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2007 season, along with the club's other 2006 recruit Alwyn Davey. - Alan Cockrell
Atlee Alan Cockrell (born December 5, 1962, in Kansas City, Kansas) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. Cockrell is an alumnus of the University of Tennessee. Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round of the 1984 MLB amateur draft, Cockrell would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Colorado Rockies on September 7, 1996, and appear in his final game on September 29, 1996. - Max Bailey
Max Bailey (born October 23, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. Drafted 18th overall by the Hawks in the 2005 AFL Draft, the ruckman from West Perth made his AFL debut in Round 18 of the 2006 season. However, he would miss the 2007 season after having a knee reconstruction before the season started. - Luciano Bacheta
Luciano Bacheta is a racing driver from Brentwood, Essex, UK. Bacheta started karting at the age of 14 in 2004 and stepped up to cars in 2005, racing in the Junior Ginetta series, he recorded 6 wins and the most fastest laps and pole positions. In 2006, Bacheta won the T Cars Championship after scoring six consecutive victories mid-season. November 2006 saw Bacheta racing an open-wheel car for the first time in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy. - Brad Dick
Brad Dick (born July 25, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. A small, speedy wingman from Western Australia, Dick was selected by the Magpies with the 44th choice in the 2006 AFL Draft. He made his AFL debut in Round 3 of the 2007 season, scoring 2 goals against Richmond. - Julián Simón
Julián Simón (born in Villacañas, Province of Toledo, Spain, April 3, 1987) is a professional moto racer, height 167 cm, weight 56 kg. In career, started in 2002 at Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix he raced with teams Honda (2002) Malaguti (2003), Aprilia (2004) & KTM (2005). He has participated in 62 Moto Grands Prix and won one, in 2005, 125cc British motorcycle Grand Prix. In 2007 season he will race 250cc with team Repsol Honda. - Ryan Benesch
Ryan Benesch (b. January 30, 1985 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League. Benesch was drafted first overall by the San Jose Stealth in the 2006 NLL entry draft, but was traded to Toronto along with Chad Thompson and Kevin Fines for 2005 NLL MVP Colin Doyle. Benesch was named Rookie of the Week three times in the 2007 season, in weeks 4, 11, and 12, and was also named Rookie of the Month in March. - Alan Toovey
Alan Toovey (born March 23, 1987) is an Australian rules footballer with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League. A speedy left footed defender, Toovey was initially unlucky not to be drafted to a senior list at the end of 2005, and spent the rest of the summer with the Magpies in the hope of selection in the rookie draft. His wish was granted, and he spent the rest of 2006 with Williamstown in the VFL, … - Brendan Mundorf
Brendan Mundorf (born July 27, 1984) is a lacrosse player for the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse and the New York Titans of the National Lacrosse League. Mundorf was a First Round Draft pick (11th Overall) by the Titans in the 2007 NLL Entry Draft. He was awarded Rookie of the Week Honors in Week 10 of the 2007 season. During Mundorf's senior year at University of Maryland Baltimore County he earned All City-County honors from The Baltimore Sun. - Tyrone Garner
Tyrone Garner (born July 27, 1978 in Stoney Creek, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 4th round, 83rd overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Garner played only three NHL games in his career, for the Calgary Flames in 1998-99 as an emergency callup from his junior team, the Oshawa Generals. He posted a 0-2-0 record with a 5.18 GAA before being returned to the Generals.
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