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Brian BaumgartnerActorCareer Highlights:Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Baumgartner plays Kevin Malone on the NBC hit comedy “The Office”…Baumgartner and his “Office” cast mates earned Screen Actors Guilds in both 2007 and 2008 and were nominated in 2009 and 2010…Baumgartner started his acting career in the theater playing a series of emotionally-charged characters on Midwestern stages for years…After earning a fine arts degree in acting in 1995 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he moved to Minneapolis and along with two other SMU graduates co-founded and ran the Hidden Theatre…The Theatre’s first offering was Athol Fugard’s “People Are Living There,” a tale of loneliness in South Africa…A year late, the company expanded by tackling John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” followed by four years of challenging complex productions including “The Crackwalker” and “Curse of the Starving Class”…Baumgartner became a notable figures in the Twin Cities’ theater reviews and in 1998 began a run of the one-man show “Rum and Vodka”…He followed this with a one-man comedy show showing his ability to thrive in either drama or comedy…During those years he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence…In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and made several guest appearances on shows such as “Jake in Progress,” “Arrested Development,” “Everwood,” “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” and “LAX”…Baumgartner moved to the big screen in 2007 with his “Office” colleagues John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey and Mindy Kaling, appearing together in the romantic comedy “License to Wed” starring Robin Williams and Mandy Moore…Baumgartner also appeared in the comedy “Four Christmases” with Vince Vaughn and Reese Whitherspoon and the independent drama film “Into Temptation”….Other recent film credits include: “Dirty Girl,” “The Last Push,” and the soon-to-be-released “House of Good and Evil” this fall. Jerome BettisFormer All-Pro Running BackCareer Highlights: Considered one of the greatest running backs of his era, Jerome Bettis ranks fifth on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with 13,662 yards…Nicknamed “The Bus,” the 13-year All-Pro retired immediately following the Pittsburgh Steelers 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl in his hometown of Detroit…Picked by the Los Angeles Rams as the 10th pick overall in the 1993 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame, Bettis began his highly successful rookie campaign rushing for 1,429 yards…He became one of only eight rookies to rush for 200 yards in a single game and the first Rams rookie to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season since Eric Dickerson…Following his highly successful rookie season he received post-season honors including the Co-Rookie of the Year award and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year, and the Rams MVP award…A six-time Pro Bowl selection (including his rookie season), Bettis played the first three years of his career with the Rams before being traded to the Steelers where he played for 10 illustrious seasons…Bettis was one of only six players in NFL history to rush for more than 13,000 yards…He also was one of only eight players in history to rush for 1,000 yards for eight or more seasons…Other Bettis accolades include 1996 Comeback Player of the Year, three-time Steelers MVP and the winner of the Walter Payton Man of the Year for his contributions to the community...He founded the “The Bus Stops Here” Foundation to help disadvantaged and underprivileged kids…Bettis is currently the host of The Jerome Bettis Show on WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh…He also is a commentator for the NFL Network and a former NBC analyst for the “Football Night in America” studio show…His book “Driving Home: My Unforgettable Super Bowl Run,” came out in 2006….He also owns a restaurant in Pittsburgh called Jerome Bettis Grille 36. Martin BrodeurNHL All-Star Goalie, New Jersey DevilsCareer Highlights: Recognized as one of the greatest goalies of all time, Martin Brodeur has played his entire 19 NHL career with the New Jersey Devils…Brodeur is the NHL’s all-time leader in regular season wins, shutouts and games played, and holds numerous other league and franchise records…Brodeur is the only goalie in NHL history with eight 40-win seasons and he has also recorded 12 seasons with 35 wins or more…With the Devils he has won three Stanley Cup Championships (1995, 2000, 2003)…A 10-time NHL All-Star, Brodeur is a four-time Vezina Trophy winner, which recognizes the top goalkeeper in the NHL…He won the Calder Trophy which recognizes the most proficient player in his first year of competition and also was a five-time winner of the Jennings Trophy which awards the goalkeeper with the fewest goals scored against…Brodeur has won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, as well as several other medals with Team Canada in international competitions including the 2004 World Cup of Hockey Championship...Brodeur has acquired more than 30 Devils franchise records including most all-time regular season and playoff wins, shutouts, games, lowest goals-against-average, and is second in games played (1,132) as a Devil to Ken Daneyko(1283)…He is one of only two NHL goaltenders to have scored goals in both the regular season and playoffs…Known for his puck handling and positional play, Brodeur’s skills directly led the NHL to change its rules regarding when goalies are allowed to handle the puck outside of the goal crease…Other records include youngest goalie to reach 300, 400 and 500 career wins and only goalie to reach 600 career wins…Brodeur’s regular season career statistics include 1,132 games played, 625 wins, 116 shutouts, 66,636 minutes with a 2.22 goals against average. Tim BrownFormer All-Pro Wide ReceiverCareer Highlights: One of the most prolific wide receivers in NFL history, Tim Brown played 17 NFL seasons with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders (1988-2003) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004)...Brown ranks fourth all-time in NFL history with 14,934 receiving yards (trailing Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens and Isaac Bruce)…He is the all-time Oakland leader in games played with 240…A nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Brown is only the third player in NFL history to catch 1,000 passes in a career (1,094) – along with Jerry Rice and Cris Carter…He scored 105 touchdowns during his career…Brown holds numerous Raiders records including receptions (1,094), receiving yards (14,934), all-purpose yards (19,431), punt returns (320), punt return yardage (3,272) and receiving touchdowns (99)…Brown is the only Raider ever to score on pass receptions, rushing, kickoff returns and punt returns…He also holds the Raider record with nine straight 1,000 plus yards receiving in a season (1993-2001)…Brown holds the NFL rookie-season record for most combined yards gained with 2,317 yards in 1988…In 2005, Brown signed a one-day contract with the Raiders to retire with the team...He won the 1987 Heisman Trophy (first wide receiver to do so) as a senior at Notre Dame and also was a consensus All-America, United Press International and The Sporting News College Player of the Year…He ranked sixth in the NCAA in 1987 with 167.9 all-purpose yards per game…Brown broke school career records for receiving yards (2,493), kickoff return yards (1,613) and all-purpose yards (5,024)…He played in four bowl games during his college career (Aloha, Cotton, Japan and Hula bowls)…Brown was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010. 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