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 ...

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 ...

Curtis Leskanic is the definition of a journeyman. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft and promptly spent the next three years in the minors. In 1992, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins with Oscar Munoz for Paul Sorrento. Soon after, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 expansion draft. In 1993, when Curtis got his shot with the Rockies by start ...

Drew Henson entered the University of Michigan as a highly touted quarterback. While at Michigan, Henson played as a part of a two-quarterback system with some guy named Tom Brady (I’m not sure if he made it as a football player, but I guess you can find out if you want). After Brady graduated, Henson became the starting quarterback for Michigan and led the Wolverines to a third straight bowl victory. While ...

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 ...

The Belizean basketball player Milt Palacio was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1978. Palacio played ball at Junípero Serra High School, commonly referred to as just Serra, in Gardena (Side note: Serra has recently produced USC Wide Receiver tandem Robert Woods and Marqise Lee who both played basketball there too. It’s also important to note that Montell Jordan went there….*This is how we do it*). The athletic g ...