- Cy Young
Denton True "Cy" Young was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911. He established numerous professional pitching records during his 22-year career in the majors, some of which have stood for a century. Young retired with 511 career wins, the most in MLB history and 94 more wins than Walter Johnson, who is second on the list. In honor of Young's contributions to Major League Baseball, MLB created the Cy Young Award, …
- Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson (born 20 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer, who recently played for Horden Colliery Welfare in the Northern League Division One. Robinson is a much-travelled player, having featured for no fewer than a dozen teams in his career. Due to his frequent moving, he has only passed thirty league appearances for one club, during his time with Hartlepool United. Robinson was born in Sunderland and began his career as a trainee with Darlington, …
- Steve Smith
Steve Smith is vice president of Government and Community Affairs for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc). Smith serves as the company's liaison to elected officials and community leaders, helping to guide the development and implementation of all Turner community relations and employee volunteer projects. He also consults on the review, selection and funding of community non-profit organizations through TBS, Inc.'s corporate philanthropy program.
- Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson (born 6 April 1961 in Bradford, England) is a former footballer and football manager formerly in charge of Coca-Cola League One side Huddersfield Town. He played as a central defender for Bradford City, Newcastle United, Huddersfield Town, Chester City and Halifax Town. He returned to Huddersfield Town when they gave him the opportunity to become manager in October 1997 replacing Brian Horton. He was assisted by former Welsh manager Terry Yorath.
- Andy Johnson
Andrew James "Andy" Johnson (born 2 May 1974 in Bristol, England) is an English born Welsh international footballer who is currently playing for Barnsley. He was recently released by Leicester City. His career started out at Norwich City, before joining Nottingham Forest in 1997, failing to give Johnson the opportunity to fulfil his potential at the club. Having made over one hundred appearances in Forest's squad, …
- Karl Malone
Karl "The Mailman" Anthony Malone (born July 24 1963, in Bernice, Louisiana) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was nicknamed in college as the "Mailman" for his consistency ("the mailman always delivers") and his work in the post. Malone twice won the NBA Most Valuable Player award. He is generally considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, and has scored the second most points in NBA history, …
- Jeff Green
Jeff Green (born September 6, 1962) is a stock car racer in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. He pilots the #66 Best Buy Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Haas CNC Racing. Green's 1990 Nashville Speedway USA championship led to his first foray in NASCAR. For several years, he raced part-time in the Busch Series before thriving as a full-time driver in 1995 and 1996. He then went through a two-year NEXTEL Cup stint with Diamond Ridge Motorsports and Felix Sabates.
- Graham Poll
Graham Poll (born July 29, 1963 in Tring, Hertfordshire) is a former English football referee in the FA Premier League. With 26 years of experience, he was regarded as one of the most prominent referees in the Premiership, often taking charge of the highest profile games. His final domestic game in a career spanning 1544 matches was the Championship play-off final on May 28 2007 between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion. His last ever match, and his last in Europe, …
- John Carroll
John Carroll (born 16 January, 1978) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Roscrea and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He usually plays in the half-forward line.
- Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born January 11, 1957) is a former England, West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester United footballer who also captained his country. He is the current manager of Sheffield United. He was born and brought up in Witton Gilbert, County Durham. The family moved to the nearby town of Chester-le-Street when he was six. Where he began playing football and supporting Newcastle United.
- Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982 in Wandsworth, London) is a professional footballer for Chelsea in the English Premier League.
- Bobby Zamora
Robert Lester "Bobby" Zamora (born January 16, 1981 in Barking, London) is a native born English footballer of Trinidadian background who plays for English Premier League club, West Ham United.
- Phillip Fulmer
Phillip Fulmer (born September 1, 1950 in Winchester, Tennessee), is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, where he has been since 1992. Fulmer is the 20th head football coach in the history of the school.
- Chris Martin
Chris Martin (born November 4 1988) is an English footballer from Beccles in Suffolk who plays as a striker, currently for Championship side Norwich City. After impressing in the club's FA Youth Cup run, including two goals against Portsmouth, he was given a place on the bench for the game against Plymouth Argyle on January 13th 2007. He was set to make his first senior start away at Burnley although the match being postponed prevented him from doing this, …
- Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor (born 20 December 1986 in Oldham) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Oldham Athletic. Taylor, a winger in January 2007 was linked with a switch to Championship side, Leeds United in a swap deal with former Oldham loanee, Sean Gregan. However since Gregan has released by Leeds, the deal did not go through. On March 3rd 2007 Chris scored his first professional goal in a 1-1 draw with Carlisle United.
- David Nugent
David James Nugent (born 2 May, 1985 in Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside) is an English footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Portsmouth.
- Ian Holloway
Ian Scott Holloway (born 12 March 1963 in Kingswood, Bristol) is an English former professional football midfielder. He is currently the manager of Championship side Plymouth Argyle.
- Simon Davey
Simon Davey (born 1 October 1970 in Swansea) is the manager of Barnsley. As a player he was a midfielder at Swansea City, Carlisle United, Preston North End and Darlington. He was appointed full-time manager of Barnsley FC on December 31 2006, after a spell as caretaker manager following Andy Ritchie's dismissal. As a footballer, his successes including two Division Three titles with Carlisle in 1995 and Preston a year later. In his first season as Barnsley FC manager, …
- Bernie Kosar
Bernard Joseph Kosar, Jr. (born November 25, 1963 in Youngstown, Ohio) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Cleveland Browns from 1985 to 1993 and then finished his career with stints with the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.
- Martin Taylor
Martin "Tiny" Taylor (born November 9, 1979 in Ashington, Northumberland) is an English footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City as a defender.
- Michael Chopra
Michael Chopra (born 23 December 1983 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English footballer playing professionally for the Premier League side Sunderland. A striker, he has previously played for Newcatle United and Cardiff City and has spent loan spells at Watford, Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. He has represented England at the Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18, Under-19, Under-20 and Under-21 levels. The son of an English mother and an Indian father, …
- Simon Jordan
Simon Jordan (born 24 September 1967, Thornton Heath, United Kingdom) is the chairman and owner of Crystal Palace Football Club, a football club who are, as of the 2006-2007 season, in the Championship, the second level of English football.
- Clyde Drexler
Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. A ten-time All-Star and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was named one of basketball's fifty greatest players by the NBA. Drexler won an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and an NBA championship in 1995 with the Houston Rockets. He is currently the color commentator for Rockets home games.
- James Harper
James Alan John Harper (born 9 November 1980 in Chelmsford, England) is a professional footballer playing in central midfield for Reading in the English Premier League. He attended the Anglo European School.
- Phil Jagielka
Philip "Phil" Jagielka (born August 17 1982 in Sale, Greater Manchester) is an extremely versatile football player who can operate as a midfielder, defender, and even in emergencies has acted as goalkeeper (indeed, to such distinction that former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock rarely took substitute goalkeepers to Championship and even Premiership games). Jagielka currently plays for Everton for whom he signed for £4m in July, 2007.
- Danny Manning
Daniel Ricardo Manning (born May 17, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Kansas Jayhawks. He is the son of former NBA player, Ed Manning.
- Fabrizio Giovanardi
Fabrizio Giovanardi (born December 14, 1966) is a racecar driver. He was born in Sassuolo near Modena in Italy. Fabrizio began his career karting before switching to Italian Formula 3. In season 1989 he switched to Formula 3000 to compete with First Racing and won the race in Vallelunga. A move to touring cars brought more luck, as he claimed the 1992 Italian championship.
- Jonny Evans
Jonathan "Jonny" Evans (born 3 January, 1988, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a football central defender who currently plays for Premier League club Champions Manchester United. Evans progressed through Manchester United's football Academy, featuring in 2 of the clubs 3 games during the 2006 summer tour of South Africa, as well as domestic friendlies against Celtic and Preston North End. Evans also made a surprise appearance in the Amsterdam Tournament against Ajax.
- Jay Demerit
Jay Michael DeMerit (born 4 December, 1979 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American soccer player, currently playing for Watford in the Championship. He was a three-sport high school athlete in Wisconsin, where he participated in basketball and track in addition to soccer. He attended Bay Port High School and graduated in 1998. DeMerit played NCAA soccer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he moved from playing forward to defender.
- Lee Cook
Lee Cook (born 3 August 1982 in Hammersmith) is a footballer who plays in midfield for Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. Cook began his career at non-league Aylesbury United where he made 19 appearances, scoring twice, having progressed from the club's youth team. In 1999, after impressing in a trial period, Cook moved on to Watford. His transfer was the subject of an unsuccessful lawsuit from his former club.
- Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor in Chertsey, is an English professional footballer currently playing for Milton Keynes Dons F.C. Taylor started his professional career at Millwall where he played 28 games before being signed by Bolton for £150,000 in March 1996. Taylor failed to break into the Bolton side and, after loan spells at Rotherham and Blackpool, signed for Tranmere in October 1998 for a fee of £350,000.
- Adrian Boothroyd
Adrian "Aidy" Boothroyd (born February 8, 1971) is the current manager of Watford Football Club of the Championship, and is the youngest manager in the division.
- Scott Murray
Scott George Murray (born 26 May 1974, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer for Championship club Bristol City. He is a right winger.
- Ricardo Fuller
Ricardo Dwayne Fuller (born October 31, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican football player who currently plays as a striker for English Championship club Stoke City and for the Jamaica national football team.
- David Arquette
David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971 in Winchester, Virginia) is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He became known during the late 1990s, after having starred in several Hollywood films, including the films of the "Scream" trilogy. He has since had several television roles, including playing Jason Ventress on ABC's "In Case of Emergency".
- Shefki Kuqi
Shefki Kuqi is a Finnish footballer of Kosovar Albanian origin. He currently plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. Kuqi is a big and strong striker who wears the number thirty-two shirt, and is known more for his determination than technical skill. He is the older brother of Njazi Kuqi. Kuqi started his playing career with Mikkelin Kissat shortly after emigrating to Finland. He later played for Mikkelin Palloilijat, HJK and FC Jokerit in Finland's Veikkausliiga.
- Josh Wolff
Joshua David "Josh" Wolff (born February 25, 1977 in Stone Mountain, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for the TSV 1860 München of the Second Bundesliga. Wolff played three years of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, where he scored 21 goals and eight assists in 43 games, while playing with another future United States national team star in Clint Mathis.
- Tommy Miller
Tommy Miller is an English/Scottish footballer who plays for Ipswich Town Miller started his career at Ipswich but was released as a 15 year old and was taken on by Hartlepool United where he made 160 appearances and scored 44 goals. He was signed back to Ipswich in 2001 by manager George Burley for £750,000. He then spent 4 years at Ipswich, scoring 15 goals in 39 appearances in the 2004-05 season and helping them to an unsuccessful Championship play off appearance.
- Ade Akinbiyi
Adeola (Ade) Peter Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi (born October 10, 1974 in Hackney, London) is an England born Nigerian footballer. He is a striker for Burnley in the Championship.
- Neil Sullivan
Neil Sullivan (born 24 February 1970 in Sutton) is a professional footballer currently playing for Doncaster Rovers again on a permanent basis after moving from Leeds United at the end of the 2006-2007 season. He is a goalkeeper. Although born and brought up in England, he has Scottish ancestry enabling him to play for the Scottish national side. Sullivan began his career with Wimbledon in 1988, amassing a total of 224 appearances between 1988 and 2000.