Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra is an American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 2004. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team and helped the team win four consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles.
Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. Beginning in 2004, the Freedom played its home games at the Maryland SoccerPlex. In 2011, the team relocated to Boca Raton, Florida, and became magicJack.
The San Diego Spirit was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Torero Stadium on the campus of the University of San Diego in San Diego, California. The team began play in 2001. The league announced on September 15, 2003, it was suspending operations.
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.
The 2001 NBA draft took place on June 27, 2001 in New York City, New York. Kwame Brown became the first high school player to be drafted with the first overall pick in the history of the NBA. The selection of Kwame Brown by the Washington Wizards, over players that have gone on to have more successful NBA careers, has been a source of great criticism by numerous media outlets. Several international players from this draft, Pau Gasol (Spain), Tony Parker (France) and Mehmet Okur (Turkey), became NBA All-Stars.
John Burroughs School (JBS) is a private, non-sectarian college-preparatory school with 631 students in grades 7–12. Its 49-acre (200,000 m2) campus is located in Ladue, Missouri (US), a suburb of St. Louis. Founded in 1923, it is named for U.S. naturalist and philosopher John Burroughs.
Paul Elbert Hamm is a retired American artistic gymnast. He is the 2004 Olympic all-around champion, a three-time Olympic medalist, and the 2003 World all-around champion. Hamm is the most successful American male gymnast in history, one of only two American gymnasts to win the all-around title at both the Olympics and the World Championships, and the only male American gymnast to do so.
ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN. It is owned by ESPN Internet Ventures, a division of ESPN Inc.
Bruno Šundov is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. Standing at 2.21 m, he played the center position. He played for five different NBA teams and over 20 clubs around the world.
Sacred Heart Cathedral "Preparatory", commonly known as SHC or SH, is a Catholic school located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852, Sacred Heart Cathedral is the oldest Catholic secondary school and was the first co-ed Catholic high school in San Francisco.
Košarkaški klub Zadar, commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the ABA League and the Croatian League.
Shelden DeMar Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Duke University, where his #23 jersey was retired on January 28, 2007.
Jonathan Daniel Hamm is an American actor and producer known for his role as Don Draper in the period drama television series Mad Men (2007–2015). His performance earned critical praise and recognition, earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2008 and again in 2016, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2015. Hamm has received 16 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances for acting and producing Mad Men. He also directed two episodes of the show. Hamm has also appeared in the Sky Arts series A Young Doctor's Notebook and guest starring in Channel 4 dystopian anthology series Black Mirror and the Amazon Prime fantasy series Good Omens. Hamm is also known for his comedic roles in various sitcoms including his guest starring roles in 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Parks and Recreation, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.
Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone, née Cynthia Parlow, is an American soccer executive and president of the United States Soccer Federation. A former professional soccer player, she is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup champion. As head coach in 2013, Parlow Cone led the Portland Thorns FC to clinch the inaugural National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) championship title.
Bruno Grandi was an Italian sportsman who served as president of the FIG from 1996–2016 and was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2000 to 2004. He was also an Italian junior gymnast, but achieved more gymnastics success in a non-performing capacity, rising to become president of the FIG.
The Bruno Jura Hound is a breed of scenthound from the Jura Mountains on the French-Swiss border.
Morgan or Morggan is a unisex celtic name more specifically of Welsh and Breton origin. Traditionally it was a male-only name in Wales and Brittany and altered, as like the United States, to become more commonly used as a unisex name.
Sara Whalen Hess, née Whalen, is a retired American professional Olympic medalist soccer player. Whalen played for the United States Women's National Soccer Team from 1997 to 2000, won an Olympic silver medal with the team, and was a founding player of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
Bruno Cerella is an Italian-Argentine professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup Basketball.
Bruno Afonso David Fernandes, also known as Bruno Fernando, is an Angolan professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins.
