Olumuyiwa Famutimi, also known as “Olu” and “O-Boy”, was born above the border in Toronto, Ontario. After getting noticed for his athletic play, he transferred to Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan. His legal guardian was also his AAU coach, Chris Grier. The 6-5 SF grabbed a lot of attention and was ranked the 7th best prospect in his 2003 Class according to ESPN.com. Consequently he made the ...

Jamario Thomas is from Longview, Texas, a city that has produced athletes from David Wesley to Josh Scobee to Chris Davis to Trent Williams. Thomas played high school football at Spring Hill, where he absolutely dominated. His sophomore season Thomas rushed for 1,572 yards and 27 touchdowns. Although he missed two games, he topped the previous season rushing for 1,749 yards and 28 touchdowns. As a senior he ...

Last offseason the Carolina Panthers stole the best defensive player in the draft with the 9th overall pick. The defensive Rookie of the Year, Luke Kuechly, led the entire league in tackles with 164 and immediately emerged as Carolina’s franchise player on the other side of the ball. Although the 7-9 Panthers and new GM Dave Gettleman only had five total picks in the draft, they grabbed three support charac ...

Calvin Cambridge was a 14-year old orphan who became an overnight NBA superstar. It all started when Calvin found a pair of old shoes with the initials “MJ” on them. Somehow these magical shoes gave him the unbelievable power to ball. Cambridge was discovered when he beat Los Angeles Knights' best player Tracy Reynolds one-on-one in an in-game promotion. After that the Knights signed him, and the rest was h ...

1) Aaron Gray was born in Tarzana Hospital – the same hospital as Zach Schotz. 2) Aaron Gray 's middle name is Michael. 3) Aaron Gray shares the same birthday as Larry Bird, Johnny Bench, Terrell Owens, and Tino Martinez. 4) Aaron Gray's nickname is either “The White Panther”, or most likely “A.G.” 5) In a high school practice Aaron Gray once shattered a backboard with a dunk, this resulted in a shattered a ...

With the promotion of Diamondbacks SS Didi Gregorius (full name Mariekson Julius Gregorius), one of the best names in the minors has made it to the majors. Gregorius (formerly on the Reds) was a part of a 3-team trade this past offseason that sent Shin-Soo Choo to the Reds and Trevor Bauer to the Indians. Coming into the season Gregorius was ranked 80th overall in Baseball America's annual Top 100 Prospects ...

Former NBA small forward Ndudi Ebi was born in London, England but was raised in Nigeria up until high school when he moved to Houston, Texas. Ebi then attended Westbury Christian School where he won two state titles on his way to quickly becoming one of the best basketball recruits in the nation. Ebi was  committed to Lute Olson's Wildcats and was able to showcase his skills in the McDonald’s All-American ...