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Dennis Miller is an American comedian and actor known for his work on Saturday Night Live (SNL), his brief run as a commentator on Monday Night Football, and his conservative political views. He is also...

Gary Lineker is an English retired football (soccer) player and sports broadcaster. A prolific striker for both club and country, he is widely regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation. He...

Tony Romo is an American professional gridiron football player who emerged as one of the leading quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL) in the early 21st century. Romo spent most of his childhood...

Ralph Kiner was one of the most prolific home-run hitters in the major leagues during the 1940s and ’50s. At the time of his retirement from baseball in 1955, he ranked sixth in career home runs with 369,...

John Madden was an American football coach and television commentator who was one of the best-known personalities in National Football League (NFL) history. In addition to his accomplishments in the NFL,...

Rush Limbaugh was an American radio personality and author known for his ultraconservative and often controversial views. Limbaugh was the older of two sons of a prominent Cape Girardeau family. At age...

Antonio Saca is a Salvadoran sportscaster who served as president of El Salvador (2004–09). Saca was the grandson of Palestinian Catholics who moved to El Salvador from Bethlehem early in the 20th century....

Keith Olbermann is an American television journalist, liberal political commentator, and sportscaster perhaps best known as the host of the nightly news and analysis program Countdown with Keith Olbermann...

Duke Snider was an American professional baseball player who was best known for playing centre field on the famed “Boys of Summer” Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the 1950s. Snider was raised in Compton, California,...

Howard Cosell was an American sportscaster who reached the pinnacle of his career as an audacious commentator on television’s Monday Night Football (1970–83) and was simultaneously crowned the nation’s...

Ned Jarrett is an American stock-car driver who won two National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) championships (1961 and 1965). According to legend, Jarrett first began driving cars at age...

Ford Frick was an American baseball journalist and executive who was instrumental in the founding of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Between 1923 and 1934, Frick covered the New York Yankees...

Donna de Varona is an American athlete and sportscaster who, after a record-breaking amateur career as a swimmer, established herself as an advocate for women’s and girls’ sports opportunities. De Varona...

Don Drysdale was an American professional baseball player who was a star right-handed power pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1950s and ’60s, helping lead the team to three World Series championships...

Mel Allen was an announcer and sportscaster who was a pioneer in both radio and television broadcasts of baseball games. Although Allen announced other sporting events, he is best known for his work in...

Phil Rizzuto was an American professional baseball player and broadcaster who played and worked for the New York Yankees for over 50 years. The 5-foot 6-inch (1.68-metre), 150-pound Rizzuto was rejected...

Merlin Olsen was an American gridiron football player, sports announcer, and actor who was one of the most extraordinary defensive linemen in National Football League (NFL) history. Olsen, a 6-ft 5-inch...

Mel Ott was an American professional baseball player, manager, and broadcaster who played his entire 22-year career with the New York Giants (1926–47). Ott had a unique batting stance with an extremely...

Tom Harmon was an American football player, a Heisman Trophy winner, who was one of the greatest tailbacks in collegiate football history. Harmon grew up in Gary, Ind., where he had a superior athletic...