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- USA Olympic Women’s Swim Team- Set New World Record in 4x100 Relay
- Adrian Peterson- Nine Yards Short of NFL Single Season Rushing Record
- Mitchie Brusco- Landed First 900 in X-Games Big Air Skateboard Competition
- Fanatic Fanstars Category Dallas Cowboys- Home Sellout Crowd Streak Record for Fans New York Yankees- One of the Biggest Fan Bases in Sports
- That’s How I Roll Category Brett Keisel
- We Got Game Category Miami Heat- 2012 NBA Finals Champions USA Women’s Gymnastics Team- Gold Medal Olympic Winners
- Los Angeles Kings- 2012 Stanley Cup Champions San Francisco Giants- 2012 World Series Champions Gnarliest Newcomer Category
- Best Foes Forever Jimmie Johnson Vs. Brad Keselowski Jimmie Kenneth Johnson
- Bradley Aaron "Brad" Keselowski
- Rory McIlroy Vs. Tiger Woods Rory McIlroy MBE
- Eldrick Tont " Tiger " Woods
- Duke Vs. University of North Carolina- Rivalry Since the 1920’s San Francisco Giants Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Super Siblings Category
- Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared Staal The Staal brothers
- Venus and Serena Williams
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Josh Hamilton- Four Home Runs In One Game Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejoshhamilton Joshua Holt "Josh" Hamilton (born May 21, 1981) is an American professional baseball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. An outfielder, Hamilton has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) since 2007. A member of the American League's Texas Rangers (2008–2012), he played his rookie season with the Cincinnati Reds (2007). He is a five-time MLB All-Star and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in 2010.He was the first overall pick in the 1999 MLB draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. During the 2008 season, Hamilton was named to the AL All-Star team. He also participated in the Home Run Derby, where he hit a record 28 home runs in the opening round and finished with 35 home runs, which was second-most all-time in derby history. He made the All-Star team the next four seasons as well. In 2012, Hamilton received more votes than any other player on the All-Star Game ballot, besting by approximately 3.5 million votes the vote count set in 2011 by Jose Bautista. Hamilton won the AL batting title in 2010. On October 22, 2010, Hamilton was selected as MVP of the 2010 ALCS. On November 23, 2010, Hamilton was named the 2010 AL MVP, earning 22 of 28 first-place votes. On May 8, 2012 Hamilton became the 16th player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, all 4 home runs were 2 run home runs, and he set an AL record for total bases in a game with 18. 
USA Olympic Women’s Swim Team- Set New World Record in 4x100 Relay The United States set a world record to win the women's medley relay at the London Olympics in August 2012. The Americans clocked 3 minutes, 52.05 seconds, slicing 0.14 off the previous mark set by China at the 2009 world championships at the height of the high-tech bodysuit era. Missy Franklin swam the leadoff backstroke leg, Rebecca Soni did the breaststroke, Dana Vollmer competed in butterfly and Allison Schmitt had the anchor leg in freestyle. The 17-year-old Franklin, who starts her senior year in high school this fall, finished the meet with four golds and a bronze, while Schmitt leaves with three golds, a silver and a bronze. Australia touched in 3:54.02 to take the silver medal and Japan finished in 3:55.73 to take bronze. Adrian Peterson- Nine Yards Short of NFL Single Season Rushing Record 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdrianPeterson Adrian Lewis Peterson (born March 21, 1985), is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).Peterson was selected by the Vikings with the seventh overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. Peterson played college football for the University of Oklahoma, and set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards as a true freshman during the 2004 season. Following his first pro season, in which he set an NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game (296), Peterson was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was then awarded the MVP award for his performance in the Pro Bowl and became only the fifth player in NFL history to have more than 3,000 yards through his first two seasons. In 2010, he became the fifth fastest player to run for 5,000 yards, doing so in his 51st game. In 2012, Peterson became the sixth fastest player to reach 8,000 rushing yards, ending the season with 2,097 rushing yards, just nine yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single season all-time record. Peterson amassed 2,314 all-purpose yards from scrimmage in 2012, tying Marcus Allen for the eighth-highest total ever. For his efforts, he received the NFL MVP Award and the AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award for the 2012 NFL season. 
Mitchie Brusco- Landed First 900 in X-Games Big Air Skateboard Competition Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mitchiebrusco84 Mitchie Brusco is just 15 years old and already setting a new standard in Big Air, landing the first 900 in a contest (Brazil, July 2011). Unfortunately, the youngest athlete at XG 2011 wasn't able to land the 900 at his first XG and finished 5th in Big Air. He first landed a run on Bob Burnquist's mega ramp in April 2010, and he went from watching X Games in the stands to being in the spotlight. The prodigy was on The Today Show skating at age 5. Fanatic Fanstars Category Dallas Cowboys- Home Sellout Crowd Streak Record for Fans New York Yankees- One of the Biggest Fan Bases in Sports Oklahoma City Thunder- Loudest and Most Supportive NBA Fan Base Notre Dame Fighting Irish- Said to Have Largest College Football Fan Base That’s How I Roll Category Brett Keisel 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bkeisel99 Brett "The Diesel" Keisel (born September 19, 1978 in Provo, Utah) is an American football defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He hails from Greybull, Wyoming. Keisel began growing "Da Beard" while on a summertime hunting trip with his father. Keisel's facial hair gained fame during the end of the 2010 NFL season. Many NFL players grow "rally beards" during the playoffs to bring them good luck, but Keisel's has a significant following. His beard has its own Facebook page and Twitter account and has been mentioned repeatedly in the media during the Steelers' playoff run. In an interview on Steelers.com, he decided to grow out his beard after having a discussion about the lack of characters in the NFL. In another interview, though, to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he said he wanted to change the team's luck, because it missed the playoffs the previous season. Keisel refers to his beard as a "beautiful thing" and "the greatest beard of all time" and has encouraged other Steelers to grow beards as well
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanlochte Ryan Steven Lochte (born August 3, 1984) is an American competition swimmer and an eleven-time Olympic medalist (five gold, three silver, three bronze). His seven individual Olympic medals rank as second all-time in men's swimming. As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay (long course). Individually, he currently holds the world record in the 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter individual medley (long and short course), and the 400-meter individual medley (short course). Lochte's success has earned him the World Swimmer of the Year Award and the American Swimmer of the Year Award twice. He has also been named the FINA Swimmer of the Year twice. He has won a total of 70 medals in major international competition, 45 gold, 14 silver, and 11 bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, Pan American, and Pan Pacific Championships.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/serenawilliams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is a professional American tennis player. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She is the only female player to have won over $40 million in prize money. Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 30 Grand Slam titles ties her for eighth on the all-time list: 15 in singles, 13 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously ('02–'03) and only the fifth woman ever to do so. Among active players, male or female, she holds the most Major titles amid singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She has won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals. Serena Williams is also a three-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships. Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in women's singles and three in women's doubles.
Jonny Johnson Gomes (born November 22, 1980 in Petaluma, California) is an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball. Jonny is famous for sporting his signature Mohawk. Gomes has been known for his charity work in the Tampa Bay area, working with the Boys and Girls Clubs and many local schools. He participated in the Tampa Bay Rays "Shop with a Jock" where children from the Boys and Girls Clubs are invited to have lunch with the players and were each treated to a $100 shopping spree. He is involved with Camp For A Cure, an annual charity baseball camp in Petaluma that has raised over $25,000 to date for cancer and Lupus research. Jonny Gomes will be attending the 6th Annual Warrior Appreciation Night in Las Vegas, Jan. 17, 2013 to support the Eagle Fund and other veteran charities. We Got Game Category Miami Heat- 2012 NBA Finals Champions USA Women’s Gymnastics Team- Gold Medal Olympic Winners 
The Fierce Five (also known as the Fab Five) is the artistic gymnastics team that won the second ever-gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The five members of the team are Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. Later in the Olympic Games, Douglas won a gold medal in the individual all-around event, thereby becoming the first African-American to do so, and Maroney won silver on vault. Raisman, the team captain, won bronze on balance beam and gold in the floor exercise and was the most decorated American gymnast at the 2012 Olympics. Maroney and Wieber were credited for changing the team's nickname from the "Fab Five" to the "Fierce Five". Maroney and Wieber opted for "fierce", as they said it described their floor routines, and the rest of the team concurred. Maroney also stated, "There have been Fab Fives in the past but I like Fierce Five because we are definitely the fiercest team out there." Los Angeles Kings- 2012 Stanley Cup Champions San Francisco Giants- 2012 World Series Champions Gnarliest Newcomer Category Robert Griffin III 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RGIII Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3, is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Baylor University, and won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. He was selected by the Redskins with the second pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. Griffin III won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FranklinMissy Melissa Jeanette Franklin (born May 10, 1995) is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (short course and long course) and the American record in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke (long course). As a member of the U.S. National Team, she also holds the world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay (short course and long course). In her Olympic debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics at age 17, Franklin won a total of five medals, four of which were gold. She swept the women's backstroke events, winning gold in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke. Franklin's success have earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year award in 2012 as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2011 and 2012. In total, she has won twelve medals in international competition: seven gold, three silver, and two bronze spanning the 2012 Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships and the short course FINA World Championships.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Trouty20 Michael "Mike" Nelson Trout (born August 7, 1991)[1] is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB). Following an initial stint with the Angels in 2011, Trout had a breakout season in 2012, unanimously winning the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award, winning a Silver Slugger Award, and finishing runner-up to Miguel Cabrera in the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award voting. He also led the league in several statistical categories, including runs scored, stolen bases with 49, and wins above replacement with a 10.4 mark. Trout was named the second-best overall baseball prospect by Baseball America in July 2010. Prior to the 2011 season, Trout was ranked number one by ESPN's Keith Law in his 2011 top 100 prospects list. MLB's Jonathan Mayo also named Trout the number-one prospect in baseball during MLB Network's airing of MLB's Top 50 Prospects.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewALuck Andrew Austen Luck (born September 12, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Stanford University, won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Award as college football's player of the year, and was recognized as an All-American. He was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in both 2010 and 2011. He was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the Pac-12 (Pac-10) Conference in both 2010 and 2011. CBS Sports draft analyst Rob Rang called Luck the best prospect he has ever scouted, while the Kansas City Star put him in line with LeBron James and Bryce Harper as "the most hyped amateurs in recent sports memory". Although widely projected as the No. 1 selection in the 2011 NFL Draft, Luck decided to return to Stanford for his redshirt senior season. A year later, he was selected first overall in the 2012 NFL Draft. Best Foes Forever Jimmie Johnson Vs. Brad Keselowski Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson was born in El Cajon, California, and began racing motorcycles at the age of five. After graduating from Granite Hills High School he competed in off-road series. He raced in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG), Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA) and SCORE International, winning rookie of the year in each series. In 1998, Johnson and his team began stock car racing. Between 2002 and 2012, Johnson has recorded 60 wins, 248 top-tens, and 29 pole positions. Johnson became the first racing driver to become Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (U.S.) in 2009, and has won Driver of the Year four times, most recently in 2010. He also topped Forbes.com's Most Influential Athletes list for two consecutive years (2011,2012).  
Bradley Aaron "Brad" Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently races for Penske Racing in NASCAR, driving the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series. He is also the owner of Brad Keselowski Racing, which currently fields two full-time teams in the Camping World Truck Series. Keselowski grew up in a racing family from Michigan. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother, Brian, is also a racing driver. In 2012, Keselowski joined Bobby Labonte as the only NASCAR drivers to have won a championship in both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. Rory McIlroy Vs. Tiger Woods 
Rory McIlroy MBE (born 4 May 1989) is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours.[2] He is the current World Number One and a two-time major champion. He won the 2011 U.S. Open, setting a record score of 16-under-par on his way to an eight-shot victory. The following year he won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by a record eight shots for his second major championship victory. He has been cited as the most exciting young prospect in golf and having the potential to become one of the highest earners in sports in terms of endorsements. McIlroy has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007. In 2011 at the age of 22, he became the youngest player ever to reach €10 million in career earnings on the European Tour. In 2012 he became the youngest player to reach $10 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour. SportsPro has McIlroy rated as the second most marketable athlete in the world while the Golf Club Managers' Association's Golf Club Management magazine ranked him as the second most powerful person in British golf. 
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid athlete in the world according to Forbes for several years. Woods turned professional in 1996, and by April 1997 he had already won his first major, the 1997 Masters in a record-breaking performance. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997. Through the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf, spending 264 weeks from August 1999 to September 2004 and 281 weeks from June 2005 to October 2010 as world number one. Duke Vs. University of North Carolina- Rivalry Since the 1920’s San Francisco Giants Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Super Siblings Category Peyton and Eli Manning 
Peyton Manning is the quarterback of the Denver Broncos and Eli Manning is the quarterback of the New York Giants. Two brothers together have won 3 Super Bowls and won 3 Super Bowl MVP titles. The Manning brothers Peyton and Eli have played against each other a few times in their professional careers. These encounters have been colloquially named "The Manning Bowl". The first Manning Bowl was held on September 10, 2006 and Peyton's Colts defeated Eli's Giants by a score of 26–21.The second Manning Bowl was held on September 19, 2010 and Peyton and his team bested Eli's team again by a score of 38–14. The next "Manning Bowl" is scheduled to take place in the 2013 season, when Eli's Giants will host Peyton's Broncos. Eric, Marc, Jordan and Jared Staal 
The Staal brothers are four brothers from Thunder Bay, ON all of whom are currently signed to NHL contracts. The brothers were born to sod farmers Henry and Linda Staal. All four brothers played AAA with their hometown Thunder Bay Kings. Pau and Marc Gasol 
Marc Gasol Sáez (born January 29, 1985) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted in the second round, 48th overall, by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2007 NBA Draft. He stands 7'1" tall and is the younger brother of current Lakers power forward Pau Gasol. Pau Gasol i Sáez (born July 6, 1980) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time All-Star, and a three-time All-NBA selection, once on the second team and twice on the third team. He has won two NBA championships, both with the Lakers. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies. Gasol was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft, but his rights were traded to Memphis. He currently holds the Grizzlies franchise records for field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points. After seven seasons with the team, Gasol was traded to the Lakers in 2008. His younger brother, Marc, was sent to the Grizzlies in the deal. Gasol has won two Olympic silver medals with the Spanish national basketball team. Venus and Serena Williams 
The Williams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams born 1980, seven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), and Serena Williams born 1981, fifteen-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), both of whom were coached from an early age by their parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price. There is a noted professional rivalry between them – between the 2001 US Open and the 2009 Wimbledon tournaments, they have met in eight Grand Slam singles finals. They remain very close, often watching each other's matches in support, even after one of them has been knocked out of a tournament. Both sisters have had the honor of being ranked by the Women's Tennis Association at the World No. 1 position. In 2002, after the French Open, Venus Williams and Serena Williams were ranked No. 1 and No. 2 respectively. During the 2010 French Open, they became the co-world no.1 players in women's doubles, in addition to holding the top two positions in singles tennis as well. Both players have won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics Games, one each in singles and three in doubles – which all they won together, the most of any tennis players. As a duo, they have also completed the Career Golden Slam in doubles.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MiguelCabrera José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Miguel Cabrera is a Venezuelan professional baseball player. A third baseman and first baseman, he plays in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers. Cabrera is a seven-time All-Star, having been selected to both the National League and American League All-Star Teams. Cabrera is widely regarded to be one of the best pure hitters in baseball, hitting at a high average with power to all fields. In 2012, Cabrera became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 to win the Triple Crown. Cabrera led the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs, and 139 RBIs. Cabrera was elected the 2012 AL MVP that season. Directory: 2013 2013 -> Annual InStructional unit plan 2013 -> The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 2013 -> #1 a lifesafer of virginia inc 2013 -> Name(s): your name here team or Group #(if applicable): Professor’s name 2013 -> Alcott Local School Council (lcs) Meeting Minutes 2013 -> Table Of Contents introduction 2 2013 -> Supplemental demographic information 2013 -> 【Education&Working Experience】 Download 128.52 Kb. Share with your friends:
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