Sports People

Most people who know the name Holly Bankemper know it because of Cris Collinsworth. That is understandable. Cris Collinsworth is one of the most recognizable voices in American sports broadcasting, currently in his 17th season as color commentator on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, and one of only a handful of analysts ever to call six […]

Most people hear the name Skylene Montgomery and think of one thing. Sean Payton’s wife. That’s the shortcut. It misses almost everything worth knowing. Skylene built a real sports identity long before she ever crossed paths with an NFL coach. She studied how the human body performs under pressure. She coached young athletes on a

Pete Carroll has been one of the most recognizable coaches in American football for more than four decades. However, most people who search for Glena Goranson already know that. What they do not always know is that Glena is not simply the coach’s wife. She is a former collegiate athlete herself, a volleyball player at

Jacqueline Bernice Mitchell is the former wife of Jerry Rice, the greatest wide receiver in NFL history. She was married to him for 22 years. She survived a three-month coma after childbirth. She raised three children who all went on to build meaningful lives. And after a painful, public divorce, she started a business from

Four. Five. Six. Dropped. Start over. A five-year-old girl stood in the dark in her Baltimore backyard, trying to catch ten balls in a row with her father. Every time she reached nine, the ball slipped. She cried. Her mother called from inside and told her father to let her come in. He did not.

Randy Arozarena left Cuba in 2015 with nothing but a desire to play baseball. He defected, settled in Mexico, played his way into the St. Louis Cardinals organization, got traded to the Tampa Bay Rays, and turned the 2020 postseason into one of the most electric individual performances in playoff history. The highlight reel was

Pete Rose spent over two decades collecting hits, breaking records, and making himself impossible to ignore. He was Charlie Hustle. He was the Big Red Machine. He was the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball history. He was also a difficult husband. Karolyn Englehardt married Pete Rose in 1964, when he was a young

Tori Baldwin did not arrive at Virginia Commonwealth University with a polished volleyball resume. She started playing the sport her freshman year of high school at a very low level. She did not pick up club volleyball until her junior year. By the time she graduated from VCU four years later, she owned the program’s

Ronnie Coleman built one of the most recognizable bodies in the history of sport. Eight Mr. Olympia titles. A physique that redefined what competitive bodybuilding could look like. A career so dominant that his name still comes up first whenever anyone debates the greatest of all time. His daughter Jamilleah Coleman has built something entirely

Dexter Manley terrorized NFL quarterbacks for nine seasons. He finished with 97.5 official sacks, 103.5 when his rookie year totals apply. He won two Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins. He earned a Pro Bowl berth in 1986 and set a franchise single-season sack record with 18.5 that still commands respect. His coaches called him