In 1800, Aaron Burr assembled an all-star, pro-Jefferson slate in the key state of New York and worked tirelessly to get the vote out.
You will make far more money by investing early and reinvesting the dividends, interest and gains than you will by earning a paycheck unless you are a movie star, pro athlete or heir to a major fortune.
The Swindon star, who turned pro in 1995, won his first event in 1999 and last triumphed at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai last November when he held off Tiger Woods over the closing holes.
And I know we've got a football family here -- I see an outstanding all-star -- all-pro in the audience -- and when you've got your last game you've got to leave it all out there.
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Out of football since being cut by the Buffalo Bills before last season, the former University of Texas star used the Longhorns' pro timing day workouts Tuesday to throw passes in front on scouts for 30 teams.
For the last decade, Perry has refined the Lone Star State into a case study for pro-growth, free-market economics.
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Less well known is the tragedy of my own local golf star, Jeff Julian, who was head pro at course near my home in Vermont before realizing his dream and making it on the PGA Tour.
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An Olympiad? (Please don't say the Pro Bowl or the NHL All-Star Game.) Every spring someone trots out the claim that the flurry of buzzer beaters in the NCAA basketball tournament makes it the most riveting event in sports, and there's always the World Cup, but what's happening in tennis feels far more intimate, close up, personal.
Holdsclaw led the University of Tennessee to three consecutive national championships from 1996-98 before beginning a pro career that included six WNBA All-Star selections.
With the Body Issue, people presumably were gobbling up subscriptions in order to get an eyeful of tennis star Serena Williams, basketball player Dwight Howard and Australian pro surfer Claire Bevilacqua in the buff.
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He developed wide receiver Pete Gent, who had led Michigan State basketball in scoring from 1962-64, and also cornerback Cornell Green, a basketball star at Utah State who went on to make five Pro Bowls.
The North American Star League ( NASL), Dreamhack, the IGN Pro League ( IPL) and Major League Gaming ( MLG) are the biggest names in these sorts of events, and all have seen their viewership numbers rise dramatically over the past year.
With his team riding high at 6-2, he benched star quarterback Alex Smith in favor of Colin Kaepernick, an untested and largely unknown second-year pro.
During his career, the brash star, known for his crushing tackles and demonstrative pregame dance, was selected as an All-Pro 10 times and twice was the league's defensive player of the year.
Hollywood star Michelle Yeoh has visited Aung San Suu Kyi and reportedly discussed plans for a film about the Burmese pro-democracy leader.
Weeks of speculation about the star cornerback's future ended Sunday when the New York Jets traded the three-time All-Pro to the Bucs in exchange for the 13th overall pick in this week's NFL draft and another selection next year.
The first-ever pro dunk contest as we know it today was held at halftime of the 1976 ABA All-Star Game.
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