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Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is the closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed.

Papelbon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 out of Mississippi State. Papelbon throws a fastball clocked as high as 99 mph, typically hitting the mid-90s, with great command. He has a good slider, changeup, curveball, as well as a splitter. He has also invented a new pitch called the Slutter; a combination of a Slider and a Cutter. He was also quoted in a post-game interview that he has been working on a ...

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker

He was educated at Eton College and studied for a degree in Hispanic Studies from London University. He served part-time for three years in the British Special Forces in the SAS TA before a parachuting accident broke his spine in three places, forcing him to leave the Forces.

Grylls hosted an 8-part documentary series known in the U.S. on Discovery Channel as Man vs. Wild, and titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls for Channel 4 and Discovery Channel ...

Jake Burton Carpenter is an American snowboarder; he is the founder of Burton Snowboards.

Birthday: April 29, 1954
Home Town: Stowe, Vermont
Years Riding 36 years
Number of days riding last season: 113
Favorite Resort: Stowe
Favorite summer destination: Surfing off a boat in the Indian Ocean

Carpenter was born in New York City, but was raised Cedarhurst, New York.
After graduating from The Marvelwood School in Connecticut, he enrolled at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

An avid skier, Carpenter hoped to join the university's successful ski team, but his competitive skiing career was ended when his ...

Gretchen Bleiler

Sport: Snowboarding

Age: 26

Residence: Snowmass Village, Colo.

Height: 5-6

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2006 FIS World Cup 1st Place, Saas Fe, Switzerland
2006 Olympic silver medalist
2006 Overall Grand Prix Champion; won four of the five Grand Prix events determining Olympic team
2005 X Games and Gravity Games Gold Medalist
2005 US Open Halfpipe Champion
FIS World Cup 1st Place, Bardonecchia, Italy
Eight straight wins in 2003
2003 X Games Halfpipe Gold Medalist
2003 US Open Champion
Won 2003 Overall Grand Prix Title
One of only four females invited ...

Currently the #1 ranked tennis player in the world, Justine has the most amazing backhand on the tour. She has won all the major events, and seems poised to win many more.

http://www.justine-henin.be/public/index.asp?lang=en

Free safety Bob Sanders, the person responsible for the dramatic improvement of the Indianapolis defense versus the run in last year's playoffs.
He's one of the hardest hitters in the league.

Roberto Duran (born June 16, 1951) is a professional boxer from Guarare, Panama, and is generally regarded as one of the greatest lightweight boxers of all-time.

In 2002, he was chosen by The Ring Magazine to be the 5th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.[1] He held world titles at four different weights - lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983-84) and middleweight (1989). He was also the only boxer to have fought in five different decades.

He finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 (having previously retired in 1998) following a bad car crash in October 2001, ...

Hank is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his Major League Baseball career in 1954. He played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, and his last two years with the Milwaukee Brewers. Throughout his career, Aaron had many accomplishments and records. His most notable achievement was setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755, which he held for 33 years until being surpassed by San Francisco ...

Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., (born June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "The Comeback Kid", is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons. Montana spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons, his final two years in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs. While a member of the 49ers, Montana started four Super Bowl games and the team won ...

Lee was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong. His Hong Kong-produced and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[2] Many see Lee as a model blueprint ...

Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy.

In 1999, he was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. ...

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. He is the worlds No.1 Golfer. In 2006 Woods made $100 Million dollars, making him the highest payed athlete that year.

His achievements include, Held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight times, and he has led the money list seven times (one behind Jack Nicklaus' record). He has been named Associated ...

Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942. He is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic gold medal.
In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated.
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964 and subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.

Ali is considered my most to be the greatest fighter ever.

If you're on twitter you probably know Mr Shaler. Brian Shaler is creative programmer and web developer. He understands good design and is great at planning and seeing the whole picture. Brian has created some great typography content, flash design and digg tools.

He's also famous for the ShalerJump where he jumps very high gracefully and with style. Brian is a great teacher as well. To find out more about Brian go to http://brian.shaler.name/

Attila Turzo is a master chess player from Budapest, Hungary. He has won numerous national and international tournaments and reached the International Master title at age 18.

Attila is a fantastic chess player and teacher. He works at http://chesspark.com --> head over there and challenge him to a game (if you are feeling lucky).

Lee was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong. His Hong Kong-produced and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[2] Many see Lee as a model blueprint ...

“I have dined with Kings & Queens and slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans."

Champion wrestler in the 70's and 80's - anyone who watched will remember this name. He was 'The American Dream'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sFhGM83VE

Jennifer Shahade, age 25 is a Women's Grandmaster, writer and two-time American Women's Chess Champion (2002, 2004).
Her first book, Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, was published in the fall of 2005 (Siles Press.) She is currently the web editor for Chess Life Magazine, the national publication of USCF.

http://jennifershahade.com/index.html

Deborah Anthonioz (b. August 29, 1978) is a top-level Olympic and X-Games snowboard competitor from Les Gets, France. She runs the Board Queen blog at http://www.deborahanthonioz.com/ .

First US Chess World Champion and one of the greatest chess players in history. He is also one of the most controversial chess players in history.

http://bobbyfischer.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer

Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy.

In 1999, he was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. ...

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. He is the worlds No.1 Golfer. In 2006 Woods made $100 Million dollars, making him the highest payed athlete that year.

His achievements include, Held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight times, and he has led the money list seven times (one behind Jack Nicklaus' record). He has been named Associated ...

Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942. He is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic gold medal.
In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated.
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964 and subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.

Ali is considered my most to be the greatest fighter ever.

If you're on twitter you probably know Mr Shaler. Brian Shaler is creative programmer and web developer. He understands good design and is great at planning and seeing the whole picture. Brian has created some great typography content, flash design and digg tools.

He's also famous for the ShalerJump where he jumps very high gracefully and with style. Brian is a great teacher as well. To find out more about Brian go to http://brian.shaler.name/

Attila Turzo is a master chess player from Budapest, Hungary. He has won numerous national and international tournaments and reached the International Master title at age 18.

Attila is a fantastic chess player and teacher. He works at http://chesspark.com --> head over there and challenge him to a game (if you are feeling lucky).

Lee was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong. His Hong Kong-produced and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[2] Many see Lee as a model blueprint ...

“I have dined with Kings & Queens and slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans."

Champion wrestler in the 70's and 80's - anyone who watched will remember this name. He was 'The American Dream'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sFhGM83VE

Jennifer Shahade, age 25 is a Women's Grandmaster, writer and two-time American Women's Chess Champion (2002, 2004).
Her first book, Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, was published in the fall of 2005 (Siles Press.) She is currently the web editor for Chess Life Magazine, the national publication of USCF.

http://jennifershahade.com/index.html

Deborah Anthonioz (b. August 29, 1978) is a top-level Olympic and X-Games snowboard competitor from Les Gets, France. She runs the Board Queen blog at http://www.deborahanthonioz.com/ .

First US Chess World Champion and one of the greatest chess players in history. He is also one of the most controversial chess players in history.

http://bobbyfischer.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer

Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. Previous to this achievement he also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery, and extensive chemotherapy.

In 1999, he was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the Year. He was also named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. ...

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. He is the worlds No.1 Golfer. In 2006 Woods made $100 Million dollars, making him the highest payed athlete that year.

His achievements include, Held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight times, and he has led the money list seven times (one behind Jack Nicklaus' record). He has been named Associated ...

Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942. He is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic gold medal.
In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated.
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964 and subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.

Ali is considered my most to be the greatest fighter ever.

If you're on twitter you probably know Mr Shaler. Brian Shaler is creative programmer and web developer. He understands good design and is great at planning and seeing the whole picture. Brian has created some great typography content, flash design and digg tools.

He's also famous for the ShalerJump where he jumps very high gracefully and with style. Brian is a great teacher as well. To find out more about Brian go to http://brian.shaler.name/

Attila Turzo is a master chess player from Budapest, Hungary. He has won numerous national and international tournaments and reached the International Master title at age 18.

Attila is a fantastic chess player and teacher. He works at http://chesspark.com --> head over there and challenge him to a game (if you are feeling lucky).

Lee was born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong. His Hong Kong-produced and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level of popularity and acclaim, and sparked the first major surge of interest in Chinese martial arts in the West. The direction and tone of his films changed and influenced martial arts and martial arts films in Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Lee became an iconic figure particularly to Chinese, as he portrayed Chinese national pride and Chinese nationalism in his movies.[2] Many see Lee as a model blueprint ...

“I have dined with Kings & Queens and slept in alleys and dined on pork and beans."

Champion wrestler in the 70's and 80's - anyone who watched will remember this name. He was 'The American Dream'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0sFhGM83VE

Jennifer Shahade, age 25 is a Women's Grandmaster, writer and two-time American Women's Chess Champion (2002, 2004).
Her first book, Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, was published in the fall of 2005 (Siles Press.) She is currently the web editor for Chess Life Magazine, the national publication of USCF.

http://jennifershahade.com/index.html

Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974), known as Bear Grylls, is a British mountaineer, adventurer, author, television presenter, and motivational speaker

He was educated at Eton College and studied for a degree in Hispanic Studies from London University. He served part-time for three years in the British Special Forces in the SAS TA before a parachuting accident broke his spine in three places, forcing him to leave the Forces.

Grylls hosted an 8-part documentary series known in the U.S. on Discovery Channel as Man vs. Wild, and titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls for Channel 4 and Discovery Channel ...

First US Chess World Champion and one of the greatest chess players in history. He is also one of the most controversial chess players in history.

http://bobbyfischer.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer