Throughout his playing career, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Willie McGee won two batting titles and was named Major League Baseball's National League MVP. McGee primarily played center and right field, winning three Gold Glove Awards for defensive excellence. A four-time All-Star, McGee accumulated 2,254 hits during his career. McGee was honored with a special ceremony at Busch Memorial... read full bio
Yu Darvish is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. Darvish pitched in the Beijing Olympics as well as the World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team. He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Japanese professional baseball prior to his arrival in Major League Baseball. Darvish finished... read full bio
Tad Boyle is a college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado. He played collegiately at Kansas under coach Ted Owens and Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. After his first year at CU, Boyle received interest for the head coaching position at Texas A&M vacated by his old friend Mark Turgeon, after... read full bio
Vlade Divac is a retired basketball player and current sports administrator. Divac spent most of his career in the NBA. He was known for his passing skills. Divac is one of six players in NBA history to record 13,000 points, 9,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists and 1,500 blocked shots. Divac was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in recognition of... read full bio
Violet Palmer is a basketball referee in the NBA and WNBA and the first female official to reach the highest competitive tier in a major U.S. professional sport. She also earned recognition as a member of two NCAA Division II women's championship basketball teams. Palmer was the first woman to officiate an NBA playoff game. She attended college at Cal... read full bio
Vin Baker is a former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He spent most of his time playing for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Seattle SuperSonics. He appeared in four consecutive All-Star Games. Baker spent the first four seasons of his career with the Milwaukee Bucks where he led the league in minutes per game. He... read full bio
Wimp Sanderson is a retired college basketball coach. In 11 years as head coach his teams averaged 21.8 wins a year, with a 267-119 record, and they won 5 SEC tournaments. He is only coach in Alabama history to win 200 or more games in his first 10 years. Sanderson was famous for wearing plaid sport jackets on the sidelines.... read full bio
Drafted in the first round, Wes Unseld helped lead the Baltimore Bullets to a 57-25 record and a division title, becoming only the second person to ever win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season. Unseld was impressively named a 5-time NBA all-star. He led the NBA in rebounding, and was known for averaging double-doubles. The... read full bio
Wayne Morgan was the Iowa State University men's basketball coach. He was Iowa State Universitys first African American head basketball coach. Morgan coached at Long Beach State for six seasons before accepting the head coaching position at Iowa State. His up-tempo style of basketball generated doubt across the state but produced a memorable first season that featured a team which... read full bio
Wayne Embry is a retired American basketball player. He played in the NBA All-Star game for five consecutive seasons and won the NBA Championship with the Celtics. Retiring to be a regional sales leader for Pepsi-Cola. Embry played crucial minutes for the team's surprising NBA title run. After retiring as a player he became the first African American NBA general... read full bio
Xavier McDaniel is a retired National Basketball Association player. McDaniel was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round of the NBA Draft. After retiring McDaniel appeared on Spike TV's televised slamball games where he coached the Riders squad. Afterwards he made a few appearances on the reality TV game show Pros vs Joes. Xavier McDaniel played on the... read full bio
Alexander Likhotal is the President and CEO of Green Cross for the Earth Charter. He is best known as the policy adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev. During the time of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, had been by this time been recognized as an specialist in European security, Alexander became the Head of the Soviet foreign policy co-ordination body. As an insider of... read full bio
Alternately described as serial entrepreneur, do-gooder, and designer, Graham Hill certainly enjoys variety. Now, he finds his future happily confined to the social entrepreneurship arena as founder of the website Treehugger.com, a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. Treehugger.com is also part of the Planet Green initiative at Discovery Communications.... read full bio
Today, a sought after environmental speaker, he remains instrumental in focusing public attention on the importance of the revival of our environment. An inspirational voice who is known for his brave actions that continue to accomplish change, John Passacantando is a respected leader in recruiting everyone to work harder and smarter in rescuing our planet. Always a man looking ahead... read full bio
Kent Rathwells is a scientist whose research stems from over two decades of exhaustive research in regards to the issues that affect all Canadians and the political, cultural, economic, social, and environmental differences between the provinces within Canada. He's an ambitious entrepreneur whom's spending money bringing electric vehicle infrastructure to a country with around 3500 EVs. Kent is a steward... read full bio
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific intergovernmental body that provides decision makers and the public with an objective source of information about climate change. He is also director general of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), a major independent research organization providing knowledge on energy, environment,... read full bio
The internationally renowned American Indian activist Winona LaDuke has been working on various issues of sustainability, human rights, and environmental issues. LaDuke comes from Ojibwe decent, one of the largest groups of Native Americans in the North American continent. When she was working as a principal on the Ojibwe reservation, Winona LaDuke became an activist. She became founder of... read full bio
Ethan Canin's first short stories, collected in Emperor of the Air when he was only 27, dazzled the literary world. His next five books, Blue River, For Kings and Planets, The Palace Thief, Carry Me Across the Water and America established his reputation as one of the finest writers in America and has garnered him generous literary prizes. His road... read full bio
Mitch is the co-founder and President of Idea Champions, a highly acclaimed management consulting and training company, headquartered in Woodstock, NY. He specializes in helping forward thinking organizations go beyond business as usual, originate breakthrough products and services, and establish dynamic, sustainable cultures of innovation. At the heart of his work lies the fundamental belief that a company's most important... read full bio
Legendary Sports Agent, often credited as the real-life inspiration for the film Jerry Maguire. The world’s most famous sports agent, Leigh pioneered the sports management industry. With an unrivaled history of record-setting contracts, he has secured billions of dollars for his clients, and directed more than $600 million to various charities around the world. He has represented many of the... read full bio
