Earvin "Magic" Johnson played in the NBA for 13 years winning him five championships and three MVP Awards. Since his retirement he has been an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention, a philanthropist and a business man founding Magic Johnson Enterprises.

From TV to radio, HBO to NBC, ESPN to seven Olympics, Bob Costas has been prominently involved in virtually every major sports event and is praised for his interviewing and reporting skills. He has been honored as Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association a record eight times.

Pat Croce graced the cover of Success magazine as the first person to ascend from the training room to the boardroom of a professional sports team. He is a nationally-renowned motivational speaker, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller "I Feel Great and You Will Too!".

Terdema Ussery is President & CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. He has served as president of Nike Sports Management which was integral in the launch of Coca-Cola's POWERADE brand. He was also the original CEO of HDNet, responsible for negotiating the company's initial content and distribution deals.

Owner of the NBA basketball team, Dallas Mavericks, and Chairman and co-founder of HD Net, an HDTV cable network, Mark Cuban was ranked #133 on Forbes' "World's Richest People" list in 2007. He works with 2929 Entertainment which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and videos.

If there is any way to personify success through perseverance then Susan O'Malley is a model example. Named President of Washington Sports and Entertainment on May 9, 1991, O'Malley became the first female president of an NBA franchise as ...

On March 19, 2005, Don Nelson resigned as head coach of the Mavericks and Avery Johnson was named the eighth coach in the history of the franchise. Johnson finished the season with a 16-2 mark and was named Western Conference Coach of the ...

Inspired by her mother, Louise, who single-handedly raised four children, Sheryl Swoopes' first basketball memory is "going to nationals with the Little Dribblers team when she was eight years old". From that point on, Sheryl Swoopes has ...

UCLA Coach Ben Howland has become one of the great masters of his profession. A recent Consensus National Coach of the Year with the Pittsburgh Panthers and now, in only his third season as coach of the storied Bruins, Howland has his team ...

Pat Williams is the senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. Also one of America's top motivational, inspirational, and humorous speakers, he has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies and the Million Dollar ...