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Ronde Barber All-Pro Cornerback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Career Highlights:A five-time Pro Bowler with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ronde Barber is the identical twin brother of former New York Giants running back, Tiki Barber…A 14-year NFL veteran who has played his entire career in Tampa, Barber cemented his reputation as one of the NFL’s finest all-around cornerbacks by being voted onto the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team roster at the cornerback position this past January…Barber also was named to five career All-Pro Teams (first-team honors in 2001, 2004 and 2005, and second-team honors in 2002 and 2006)...On November 21, 2010 Barber became the only player in NFL history with at least 25 sacks (26 total) and 40 interceptionsin a 21-0 win over the San Francisco 49ers…His jersey and gloves from the game were retired to the Pro Football Hall of Fame…Barber is the Bucs’ all-time interceptions leader with 40 interceptions…Barber was a key defensive playmaker for the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII and their championship 48-21 victory over the Oakland Raiders…Barber’s career totals include:1,085 tackles, 40 interceptions, 26 sacks, 14 forced fumbles, 11 fumble recoveries and 183 passes defensed...In 2010, Barber started all 16 games for the 11th season in a row…His 183 consecutive starts are the most in the NFL among all active defenders and third among all active players…His 25 career sacks are most by a cornerback in NFL history and first among all active NFL defensive backs…He became the first cornerback in NFL history to record at least 20 interceptions and 20 sacks in his career on December 11, 2005 in a game against Carolina…Barber posted a career-high 120 tackles during the 2005 season with five interceptions…He followed those stats with 108 tackles and three interceptions in 2006…On October 22, 2006, playing against the Philadelphia Eagles, Barber tied the record for most interception returns for touchdowns in a game with two…Barber was named NFL Alumni Defensive Back of the Year in 2001…Barber played college football at the University of Virginia with his brother…He started all 36 Cavalier games and earned All-ACC first-team honors each of three seasons, including two bowl games…Barber graduated with a degree in commerce with a concentration in marketing…He was inducted into the University of Virginia Hall of Fame in 2005…Along with Tiki, was named as a co-chair for 2005 Read Across America Day…Also with Tiki, wrote a children’s book titled “By My Brother’s Side” that was released during the 2004 season. Charles Barkley NBA Hall of Famer Career Highlights:One of the most colorful NBA players of all-time, Charles Barkley is considered among the most dominating power forwards in NBA history…Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, Barkley has followed up his NBA career with an Emmy Award winning television run on TNT’s Inside the NBA show…Barkley brings his wit and knowledge to television as he has been an NBA studio analyst alongside host Ernie Johnson and analyst Kenny Smith since 2000…The fourth player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists in a career (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Karl Malone), Barkley was named to the NBA’s 50 All-Time Greatest Players List…An 11-time NBA All-Star and Five-time All-NBA First Team selection during his career, Barkley won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 1993, his first season with the Phoenix Suns…He led the Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals….Barkley played his first eight seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers then finished his career with the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets…He ended his career with averages of 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 1,073 games…A member of the 1992 and 1996 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball teams, Barkley was named Sports Illustrated’s 2002 “Personality of the Year”…Barkley was popular with the fans and the media, and made the NBA’s All-Interview Team for each of his last 13 seasons in the league…He retired in 1999 after a career-ending knee injury and has evolved into a pop culture icon who has a diverse audience that may not always agree with his opinions, but respects his ability to tell it like it is…While at Auburn University he was selected as the Southeastern Conference Player of the Decade (1980s) and the 1984 SEC Player of the Year…He has written several books including “Who’s Afraid of a Large Black Man?,” “I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It,” “Sir Charles:The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley” and “Outrageous!” and has expressed an interest at the possibility of a career in politics. Shane Battier NBA Forward, Memphis Grizzlies Career Highlights: Shane Battier of the Memphis Grizzlies is most recognized for playing sound, fundamental team-oriented basketball, all while making his teammates more effective…A 10-year NBA veteran with both the Memphis Grizzlies (2001-05, 2011) and the Houston Rockets (2006-11), Battier has played in 767 regular season games, where he has averaged 9.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game…Battier was originally drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies (Memphis Grizzlies) with the sixth pick in the 2001 NBA Draft…He spent the first five seasons of his career with Memphis before being traded to the Houston Rockets where he spent the next four and a half seasons before being traded back to the Grizzlies on February 24, 2011…He helped lead the Grizzlies to the semi-finals of the 2011 NBA Playoffs which they lost in game seven to the Oklahoma City Thunder…Battier was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in both 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons…Battier was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2002….Battier has also enjoyed successful international play as he won a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championships...He also was named to the 2006-2008 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team and was a member of the 2001 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team and the 2001 USA Goodwill Games Team, which finished 5-0 to capture the gold medal at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia...He won the 2002 NBA Community Assist Award for his community service efforts…Battier enjoyed a stellar college career at Duke…He led the Blue Devils to two Final Fours in 1999 and 2001, where they lost to Connecticut in 1999, but came back two years later to win the national championship by defeating the University of Arizona...Battier was named the 2001 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player...In 2001, Battier also won numerous major national awards including the Naismith College Player of the Year, the John R. Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Lowe’s Senior Class Award…A three-time awardee of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, he also was named the 2001 ACC C0-Athlete of the Year…Battier was named First-Team All-America by The Associated Press, USBWA, The Sporting News, ESPN.com and CBS Sportsline in 2000-01. At the conclusion of his collegiate career, Battier was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Men’s Basketball Team and had his jersey number 31 retired by the Blue Devils…Prior to Duke, Battier attended Detroit Country Day School and was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan (1997) and was the 1997 Naismith Prep Player of the Year…He graduated from Country Day with a 3.96 grade point average and was named the school’s outstanding student in his senior year. 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