Both the American national team and Real Salt Lake used Kyle Beckerman as a professional soccer player. He played as a holding midfielder for Real Salt Lake and served as the team's captain. At a very young age, Beckerman started playing and he represented the United States in the Under-17 World Cup in New Zealand. He received a Nike Project-40 deal with Major... read full bio
Clint Dempsey is now serving as a player for Seattle Sounders FC and has previously served as the captain of the United States national team. His previous teams include New England Revolution, Fulham, and Tottenham Hotspur. He began his career at Fulham. Since he began playing soccer at an early age, he was selected to join the Dallas Texans, which... read full bio
In 1993, world-famous track sensation Jim Ryun, who was the first high school athlete in the United States to run a mile in under four minutes, was the driving force behind the establishment of Better Hearing and Speech Month by the Council for Better Hearing and Speech. For nine years, Ryun held the world record for the mile with a... read full bio
A former professional ice hockey player from Canada is named James G. Kyte. Kyte played 598 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), becoming the league's first (and only) legally deaf player. Kyte is the son of John Kyte, the Athlete-of-the-Half-Century at St. Francis Xavier University and a former outstanding athlete for Canada's universities. He is also Aynslee Kyte's brother,... read full bio
A journalist and diplomat from the United States, Daniel Benjamin was chosen by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve as the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State from 2009 to 2012. At Dartmouth College, Benjamin served as the center's director for international understanding. He was elected president of the American Academy in Berlin, a transatlantic nonprofit organization... read full bio
Dr. Stephen Flynn is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the field of critical infrastructure protection and homeland security. Flynn details the major man-made and natural perils that will almost certainly confront the United States in his seminal book, "The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation." He also provides a menu of actions that the... read full bio
Deidre Downs, who won the title of Miss America in 2005, is currently working as a national spokesperson for the Better Hearing Institute to raise awareness about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of hearing loss, particularly in children. Her goal is to persuade the 31 million people in the United States who suffer from hearing loss about the importance of... read full bio
Peter Kostis is a golf commentator and coach based in the United States. He was born on December 23, 1947 in Sanford, Maine. Paul Casey, Chez Reavie, Bernhard Langer, Steve Elkington, Dan Marino, Maury Povich, and Mike Schmidt are just a few of the numerous people who have studied under him. Within the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona is... read full bio
Roy Neel has been at the center of some of the most amazing occurrences in the course of history and has assisted in the resolution of some of the most difficult situations that the country has faced over the past three decades. He was the Chief of Staff for Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Al Gore, and he also served... read full bio
Tony Coles oversaw significant programs to improve New York City's quality of life and economic health as Rudolph Giuliani's deputy mayor and advisor. Coles' world altered on 9/11 when he witnessed the WTC attack alongside the Mayor. Coles dealt minute-by-minute with New York City's aftermath. Coles was a crucial member of Giuliani's team for eight years, helping privatize public services, foster... read full bio
Ron Brownstein, who is a combination of journalist and historian as well as a sharp political observer, is capable of elucidating the complexity of American politics with clarity and accuracy. As the political director of Atlantic Media Company, he is responsible for producing insightful contemporary analysis on politics, the media, healthcare, and the entire spectrum of issues. These analyses are... read full bio
Mandy Young receives questions every day. But there isn't a simple solution. She's led a life that most people wouldn't pick. After 33 years of research, spending months at a time in hospitals, and discovering she is the only person in the world with her specific genetic problem (IRAK4). She wouldn't change a single day of the ups and downs... read full bio
In addition to Bob Kahn, who also co-developed TCP/IP, Vinton Gray Cerf is regarded as one of "the fathers of the Internet" and an American Internet pioneer. The National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering are just a few of the honorary degrees and... read full bio
A drummer who is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and who spent nearly three decades performing with the iconic band Alabama. He is still actively playing, producing music, and recording despite having been a part of the event in which Alabama was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It has been said that... read full bio
Sgt. Slaughter, an icon of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), is one of the most famous names in pop culture. He has won every major title in the highly competitive world of professional wrestling. He has won the global heavyweight championship a total of four times, with the World Wrestling Federation belt being the most recent of his victories. Not... read full bio
In Season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance, Robert Roldan was a fan favorite and finished in third place. In Season 8, he was an all-star performer. However, he disclosed in a shocking and heartbreaking open letter that he had been in a serious accident in June 2012 that had nearly ended not only his dance career, but... read full bio
A group of people that are committed to motivating, energizing, and inspiring every individual to be themselves and discover what it is about them that makes them who they are. This dance squad performs in the self-titled style known as Brain Bangin, which is intended to leave audiences amazed and frequently perplexed as to what exactly they just saw. The... read full bio
Joe Purdy is an American folk singer/songwriter who is recording around the clock. He has released 12 albums in a span of 8 years and has sold a combined 80,000 single downloads online. His band members consists of Chris Seefried, Brian Wright, Willy C. Golden, Al Sgro, and Deacon. He is a regular at the Hotel Cafe in Los... read full bio
Michael A. Choti, MD, MBA, FACS is the Chief of the Handelsman Division of Surgical Oncology and the Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Abdominal Surgery at the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. He also has the title of the Jacob C. Handelsman Professor of Abdominal Surgery. He is either the lead investigator or a co-investigator for a number... read full bio
Laura Baugh formerly enjoyed a life of charm. She was the glitzy golden girl of the LPGA Tour. She won the U.S. Amateur when she was a student at Rockledge High. She continues to hold the record for being the youngest golfer to win that illustrious competition. She became a member of the LPGA Tour and quickly gained international fame.... read full bio
