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Paul O’Neill Former New York Yankee All-Star Career Highlights:Paul O’Neill, one of the most beloved former New York Yankee players of all time, is fondly remembered by Yankee fans as the “heart and soul” of the team’s dynasty in the 1990s…O’Neill retired in 2001 after spending nine seasons with the Yankees and the first eight years of his career with the Cincinnati Reds...O’Neill made six World Series appearances and earned five World Series rings including winning 23 of the 30 World Series games he appeared in…O’Neill also played in five MLB All-Star games and won the American league batting title in 1994 with a .359 average…From July 23, 1995 until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games without making an error...O’Neill led the American League in hitting in 1997 with men on base with a .429 average…He became the oldest major leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season (August 25, 2001)…In a 17-year career, O’Neill compiled a lifetime batting average of .288, 281 homeruns, 1,269 runs batted in, and 2,105 hits…O’Neill is the only player in major league history to play on the winning side of three perfect games (Browning, Wells and Cone)…Currently is in his 10th season as the Pre and Post Game Studio Analyst, as well as a color analyst for Yankee broadcasts on the YES Network…O’Neill authored a book, “Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir,” depicting his relationship with his father who instilled in him a love for the game of baseball. Carson Palmer NFL All-Pro Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals Career Highlights:Winner of the 2002 Heisman Trophy, NFL quarterback Carson Palmer holds several Cincinnati Bengals’ single-season records including completions (373), touchdowns (32), most passing yards (4,131), touchdown passes in a game (6), highest passer rating (101.1) and the team’s all-time best completion percentage at 62.9 percent…Last season he launched 586 passes, breaking Jon Kitna’s 581 total...Palmer has the top three season completion totals in Bengals history, and raised his career total to 2,024, passing Boomer Esiason (2,015) and moving into second place on Bengals behind Ken Anderson (2,654)...He also claims the top three passing yard seasons in Bengals history…Palmer just completed his eighth season with career totals of 154 touchdowns, 2,024 completions, 22,694 total passing yards, and an 86.9 quarterback passing rating....A two-time Pro Bowler, Palmer started all 16 games the past two seasons and in 2009 led the team to a remarkable early string of comebacks – in four of the first five games he led drives of 70 yards or more in the last 2:00 to gain a lead or tie…In 2006, Palmer led the Bengals to an 11-5 record and their first divisional championship since 1988...He was one of five Cincinnati players voted to the 2006 Pro Bowl...Palmer suffered a knee injury on his first pass of the AFC playoff game against Pittsburgh, a 66-yard completion to Chris Henry…He is the first Bengals quarterback to finish a season with a 100+ passing rating...Palmer led the NFL in completion percentage (67.8) and set a team record with a league-leading 32 touchdown passes that year...Carson Palmer was the No. 1 pick overall in the 2003 NFL Draft…While at the University of Southern California, Palmer rewrote the Trojans’ record books, setting career marks for most total yards (11,799, also a Pac-10 Conference record), most plays (1,824, Pac-10 record), most passing yards (11,818, Pac-10 record), most passing touchdowns (72), most pass completions (927, Pac-10 record), most pass attempts (1,569, Pac-10 record) and most 300-yard passing games (10, including three for over 400 yards)…He led USC to an 11-2 record in 2002 (an 8-0 finish) which included a 38-17 victory over Iowa in the Rose Bowl…Palmer set USC season records for completions (309), yards (3,942), and touchdown passes (33) in 2002…He completed 63.2 percent of his passes (309-489) with only 10 interceptions…Palmer also set school and conference records for his career with at least 2,500 yards of total offense in three seasons...Palmer won numerous honors in addition to the Heisman Trophy, including the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Player of the Year by The Sporting News and CNN/SI, and first-team All-America designation from the Associated Press, Football Writers Association, CBS Sportsline and ESPN. Dan Patrick Sportscaster & Radio Personality Career Highlights:One of America’s most widely recognized sportscasters and radio personalities, Dan Patrick currently hosts The Dan Patrick Show, which is broadcast on radio on Premiere Radio’s Fox Sports Radio network, and on television on The 101 Network. He also co-hosts NBC’s Football Night in America, and serves as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated….For Sports Illustrated he also contributes blogs to SI.com’s “Fan Nation” and hosts the magazine’s Sportsman of the Year show...For NBC he has contributed to other coverage including the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Stanley Cup Finals…Patrick is probably best known for his 17 years at ESPN where his poignant interviews and dry wit gave him a huge following in his role as an ESPN anchor/reporter, primarily on ESPN’s 6 p.m. SportsCenter…Patrick joined ESPN in 1989 where his main role was anchor of the 11 p.m. SportsCenter…Since 1999 he hosted The Dan Patrick Radio Show weekdays on ESPN Radio, which was carried by more than 700 affiliates nationwide…Patrick also wrote for ESPN The Magazine…He authored “Outtakes,” the magazine’s most popular page featuring a no-holds-barred, question-and-answer interview with the sports world’s most interesting figures…He also released a book titled “Outtakes,” based on the magazine column…Patrick served as the primary host of ESPN SportsCentury, the network’s 30-minute, weekly series profiling the 50 greatest North American athletes of the 20th century…Some of his finest moments were his in-depth interviews on SportsCenter’s Sunday Conversation…Patrick was named as the 2000 National Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA), making him just the second cable commentator to receive the honor…He also received a CableACE Award in 1997 for his work on SportsCenter...Prior to working with ESPN, Patrick was a sports anchor/reporter for CNN (1983-89)…A graduate of the University of Dayton, Patrick received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the university in 1997. 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