Posts Tagged ‘Athletes’
WWE Shelton Benjamin
Name: Shelton Benjamin
Born As: Shelton Albert Benjamin
Birth date/place: July 9, 1975 in Orangeburg, SC
Claim to Fame: WWE Champion Wrestler
Benjamin began his pro wrestling career under contract to World Wrestling Entertainment. From 2000-2002 he wrestled in Ohio Valley Wrestling. He and his then tag team partner, Brock Lesnar were known as the “Minnesota Stretching Crew, and were three-time holders of the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.
Benjamin’s first appearance as a WWE wrestler was in 2002 as part of “Team Angle” with Charlie Hass and Kurt Angle. After parting ways with Angle, Benjamin and Haas went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship twice in 2003nad called themselves “The World Greatest Tag Team. The Benjamin/Haas tag team ended when Benjamin was traded to WWE Monday Night Raw in 2004.
Benjamin has been called a charismatic, powerful, skillful wrestler with unlimited potential in pro-wrestling.
New Jersey Net Vince Carter
Name: Vince Carter
Born As: Vincent Lamar Carter
Birth date/place: January 26, 1977 in Daytona Beach, FL
Claim to Fame: NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999


Carter was drafted by the Golden State Warriors. He never played for the Warriors because he was traded to the Toronto Raptors before the 1998 season began. Carter played for the Raptors from 1998-2004. He currently plays for the New Jersey Nets. Carter played as an NBA All-Star 8 times.
Super Star, Michael Jordan
Name: Michael Jordan
Born As: Michael Jeffry Jordan
Birth date/place: February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, NY
Claim to Fame: Voted greatest athlete of the twentieth century in 1999 by ESPN
Bio: Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls after an outstanding basketball career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He won his first NBA championship with the Bulls in 1991 and then again in 1992 and 1993. Jordan left the Bulls in 1993 to pursue a career in baseball, stating he had lost the desire to play basketball. He signed a minor league baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox (owned by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf) He briefly played for the Birmingham Barons, (a Sox farm team) and the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League in 1994. Jordan returned to the bulls in 1995 and, for a second time, helped the Bulls to win NBA championships three years in a row, in 1996, 1997, and 1998. After retiring for the second time in 1999, Jordan returned to the NBA as part owner of the Washington Wizards, but announced his return as a player with the Wizards in 2001. In addition to his long and brilliant basketball career and his brief baseball career, Jordan played on two Olympic basketball teams, winning the gold medal in 1984 and 1992. Jordan’s final season was 2002-02. He received a four minute standing ovation in his final game in the United Center in Chicago, his old home court. Magic Johnson is quoted as saying, “There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us”.
Kobe Bryant Shirtless, Nude and Locker Room Shots
Name: Kobe Bryant
Birthdate/place: August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA
Claim To Fame: NBA All Star 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Kobe Bryant Bio: Bryant’s parents named him after a type of steak (Kobe) seen on a restaurant menu prior to his birth.
Bryant is an American All-Star shooting guard who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Bryant didn’t get drafted from college, he began playing for the Lakers right out of high school. He and his then-teammate Shaquille O’Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. After O’Neal’s departure following the 2003–04 season, Bryant became the foundation of the Lakers franchise. He was the lead NBA scorer the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. In 2006, Bryant scored a career high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second highest number of points scored in a single game in NBA history, second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point performance. In the 2007–08 NBA season, Bryant was awarded the regular season’s Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals.







