Status: Baseball Hall of Famer. All-time home run king with 755. Currently, Hank is a Senior Vice President with the Atlanta Braves. In addition, he owns several Church’s, Popeyes and Krispy Kreme franchises in the Atlanta area. He also operates his foundation (The Henry L. Aaron Chasing The Dream Foundation).
Ht: 6-0 Wt: 190
DOB: February 5, [...]
Photo Credit: Henk Abbink
Status: Winner of four ATP singles titles. Highest singles rank is #14. Member of Croatia’s Davis Cup team. Has wins over Federer,
Hewitt, Roddick, Blake, Djokovic.
Ht: 6-10 Wt: 230 pounds.
DOB: February 28, 1979 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Hobbies/Interests: “You know, it is difficult to have like a real hobby because like every week we are [...]
Status: NASCAR driver of the #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet for Hendrick Motor Sports. Will start from the front row in Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175
Born On: October 10, 1974 In: Kannapolis, NC
Childhood Heroes: “My dad. He was ‘The Intimidator.’”
Hobbies/Interests: “Boxing, chillin’ and working on the late model stock car with the guys.”
Nicknames: “A lot of ‘em. Little [...]
Status: Free spirit, musician, entrepreneur.
Ht: 6-4 Wt: 220
Born On: December 23, 1970 In: Cincinnati, Ohio
Childhood Heroes: “Man, I never had a bunch of heroes. KISS – the rock group KISS because my brother liked KISS. Rocky – because I watched the movie Rocky. I mean, I lived in a small village, I think that’s a [...]
Status: Former world #4 in ATP rankings. Member of 2007 U.S. Davis Cup-winning team.
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 170
DOB: December 28, 1979 In: Yonkers, NY
Childhood Heroes: “Michael Jordan impressed me with how he got ready for every game. And he had to show everyone he was the best every time he stepped on that court. In tennis [...]
Carl Froch states his case at Madison Square Garden press event, with next opponent Kessler over his left shoulder. | read this item Status: WBC Super Middleweight champion. Has a record of 26-0 (20 KO’s).
Ht: 6-1 Wt: 168
DOB: July 2, 1977 In: Nottingham, England
Inspiration: “I want recognition from the top fighters in the world. The top Americans.”
Childhood Heroes: “No, not really. I used to watch a lot of Naseem Hamed for entertainment value. He was exciting.”
Nickname: Cobra.
Favorite Movies: [...]
Philip H. Anselmo backstage following an October performance at the Noka Theater in NYC. | read this item
Status: Singer, songwriter and frontman extraordinaire for Pantera, Down, Super Joint Ritual. Has sold over 25,000,000 records. Down recently completed a North American tour. Anselmo is also a boxing journalist/historian who writes for Boxing Digest magazine and BoxingInsider.com. He is currently penning his autobiography.
DOB: June 30, 1968 In: New Orleans, LA
Childhood Heroes: “I hate to [...]
This Biofile was done on August 31, 1998 at the US Open. At the time Safin was a highly regarded teenager but was still ranked outside the top 50. He reached the round of 16 in Flushing Meadows before losing to Sampras. Safin would break into the top 50 later in the year when he defeated Korda [...]
Status: Former CNN news anchor, reporter from 1980 to 2009.
DOB: September 24, 1945 In: Childress, TX
Hobbies/Interests: “Scuba diving. Horseback riding. Golf. Running tractors on the farm – we’ve got a horse farm in (Sussex County) New Jersey. I enjoy getting out, cutting hay and playing farmer on the weekends during the summer.”
Childhood Heroes: “Gene Autry, [...]
Status: World’s #1 tennis player. Winner of this year’s French Open and Wimbledon.
Tennis Inspiration: “Watching my idols play back at Wimbledon or at the U.S. Open, wanting to maybe be like them one day. Practice hard. Maybe when I was #1 junior in the world when I was 17 years old, I hoped to maybe [...]
