Hard work and a passion for the art of racing turned an eager young driver from a small Georgia town into a NASCAR Winston Cup champion. In the 26 years since his first Winston Cup race at North Carolina Speedway, Bill Elliott has seen and done it all. Quiet and unassuming, he made a high-profile move when he joined Ray... read full bio
Sterling Marlin is a former professional stock car racing driver. He has competed in the NASCAR Spring Cup Series and won the Daytona 500 two years in a row. Racing runs in his blood as his father was Coo Coo Marlin, and his son Steadman Marlin has also raced for NASCAR. Some of his other accomplishments include winning the Winston... read full bio
Bobby Unser is a retired U.S. automobile racer. He comes from a very famous family and he is the brother of Al Unser, Jerry Unser and Louie Unser, the father of Robby Unser, and uncle of Al Unser, Jr. and Johnny Unser. He is one of the few drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 three times, and one of only... read full bio
Marci Shimoff is the woman's face of the biggest self-help book phenomenon in history, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her six bestselling titles in the series, including Chicken Soup for the Womans Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mothers Soul, have met with stunning success, selling more than 13 million copies worldwide in 33 languages and have been on the... read full bio
With a writing career spanning nineteen years, Mezrich is the current narrative non-fiction cowboy. Over 11 million copies of his twenty-five books have been sold, making them huge international and New York Times Bestsellers. The phenomenally popular Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions is part of the genre he created,... read full bio
The Freedom Writers Foundation, a nonprofit with a mission to empower students and revolutionize education, was founded by eminent educator, author, and visionary Erin Gruwell. She started her extraordinary career as a teacher in 1994 when she moved into Room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, and accepted the difficult task of instructing a diverse mix... read full bio
Eric Heiden, the unassuming doctor's son from the American midwest, made history during nine days of madness in 1980 when he became the first skater to win all the individual speed skating events at the same Winter Games. He added a world record in the 10,000m to the five gold medals won at Lake Placid, reinforcing the general view that... read full bio
Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrell Green is widely considered to be one of the greatest cornerbacks to ever play football. In his 20 NFL seasons, Green recorded 54 interceptions, which he returned for 621 yards and six touchdowns. He also added two additional touchdowns on interception returns in the post season. Three times, he recorded a career-best of five... read full bio
R.C. Owens is a former professional American football wide receiver from 1957 through 1964. He graduated from high school in Santa Monica, California and attended the College of Idaho and played amateur basketball with the Seattle-based Buchan Bakers the year after their national championship. Owens then joined the NFL; he had his best years playing for the San Francisco 49ers... read full bio
David Justice made his major league debut playing for the Atlanta Braves. The Braves suddenly found themselves as a winning team, and Justice, who finished with 87 runs batted in despite being injured for part of the season, played in his first World Series. Justice later joined the Cleveland Indians, proving right away that he had many good years left,... read full bio
Bob Tway is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Bob was named PGA Player of the Year after wining the PGA Championship. Tway has PGA Tour career earnings in excess of 14 million dollars. ... read full bio
David Gossett is a professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Gossett won his first official PGA Tour event in 2001 at the John Deere Classic. He lost his fully exempt status in 2004, and has had to split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour in recent years.... read full bio
Ian Leggatt is a Canadian professional golfer. Leggatt was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He has won one PGA Tour event and one Nationwide Tour event. Leggatt retired from professional golf in May 2009 due to injuries, and began working for Wasserman Media Group as an agent/consultant in their golf management division. He appears on Sportsnet as their golf analyst. He... read full bio
Jeffrey Sluman is a successful professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories. Upon turning 50 in September 2007, Sluman joined the Champions Tour. He won his first tournament in June 2008, the Bank of America Championship and he also won the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach in 2008 and 2009.... read full bio
Jim Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour, including twice in 1983 when he finished a career best fifteenth on the money list. As a senior he has won 20 tournaments on the Champions Tour, including a senior major championship, the 1993 Senior Players Championship. He has worked as a golf analyst for ESPN and has his own golf... read full bio
Choi Kyung-Ju is a South Korean professional golfer. He is known as K. J. Choi in many countries. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won a total of 17 professional golf tournaments, including seven on the PGA Tour.... read full bio
Lanny Wadkins is an American professional golfer. Lanny turned professional in 1971. He played his first full year on the PGA Tour in 1972. Lanny was victorious for the first time at the Sahara Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the PGA tour, he was voted as Rookie of the Year. After another two wins during the tour in 1973,... read full bio
In 1991, Rocco Mediate became the first player to win on the PGA Tour using a long putter when he won the Doral-Ryder Open. He went on to pick up wins on the Tour for three consecutive years, in 1999, 2000 and 2002. Mediate has been featured in the Top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings and considered to... read full bio
Scott McCarron professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour in 1994. He has had PGA Tour victories in 1996, 1997 and 2001. McCarron was injured in the summer of 2006 and missed the entire 2007 season. He served as an analyst for The Golf Channel for its 2007 Masters coverage. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2008 and... read full bio
Grace Park is an American-Canadian actress of Korean descent. Grace is best known for her role in the science fiction Primetime Emmy award-winning series Battlestar Galactica and more recently, the Golden Globe nominated revival of Hawaii Five-O. Grace started her career as a model, eventually landing a regular role on the Canadian teen soap opera, Edgemont, alongside Kristin Kreuk. Grace... read full bio
