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Bode MillerOlympic Gold Medalist SkierCareer Highlights:Bode Miller is considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time, as he is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist and a two-time overall World Cup champion (2005 & 2008)...With 32 total World Cup victories, Miller is the most successful American alpine skier ever, passing the great Phil Mahre...His 2008 title helped lead the U.S. ski team to sweep both the men’s and women’s overall World Cup titles for the first time in 25 years, as Lindsey Vonn also won the woman’s title...Known for his speed and risk-taking approach, Miller became the fifth man to win World Cup races in all five disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, Super G, downhill and combined) and is the only ski racer in history to win five World Cup races in each of the five alpine disciplines…Miller has won five Olympic medals, the most by any U.S. skier, including three at the 2010 Vancouver games – a gold (super combined), a silver (Super G) and a bronze (downhill)…At the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, Miller claimed two silvers (giant slalom and combined)...He also competed for the U.S. at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy…Miller won the gold medal in both the downhill and the giant slalom at the 2006 U.S. National Championships...In 2005 Miller became the first American skier in 22 years to win the prestigious Alpine skiing World Cup overall title...He finished the 2004-05 World Cup season with seven victories and won the World Cup super G title for the 2004-05 season when he tied teammate Daron Rahlves for first place in the final super G race of the season…Miller captured gold medals in the downhill and super G at the 2005 World Alpine Ski Championship in Bormio, Italy…He accomplished what only two other men have done in the history of Alpine skiing World Cup by leading the overall standings from the season’s start to finish…His other career accomplishments include the 2003-04 World Cup giant slalom title, six World Cup victories in 2004, two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2003 World Alpine Ski Championships, and six U.S. National Championships gold medals…He started skiing at age three and began competing at 11…Miller wrote a book titled “Bode:Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun.” Mike ModanoNHL All-Star ForwardCareer Highlights: Mike Modano is regarded as one of the best American-born NHL players in history….A seven-time NHL All-Star, Modano played the first 20 years of his hockey career for the Stars organization (Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars)…This past season he played for the Detroit Red Wings…Modano is also one of just two players who played in the NHL in the 1980s who are still active in the NHL (along with Mark Recchi)…Modano has the honor of being the all-time goal scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL...His offensive power combined with lightning-quick speed and his full throttle skating style make Modano a fan favorite...Modano won the coveted Stanley Cup Championship in 1999 with the Stars, putting together consecutive seasons of over 20 playoff points in 1999 and 2000…He also played in the 1991 and 2000 Stanley Cup Finals…Along with his prestigious NHL records for goals and points, Modano holds all of the offensive Dallas Stars franchise records, including career points (1,359), career goals (557), career assists (802), and career games played (1,459)…His playoff record is just as impressive, as he holds the records for most playoff points, playoff goals, playoff assists and most playoff games played…International competition has been important to Modano while in 1996, 2004 and 2005 he played with Team USA winning a gold medal in the inaugural World Cup game in 1996…He played in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics, where he led the team to a silver medal in 2002…Modano received the prestigious USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award which recognizes excellence in international ice hockey competition in 2002 for his commitment to his country and the sport…Modano also served as captain of the USA Hockey team in 2004 in Turin, Italy…Throughout his career, Modano has been a finalist for numerous awards including the Calder Memorial Trophy (1990), the Frank J. Selke Trophy (2001), and the Lady Byng Trophy (2003)…Selected by the Minnesota North Stars as the first overall pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft at age 17, Modano was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and finished behind 31-year-old Sergei Makarove for the prestigious Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the year’s best rookie (because of that, the NHL imposed an age barrier for Calder candidates the following year)…Modano founded The Mike Modano Foundation to provide resources and education for at-risk, particularly abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Dallas area. Rob MorrowActorCareer Highlights:Rob Morrow, a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director, has established a television career spanning more than three decades…Most recently he starred on the long-running CBS hit drama, “Numb3rs”…An Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, this fall Morrow will star in the Jerry Bruckheimer produced legal drama “The Whole Truth” opposite Maura Tierney…Morrow also is well known for his portrayal of New York doctor gone-to Alaska, Joel Fleischman, on the hit series “Northern Exposure,” which garnered him three Golden Globes and two Emmy Award nominations for “Best Actor in a Dramatic Series”…He also starred in the Showtime original series “Street Time”…On the big screen, Morrow will star in the independent film “The Good Doctor” opposite Orlando Bloom….Other film credits include “The Bucket List,” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, “The Emperor’s Club,” “Quiz Show,” “The Guru,” “Mother,” “Last Dance,” and “Into My Heart”…As a director, Morrow’s credits include three episodes of“Numb3rs,” an episode of HBO’s crime drama “Oz,” three episodes of Showtime’s “Street Time,” and three episodes of CBS’s highly lauded drama “Joan of Arcadia”…Morrow began his theater career working for Tom O’Horgan and Norman Mailer…On stage, he starred in the hit Broadway show “The Exonerated”…He also appeared in “Third Street” at the Circle Repertory Theatre and London’s West End production of “Birdy”…Committed to the theater, Morrow is a founding member of the nonprofit ensemble Naked Angels, along with Marisa Tomei, Fisher Stevens, Ron Rifkin and Nancy Travis and others. 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