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John Milton “Mickey” Rivers was a speedy leadoff hitter and an excellent center fielder with a colorful personality. “Mick The Quick” had a solid 15-year career in the major leagues. After attending Miami Dade College (where Bucky Dent was a teammate, Mickey was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1969 and made his pro debut that year with the Magic Valley Cowboys, hitting .307. At the end of the summer, he was traded to the California Angels. He split the next four years between the minors and the Angels, hitting well over .300 at every minor league stop. Mick stayed in the major league for good in 1974 as the Angels center fielder. The following season he was dealt to the Yankees along with Ed Figueroa for Bobby Bonds. The trade paid off immediately for the Yankees. Mickey was named to the All-Star team, batted .312, stole 43 bases and posted then-career highs in home runs (8) and runs batted in (67). Mickey placed third in the Most Valuable Player voting and was named an outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star team. While Mickey played for the Yankees, they won the World Series in 1977 and 1978, both times against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They also won the 1976 pennant, but lost in the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. Rivers posted a .308 average in his 29 postseason games. Bill James ranked Mickey Rivers as the 59th greatest center fielder of all time. Mickey, who has been called the fastest Yankee of all time was honored with many of his fellow teammates from the 1977 World Series champion New York Yankees, in the Yankee Old Timers Game in 2007. In The Bronx Is Burning, the ESPN miniseries based on the 1977 Yankees, he was portrayed by Leonard Robinson.

Brandon Siler is an NFL linebacker entering his seventh NFL season and a former BCS National Champion. He is currently a free agent. Brandon was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs and has also played with the San Diego Chargers. He was originally a seventh round selection by the Chargers in the 2007 NFL Draft and excelled on special teams before working his way into the starting lineup.

Denny McLain is a former professional baseball pitcher who starred for 10 years in Major League Baseball, most notably with the Detroit Tigers. Denny is the last pitcher in MLB history to have recorded a 30-win season, capturing 31 victories in a magical 1968 season. For the season, Denny posted a 31-6 record and was named the American League Cy Young Award winner along with the Most Valuable Player Award. Denny also helped lead his Tigers to the American League pennant that year and won one game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, also won by the Tigers. In 1969, Denny won another 24 games and again captured the Cy Young Award. It marked the third time that Denny had topped the 20-win mark for a single season.

Laurent is a professional soccer player from New York City. In his youth he was a member of the US Olympic Development Program and also the famed youth academy of Olympique de Marseilles. After attending Brown University he was drafted to the NY Red Bulls in 2008. For the past four years he has been in Europe/US playing for clubs US (DC United), Croatia (RNK Split), Sweden (AIK Stockholm), Finland (FK HAKA), England (Portsmouth FC, Plymouth Argyle amongst others), Belgium (KV Oostende), and Israel (Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Tel-Aviv). Before joining the professional ranks, Laurent played for Brown University for four years. In his first season competing for Brown, Laurent played in all 17 games, starting in 15 of them. He made an immediate impact on the backfield, earning an All-Ivy Honorable Mention at the conclusion of the season. Laurent registered an assist on the game-winning goal against Cornell that season and was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week and to Soccer America's Team of the Week after leading the defense to back-to-back shutouts over #4 Cal and #5 Stanford. During his senior season at Brown, Laurent competed in 13 games to help lead the Bears to their 19th Ivy League title and 23rd NCAA Appearance. In his collegiate career, he played in 63 games, scored two goals and had four assists for eight points.

Kevin is currently the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, with whom he has earned two Super Bowl rings. Since 1990, Kevin has served as an assistant with a number of NFL franchises, working as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. Those franchises include the Houston Oilers (1990–1994), Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–1996), Pittsburgh Steelers (1999–2000), Buffalo Bills (2002–2003), and currently is the offensive coordinator with the New York Giants. From 1985 to 1986 he served as an assistant with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. During the 1992-93 NFL season, Kevin was hospitalized with a rare form of kidney cancer, at which point injured quarterback Warren Moon, along with wide receivers coach Chris Palmer, stepped in as acting offensive coordinator. During his time with the Oilers, Kevin ran a variation of the Run & Shoot offense. The team finished in the top 5 in scoring each year with Kevin as offensive coordinator. He had previously worked on a Tom Coughlin staff before, serving as the first offensive coordinator in team history for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 and 1996. In over three decades as a coach, Kevin held many roles and coached many players, including serving as the Giants quarterback coach for both Kurt Warner and Eli Manning in the mid-2000's. Before a career in the NFL, Kevin went to Southern Connecticut State University, where he played both quarterback and tight end. He would later coach at his alma mater for five seasons starting in 1980 and compiled a 35-14-2 overall record.

Samari Rolle was a cornerback in the NFL from 1998 to 2009 for the Tennessee Oilers/Titans and the Baltimore Ravens. He was drafted in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Oilers who in 1999 became the Tennessee Titans. In seven seasons with the team, Samari reached the franchise record of three interceptions in a single game in 1999, the same year the team reached Super Bowl XXXIV in which Samari started. In 2000 he was selected to the Pro Bowl and was honored as a first team All-Pro selection. In his first year as a Raven in 2005, Samari recorded 41 tackles, two forced fumbles, one interception and 11 pass deflections. He continued to have a successful professional career through his retirement in 2009, playing for his last two seasons while battling epilepsy. Honoring the courage their teammate had shown while battling through the disease, the Ravens players voted Samari as the Ravens’ Ed Block Courage Award winner. Throughout his time in the NFL, Samari played with teammates such as Bruce Matthews, Derrick Mason, Adalius Thomas and Ed Reed.

Rich Caster played in the NFL for 13 seasons from 1970 to 1982 at both the wide receiver and tight end positions. Rich spent eight years with the New York Jets, three with the Houston Oilers and two with the Washington Redskins. With the Jets from 1970 to the end of the 1977 season, Rich was a Pro Bowl selection three times in 1972, 1974 and 1975. During his 1972 Pro Bowl season, Rich caught 39 passes for a career-high 833 receiving yards. In total as a Jet, h e recorded 4,434 receiving yards. During his 1974 Pro Bowl season, Rich caught an 89-yard reception from Jets quarterback Joe Namath which would end up to be the longest reception in the league that season. Throughout his time as a Jet, Rich played with many notable players including Joe Namath, Winston Hill and John Riggins. With the Oilers, he played with Earl Campbell and Robert Brazile and won Super Bowl XVII in 1982 as a Washington Redskin with teammates Joe Theismann, Charlie Brown and Mark Moseley. Rich is known as one of the best offensive players in New York Jets history.

Tony Meola was one of the best professional soccer goalies of all time. He had not only a 13 year career in the MLS, he was a member of the U.S. National Team for a total of eight years. In 1988, Tony joined the national team roster, making his first professional appearance that summer against Ecuador. In 1990, Tony started in net for the U.S. in the qualifying rounds of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, recording a win against Trinidad and Tobago that clinched the team a spot in the qualifying finals. Tony went on to play every minute of the 1990 World Cup. Four years later, his place on the team was as solid as ever; Tony was the official starting goalie and captain for the U.S. in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Tony remained on the National Team roster until 2006 and was simultaneously having a successful career in the MLS.

Glenn Anderson is a retired Canadian professional NHL right winger who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Glenn was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 10, 2008. Glenn played for the University of Denver in the NCAA for a year before joining the Canadian National Team in 1979–80, with whom he represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He also played with the Seattle Breakers in the WHL that season. The Oilers drafted him in the fourth round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, 69th overall. He joined the Oilers' roster in the 1980–81 season. Glenn played 11 full seasons with the Oilers, from the 1980–81 to 1990–91. He won five Stanley Cups with Edmonton in the years 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, and 1990. During the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals with the Oilers, Glenn had several noted run-ins with New York Islanders goaltender Billy Smith as the competition heated up with each game of the series. On September 19, 1991 he was traded, with Grant Fuhr, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played two seasons and part of another. There, he reached the 1000 point plateau and played a key role in the Leafs' 1993 playoff run to the Conference Finals. The Leafs then traded Glenn to the Rangers, where he won a sixth Stanley Cup 1994. Glenn played the 1994–95 season with the St. Louis Blues and split the 1995–96 season between the Blues and the Oilers, and played only another 68 regular season and 17 playoff games after being a member of the Rangers' Cup-winning team in 1994. During the 1994–95 NHL lockout Glenn played with the European hockey teams Lukko Rauma of the FNL and the Augsburger Panther of the DEL. After playing part of 1995 again with Augsburger, Glenn became an Oiler once again in 1995. In seventeen games on his return to the Oilers, he managed ten points before being claimed on waivers by St. Louis, where he completed his NHL career. In the 1996 playoffs, Glenn played eleven games producing five points (one goal, four assists) in his final post-season in the NHL. Glenn played like a typical NHL power forward in the early 1980’s, playing with an aggressive “to the net” style. As an NHL player, he scored 498 goals and 601 assists in 1129 regular season games, and added another 93 goals and 121 assists in 225 playoff games. He scored five playoff overtime goals, third to Joe Sakic's 8 and Maurice Richard's 6. In addition, he had 17 playoff game-winning goals, good for fifth in the all time history of the NHL. On June 17, 2008, it was announced that Glenn would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player. For the Rangers, it marked the second straight year that a member of their 1994 Stanley Cup winning team had been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, following Mark Messier in 2007. Glenn’s jersey number 9 was retired on January 18, 2009 before the game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Phoenix Coyotes. He had the largest alumni turnout since the Heritage Classic for his jersey retirement. Glenn continues to play for the NHL Alumni Legends of Hockey.

Jacque Jones is a former outfielder who played in the MLB from 1999 to 2008 for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and the Florida Marlins. Jacque was picked up by the Twins in the second round of the 1996 amateur draft. After logging time in the minors for three seasons, he was brought up to the big leagues in 1999. Jacque stayed in Minnesota for six seasons before joining the Cubs at the end of 2005. At the start of Jacque’s two years in Chicago, he hit a home run over the center field wall off of legendary pitcher Roger Clemens. Jim went on to spend a season with the Tigers and the Marlins before retiring from the sport.

Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates. He achieved a career best 15 wins and 2.78 ERA in 1974 for the Pirates. In 1979 he was a member of the World Series champion Pittsburgh squad. He started Game Five of the series, which the Pirates won 7-1.

Jim was drafted in the 1987 NHL Draft by the New Jersey Devils. He joined the Utica Devils of the AHL and became the first New Jersey native to play for the New Jersey Devils when he made his NHL debut during the 1991–1992 season. He spent that season and the next in the AHL, with single-game NHL appearances in both seasons. As a top scorer with the AHL's Albany River Rats in the 1993–1994 season, Jim made impressive appearances with the Devils, collecting five goals and ten assists in 15 regular season games, and two goals and six assists in 19 games during their playoff run. The highlight of Jim’s career with the Devils came in Game Two of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals. With 1:24 left in regulation, he notched the game-winning goal, giving the Devils a 2–0 series lead over the Detroit Red Wings to take back home to New Jersey. The Devils completed the sweep at home for their first Stanley Cup Championship.

Frank Catalanotto was a MLB infielder and outfielder for fourteen seasons from 1997 to 2010. The New York native played for five different teams, the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets. Frank was drafted in 1992 by the Tigers and made his MLB debut at second base on September 3, 1997. Frank spent three seasons in Detroit, during which time he was the most often used pinch hitter for the team, leading the AL in pinch-hit at-bats in the 1998 season. Frank then went on to join the Texas Rangers in 2000, making an impact upon arrival. He recorded ten hits in thirteen consecutive plate appearances from April to May that season, standing today as the record for consecutive appearances reaching base in Rangers franchise history. Frank also tied the Rangers record for hits in a single game with five on May 17th that year. In 2001, he finished fifth in the AL in batting averages. From 2003 to 2006, Frank played for the Blue Jay where he was named AL player of the week twice in 2005, recording his 700th career hit that same year. After some time with the Brewers and the Mets, Frank retired in 2011.

Elliott Maddox was an MLB outfielder for 11 seasons in the 1970’s, playing for the Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. He was selected by the Houston Astros in 1966 before being picked up by the Detroit Tigers in the first round of the 1968 MLB Draft. After playing in 109 games for the Tigers in 1970, Elliott joined the Washington Senators and recorded a career high of 20 stolen bases. He joined the Yankees in 1974 and finished 6th in the American League with a .303 batting average and 4th in the league in on base percentage with .395. He won the 1976 American League Championship Series with the Yankees. An excellent defensive player who had the flexibility to play both infield and outfield positions, Elliott’s fielding percentage was better than the league average every year that he played. By the time he retired from the game, he played outfield, third base, shortstop, second base and first base. He also recorded a batting average of .261, 742 hits and 18 home runs.

George Altman is a former MLB outfielder who starred for nine seasons, most notably with the Chicago Cubs in the 1960s. George was selected to three All-Star teams in 1961 and 1962, delivering a pinch-hit home run in his first ever at-bat in an All-Star Game against Boston Red Sox pitcher Mike Fornieles. George hit 11 home runs during his major league career and led the National League in triples with 12 in 1961.

Iván Rodríguez is an All-Star MLB catcher and World Series Champion. He played twenty-one seasons in the league and led the Florida Marlins to the 2003 World Series title. He was also named the 2003 National League Championship Series Most Valuable Player. Iván was selected to fourteen All-Star teams during his career and was voted the 1999 American League Most Valuable Player while a member of the Texas Rangers.

John Flaherty is a television baseball broadcaster and a retired MLB catcher. Throughout his career in the Majors from 1992 to 2005, John caught and hit for five different teams: the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the New York Yankees. Drafted by the Red Sox in 1988, John moved through the farm system and broke through with the Sox in 1992. He also played for the Red Sox in 1993, and in 1994 he was traded to the Tigers for Rich Rowland. In 1996, Flaherty had a 27-game hitting streak. This ranks as the third-longest hitting streak of all time by a catcher, behind only Sandy Alomar, Jr.'s 30-game streak and Benito Santiago's 34-game streak. In 1996, the Tigers traded Flaherty to the Padres where he played for a season before joining the Devil Rays in 1997. John played as the Devil Ray's everyday catcher through the 2002 season. As a member of the Devil Rays, he earned notoriety for breaking up a Pedro Martínez no-hitter in the ninth inning. In 2003, John signed as a free agent with the Yankees where he would stay for the remainder of his career. With the Yankees, he served as a back-up to starting catcher Jorge Posada. He is best known for a 2004 pinch-hit game-winning ground-rule double that ended a 13 inning game against the Boston Red Sox. In the 2005 season, John developed a good working relationship with pitcher Randy Johnson, and was paired with Johnson for most of the pitcher's starts that season. John’s career stats include a .252 batting average in 1,047 games and 849 hits, including 80 home runs. Following his retirement, John joined the YES Network as a color analyst on Yankees Broadcasts. In addition to game commentary, he has also served the network as an analyst on the New York Yankees Pre-Game Show,Yankees Batting Practice Today, and the New York Yankees Post-Game Show. John has also appeared on the network's youth-oriented show Yankees on Deck. On August 26, 2008, John was among the "Starting Nine" inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame and on May 15, 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, NY.

Gabe Kapler began his MLB career in 1998 with the Detroit Tigers. During his rookie season, he wound up hitting a career-high 18 home runs in just over 400 at-bats, third among American League rookies. His 10 home runs in his first 64 games was the fastest by a Tiger rookie since 1954, and was not surpassed until 2008. In 2000, Gabe joined the Texas Rangers where he played for two seasons, making just one error in 344 total chances for a .997 fielding percentage, second-best in the AL. The California native played one year for the Colorado Rockies before joining the Boston Red Sox in 2003. With the Sox, Gabe played a career-high 136 games in 2004, hitting 6 home runs and driving in 33 runs in 290 at-bats. He batted .272 and led the team with 6 outfield assists. In Game 4 of the World Series, he had been a pinch runner, but manager Terry Francona left him in the game to play right field in the ninth inning, making him one of the nine players who were on the field when the Red Sox won their first title in 86 years. After playing in Japan for a year in 2005, Gabe returned to Boston where he played for one season as well as served as a manager of the team’s Single-A affiliate, the Greenville Drive. Gabe returned to the field as a player in 2008, playing for the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays before announcing his retirement in 2010. Prior to going pro, Gabe played college baseball at Moorpark College in California. He was inducted into the Moorpark College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. Outside of baseball, Gabe works to give back to the community. He and his wife, Lisa, co-founded the Gabe Kapler Foundation, which is dedicated to educating the public about domestic violence and helping women escape abusive relationships.

Gregg Olson is a former MLB relief pitcher and Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Famer. Gregg was the 1989 American League Rookie of the Year with an American League Record setting 27 saves. In 1990 he set a Baltimore Orioles club record with 37 saves and was named an American League All-Star. Gregg also set the Arizona Diamondbacks club record for saves in 1998 with 30. Overall Gregg has 217 saves with 588 strikeouts and a 3.46 earned run average. Gregg pitched fourteen seasons for nine different teams.

Joe Oliver had a distinguished career in Major League Baseball, most notably with the Cincinnati Reds. Selected by the Reds in the second round of the 1983 MLB amateur draft, Joe made his debut with the Reds in 1989. In 1990, Joe was the starting catcher for the Reds when they went on to defeat the favored Oakland Athletics in the World Series. Joe hit .333 during that series, including delivering the game-winning single that scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 2. Joe went on to play 13 seasons for seven different teams, retiring in 2001 after a half-season with the Boston Red Sox.