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Sterling SharpeFormer NFL All-Pro Wide ReceiverCareer Highlights:A former All-Pro NFL wide receiver, Sterling Sharpe was a five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers…When he left the game, Sharpe was the only NFL player to reach 500 catches prior to his seventh league season...Unfortunately, he left the game too early as he suffered a career-ending neck injury during a game in December 1994…He led the NFL with 18 touchdown catches in 1994, the second most in league history at the time, behind only Jerry Rice’s 22 in 1987…He broke the league’s single-season record for receptions in 1993 with 112, surpassing his own mark of 108 receptions set in the previous campaign…Sharpe graduated from the University of South Carolina with dual degrees in interdisciplinary studies and retailing…He holds school records for career receptions (169), receiving yards (2,497) and receiving touchdowns (17)…He was selected in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers…A native of Chicago, he is the older brother of former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe…Sharpe has spent the past seven years as an NFL analyst for the NFL Network…He can also be seen with Joe Theismann and others on the NFL Network’s “Playbook”…Prior to that, he spent nine years at ESPN as an analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown…He also spent time briefly with NBC Sports in 2007…Sharpe was the cover subject and star of the 1995 Super Nintendo game “Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End” and also appeared in the video game “NFL Street 2” as a member of the NFL Legends team depicting NFL legends of the 1970s and 1980s in their playing days. Emmitt SmithFormer All-Pro Running BackCareer Highlights:Emmitt Smith is one of the all-time great running backs in NFL history amassing an NFL record 18,355 rushing yards, an NFL record 164 rushing touchdowns, four NFL rushing titles, three Super Bowl titles and a league (1993) and Super Bowl (XXVIII) MVP award...A 15-year NFL veteran, Smith was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010…He is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993)…Smith spent his last two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals but retired as a Dallas Cowboy in 2005 after spending 13 years with the team…Smith eclipsed Walter Payton’s 18-year old NFL rushing record on Oct. 27, 2002…Following the 2001 season, he became the first player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in 11 consecutive seasons and the first player with 11 1,000-yard seasons…He was the first player in NFL history to post five consecutive seasons with over 1,400 yards rushing…Other NFL records Smith holds include: 78 regular season 100-yard rushing games, 4,409 carries, 1,586 post-season rushing yards, 19 post-season rushing touchdowns, nine consecutive post-season games with a rushing touchdown and seven post-season 100-yard rushing games…Smith was selected to the Pro Bowl nine times…He was also named to the NFL’s All-Decade team at running back for the 1990’s…He earned NFL Rookie of the Year honors in 1990…He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in July 2007…In the fall of 2006, Smith won the third season of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Cheryl Burke…Smith is the Majority Partner and Co-Chairman of ESmith Legacy, Inc., a Dallas-based commercial real estate development and investment company founded to focus and deliver real estate solutions and services for both general and minority market development. Ozzie SmithHall of Fame ShortstopCareer Highlights:Ozzie Smith is recognized as one of major league baseball’s all-time greatest defensive players…Nicknamed “The Wizard of Oz,” Smith won 13 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career at shortstop (1980-1992)…Smith was elected into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2002…Over the course of his 19-year career Smith earned some impressive offensive statistics as well, retiring in 1996 with 2,460 hits and 580 stolen bases…He made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1978…Traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982, Smith became an important part of manager Whitey Herzog’s speed and defense oriented style of baseball known as “Whiteyball”…Smith was a major contributor to the Cardinals 1982 World Series championship…As Smith became increasingly noted for his defensive accomplishments, he continued to improve his offensive capabilities, hitting a dramatic game-winning home run during Game 5 of the 1985 National League Championship Series and earned the 1985 NLCS Most Valuable Player honors…A 15-time All Star (1981-1992, 1994-1996), Smith won the 1987 Silver Slugger Award when he had a .303 batting average, 43 stolen bases, 75 RBIs, 104 runs scored, and 40 doubles…Smith’s other notable honors include the 1989 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, 1994 Branch Rickey Award and 1995 Roberto Clemente Award for his community service efforts...Even after his playing days were over, Smith still was receiving accolades, being named to The Sporting News’ list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and finishing third in voting at shortstop for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team…Smith has also been honored with induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame, and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Cal-Poly. John SmoltzFormer MLB All-Star PitcherCareer Highlights:Cy Young Award pitcher John Smoltz is best known for his prolific career with the Atlanta Braves where he earned eight MLB All-Star selections…Smoltz, who spent 20 years with the Braves, is the only pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves…His best year with the Braves was in 1996 when he went 24-8 with a 2.94 ERA and 276 strikeouts (a Braves all-time record), including winning a franchise record 14 straight decisions…Smoltz won the National League Cy Young with 26 of 28 first-place votes…That season he set both the Atlanta Braves record for most wins in a season and led the National League in wins with 24….Counting his wins in the playoffs and All-Star Game, Smoltz amassed 29 wins in 1996, the only higher such total in the last 70 years is Denny McLain who had 32 in 1968…Predominately known as a starting pitcher, Smoltz spent three years as the team’s closer from 2002 through 2004(following recovery from Tommy John surgery)…In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season (only with Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley)…He became the 16th member of the 3,000 Strikeout Club on April 22, 2008 when he fanned Felipe Lopez of the Washington Nationals…Smoltz holds numerous Atlanta Braves records including: most saves in a career (154); most saves in a season (2002, with 55); most strikeouts in a season (276); and most strikeouts in a career (3,011)…Smoltz won a World Series title with the Braves in 1995...Other accolades for Smoltz include: eight-time All-Star (1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2002, 2005, 2007), 1992 National League Championship Series MVP, 1997 Silver Slugger Award Winner for Pitcher and 2007 Branch Rickey Award for exceptional community service…Smoltz spent the 2009 season, the 21st of his major league career, in both Boston and Saint Louis…In his Cardinals debut on August 19, 2009, against the San Diego Padres, Smoltz went five innings, striking out nine and walking none, while setting a franchise record by striking out seven batters in a row…His career statistics include a 213-155 win-loss record, 3.33 ERA, 3,084 strikeouts and 154 saves…Currently Smoltz is a color analyst alongside play-by-play announcer Ernie Johnson and fellow analyst Joe Simpson for several Braves games on Peachtree TV. 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