NFL

Jordan Dangerfield

A current member of the storied franchise, Pittsburgh Steelers, is the epitome of professionalism, perseverance and determination. A standout at Towson University, Jordan went undrafted following the 2013 NFL Draft and was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted rookie free agent, before he was released by Buffalo in August 2013. After a stint with the now defunct FXFL, Jordan spent time on the Steelers’ practice squad before earning a spot on the team’s 53-man roster in 2016. He is a vital member of the Steelers’ defensive secondary and a core special teamer, playing on all four phases of the special teams’ unit. Jordan left Towson before finishing his degree but, determined to uphold a promise he made to his parents and himself, Jordan continued to take classes during the off-season and earned his degree from the university in 2019. Jordan is the son of Erica and David Dangerfield (deceased), who were members of the NYPD and NYFD, respectively. Jordan is married with a son (Josiah) and is a member of the Ethiopian Jewish community

MLB

Steve Lyons

Steve Lyons, a former big league baseball player, is a three-time national Emmy award-winning broadcaster. Lyons played professionally for four teams over a period of nine years including four separate stints with the Red Sox who drafted him #18 overall in 1981. Lyons’s colorful personality earned him the nickname of “Psycho”. He may most be remembered for sliding head first into first base in a 1990 night game in Detroit when he was playing for the Chicago White Sox. Lyons proceeded to pull down his trousers to empty the dirt and brush off his shirttail. Realizing 14,000 fans were observing his brain cramp maneuver, he quickly and embarrassingly dressed himself. This slick move earned him a new nickname, “Moon Man Lyons”. More conventionally, Lyons holds the rare distinction of having played all nine defensive positions in a single game and he also played at least one game at every position during his major league career.

Cole Hamels

Cole Hamels is a lefthanded pitcher for the Atlanta Braves who is entering his 15th year in MLB. Cole began his career as the 17th overall pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2002 Draft and went straight from high school to the majors. Prior to playing for the Braves, he was with the Phillies, Rangers, and Cubs. In 2008, as a member of the World Champion Phillies, Cole was named MVP for both the NLCS and World Series. A four-time All-Star, Cole also has the distinction of pitching a no hitter on July 25th, 2015 and combined no hitter on September 1st, 2014.

Trevor Williams

Trevor Williams is a righthanded pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates who is entering his 5th year in MLB. Trevor was drafted 44th overall in 2013 by the Miami Marlins after three years at Arizona State University. Trevor played in the Marlins system until 2015 when he was traded to his current team the Pittsburgh Pirates. 2017 was Trevor’s first full season in the Majors and his performance earned him a spot on the 2017 MLB All-Rookie team. He is also the co-founder of Project 34; a non-profit that strives to positively impact individuals living with a spinal cord injury by assisting with the purchasing of medical equipment and assistive devices that may not be otherwise accessible to a patient, as well as providing grants to individuals to afford physical therapy for optimal function.

Marc Rzepczynski

Marc Rzepczynski is a lefthanded pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays who is entering his 11th year in MLB. Marc was drafted in the fifth round (175th overall) in 2007 by the Toronto Blue Jays after he played four years for the University of California, Riverside. He has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, and Seattle Mariners. Although Marc began his career with the Blue Jays, eleven years later he is back at his original team and was signed in February 2020. Marc is a World Series Champion as a member of the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. Marc goes by the nickname “Scrabble” because of the complex nature of his last name. He and his wife, Lindzey are animal shelter volunteers while also fostering small and senior dogs who are waiting for adoption.

Trevor Cahill

Trevor Cahill is a righthanded pitcher for the San Francisco Giants who is entering his 11th year in the MLB. Trevor was drafted in the second round (66th overall) by the Oakland Athletics in 2006 entering the league straight from high school. He has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, and Los Angeles Angels. In 2010, he was named an All-Star with the Oakland Athletics and ranked 3rd in the American League for batting average against. Trevor and his wife Jessica have two daughters, Rylee and Abigail.

Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts is entering his fifth year as the Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior to the Dodgers, Dave was the bench coach for the San Diego Padres during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Previously, he was also the 1st base coach for 3 seasons. In 2016 he won the NL Manager of the Year Award and has managed the NL All-Star team twice (2018 & 2019). Prior to managing, Dave played for 10 years as a lefthanded outfielder. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th round of the 1994 Draft after attending UCLA for four years. He played for the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants. He is best known for successfully stealing second base in the 2004 ALCS that helped spark the Red Sox amazing comeback against the New York Yankees and their ultimate crowning as World Series Champions.

Steve Garvey

Steve Garvey is a former MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. Steve played for nineteen years, the first fifteen with the Dodgers and last four with the Padres. During his career he won the World Series once (1981), was the NLCS MVP twice (1978 & 1984), was the NL MVP once (1974), was the All-Star MVP twice (1974 & 1978), was named to the All-Star Game 10 times, and won four consecutive Golden Glove Awards at first base (1974-77). In 1989, the San Diego Padres retired Steve’s number as he is widely considered one of the greatest to have played in the organization. Steve also holds the National League record for most consecutive games played at 1,207. Other than baseball, Steve has spoken to thousands of men and women in corporate America to motivate, entertain and enlighten for over 45 years.

Golf

Dan Boever

World Long Drive Champion Dan Boever ranks among the most popular performers on the golf exhibition circuit. Known for his quick and amazing repertoire of trick shots, Boever can light up an audience like few others in the golf entertainment business. Whether Boever’s blasting his driver 380 yards, hitting his putter 300 yards or taking aim at a drone high above the ground, he keeps the one-liners coming. A former All-American and professional baseball player, Boever has performed more than 1,700 times all around the world over the past two decades. He has also received the distinct Media.

Winter Olympics

Nikki Stone

At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Nikki Stone became America’s first-ever Olympic Champion in the sport of inverted aerials. What made this performance so unbelievable, was the fact that less than two years earlier, a chronic injury prevented her from standing, much less walking or skiing down a slope at almost 40 miles per hour. Nikki’s accomplishments have carried far beyond the slopes and school room as she now works as a motivational coach for a new national Biggest Loser program, trains other Olympic athletes in speaking skills, and she has recently authored the new, inspirational bestseller When Turtles Fly: Secrets of Successful People Who Know How to Stick Their Necks Out. Through her work as an athlete and a professional, you may have seen Nikki in one of her televised commercials or in one of her many television appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman and the Today Show. In her spare time, Nikki devotes her efforts to numerous charities—such as the American Cancer Society, Make A Wish and Right to Play—and sits on five different philanthropic and business committees. The majority of Nikki’s time is now dedicated to encouraging and inspiring audiences around the country—explaining in detail how she achieved success and they can do the same when they “Stick Their Necks Out.

Myles Silverman

Boston area native Myles Silverman began snowboarding at the age of six, and he has been pursuing his dream of becoming an Olympic athlete ever since. Myles is now 22 years-old and has received many awards including being a 6-time USA National Champion, a 5-time USCSA Champion, and a US Alpine Snowboard Racing Champion. Sports Illustrated magazine recently featured Myles as one of the “Faces in the Crowd.” He is training to compete in the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Myles’ motivational mantra came from the NFL’s well-known, record-breaking wide receiver Jerry Rice: “Today I will do what others won’t so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”

Summer Olympics

Meb Keflezighi

Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest runners of our time, Meb brings a higher meaning to “Going the Distance”. He is the only athlete in history to win the New York City Marathon, the Boston Marathon and an Olympic Medal in the 26.2 mile race. Fans know him by one name – “Meb” – a refugee from war-torn Eritrea who today is one of the rare professional runners whose acclaim reaches beyond the sport of running into mainstream culture. He also oversees the MEB (Maintaining Excellent Balance) Foundation, which is committed to promoting youth health, education and fitness.

Deena Kastor

Deena Kastor was a Bronze medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the winner of the 2005 Chicago Marathon and 2006 London Marathon in which she set an American record. Author of New York Times bestseller, Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory, Deena focuses on major themes such as how to turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts, how she recovered from the dangerous mindset of racing “with fear”, how she abandoned certain mental expectations to reach higher levels of performance and how to “participate in the process” rather than overly worry about results.

Marathon Runners

Dave McGillivray

Dave McGillivray is the world’s premier race director who has organized more than 1,000 mass participatory endurance events over nearly four decades. Accomplished athlete, author and philanthropist who, among many other feats, ran across the USA for charity…twice! As the longtime race director for the Boston Marathon, Dave annually makes the 26.2 mile trek after the other nearly 30,000 runners have long crossed the finish line. In 2019, barely six months after undergoing open heart surgery, his third cardiac procedure in five years, Dave completed his 47th Boston Marathon.

Becca Pizzi

Becca Pizzi is the first American woman to complete the World Marathon Challenge, a series of seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days setting a world record in both 2016 and again in 2018. Becca founded her own successful day care center in her home when, due to her daughter’s nut allergy, she was unable to find a center that would accept her. By night, Becca manages her town’s ice cream shop. Next up for Becca…releasing a children’s book about her World Marathon Challenge feat, running seven marathons in seven US States in seven days and a planned Run across America in an attempt to set another women’s world record!

Denise Robson

Denise Robson lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Canada’s fastest 50 year old marathoner, Denise Robson took up running as a stress reliever in her mid-30’s and hasn’t looked back. A working single mom of three biological children and four foster children, Denise continues to set lofty goals and goes all out to achieve them. She completed her first marathon in 2004. In November of 2009, she carried the torch in her hometown as part of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay.

Roger Wright

Roger was morbidly obese his entire life, eventually reaching 318 lbs. On his 47th birthday, his doctor informed him that, in addition to all of his other health issues, he was now diabetic. Having failed at 100s of diets, food plans, nutritionists, etc., he needed a new plan. Roger’s father ran the Boston Marathon in 1969 and he promised one day that he would run it as well. Even though he had never run a mile in his life, in June of 2008 he signed up for the 2009 Boston Marathon, running for Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a disease his 9-year-old niece Julia had. He had 10 months to change his life. On April 20th, Roger weighed 163 pounds and ran the 2009 Boston Marathon nonstop. In order to raise money for CF, he made a video chronicling his weight loss. It eventually went viral with more than nine million views and has inspired people throughout the world. He has now finished 66 marathons, running many with people who he has inspired. He does this to show others, that regardless of your past, you can change if you learn to focus on your goals.

Dick Beardsley

It was at the 1982 Boston Marathon where, for a brief moment, Dick Beardsley became the most famous athlete in the world…by losing a race! The record books will remember it as the famous “Duel in the Sun” but it is the story that comes after that draws in people and keeps them listening. Dick is a true survivor. Having looked death straight in the eye numerous times, his life is a story of hope and redemption.

Sports Broadcasters

Larry Rawson

One of television’s foremost track & field and marathon analysts, Emmy-award winning broadcaster Larry Rawson is ESPN’s fifth longest tenured ESPN commentator. He’s covered the Olympics, the World Track and Field Championships, the Boston and New York City marathons and countless university-level championships. A former Boston College record holder in the mile with 51 NCAA Cross Country and Track and Field Championships, he has been inducted into Running USA’s Hall of Fame and received the Penn Relays’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Larry knows the meaning of overcoming challenges and facing adversity head-on by having served on the front lines as an intelligence and artillery officer in Vietnam and successfully fighting a different kind of battle in 2005 when he was diagnosed with Stage IV throat cancer.

Gary Thorne

When it comes to sports broadcasting, Gary Thorne is truly a “Man for all Seasons”! Entering his 55th year of broadcasting, Gary’s career has included, among others, play-by-play for NCAA hockey and football, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the Olympic Games, PBA Bowling, WWE, ESPN for 22 years, the NY Mets, CBS, NBC and ABC. He has broadcast 13 World Series and MLB All Star games. Gary was the voice of MLB and NHL video games for years. The five-time Emmy award winner was previously the play-by-play TV announcer for the Baltimore Orioles and is well-known for his signature calls of “Goodbye, Home Run!” and “Mercy!” A graduate of the University of Maine School of Law with a doctorate in law from Georgetown University Law Center, Gary is a former assistant district attorney in Bangor, Maine. He has taught undergraduate business and law courses at Maine and a Sports Law course at the University of Maine School of Law. He recently created and taught a play-by-play course at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU. Gary was admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1977.

Esports

Dena Rock aka “BBXH”

Dee, otherwise known as the Twitch streamer BBXH, is no newbie to the esports world. Her love for gaming began at a young age when she was playing popular Sega Genesis games including Everquest and Sims. She decided to pursue an Economics Degree from George Mason University and while in college, Dee enjoyed playing Diablo or the Sims when she wasn’t studying. However, shortly after graduating, Dee realized that her passion was for esports and gaming. This drive led her to join Twitch in March of 2016. What began as pure fun and entertainment, could now be a career for her. Since discovering her niche in the gaming world, she has held several roles including being a host, shout-caster, interviewer, and analyst. During her time as a professional gamer, she has contributed to many campaigns and charities such as St. Jude’s and Save The Children, via live streaming and live event hosting. Gamers can stream with Dee Monday through Fridays on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/bbxh