Charissa Thompson is an American television host and sportscaster.
Education and early career: Ms. Thompson was born on May 4, 1982, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. She ia a 2004 graduate of UC Santa Barbara, where she interned at ABC affiliate KEYT-TV.
Broadcasting career: Thompson began her sports career with FSN Rocky Mountain (in Denver, Colorado) in the Human Resources Department. Thompson’s first broadcasting job was covering the Colorado Rockies for FSN Rocky Mountain in the weekly newsmagazine show Rockies All Access. She also hosted WNBA Weekly and covered sports for Denver University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Baseball programs she has appeared on include The 2007 MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade and The Baseball Report both on FSN.
Her duties include NFL sideline reporter for Fox, as well as for college football and college basketball games on Big Ten Network and Fox Sports Net. She also appears on the college football shows Friday Night Tailgate, on Big Ten Network; as well as BCS Breakdown and The BCS Show on FSN. She also co-hosts FSN’s The Best Damn Sports Show Period alongside Chris Rose and John Salley. The show was cancelled in July of 2009.
Born: Seattle, Washington, U.S. Education: UC Santa Barbara, B.A., 2004 Occupation: television host and sideline reporter Notable credit(s): NHL on Versus Ice Level Reporter
She has also hosted FSN’s rodeo show Toughest Cowboy. She is also the co-host of Big Saturday Night on GSN and host of countdown show Big Ten’s Best on Big Ten Network.
In 2009, she performed sideline reporting in the television show Shaq Vs..
In the fall of 2009, she was named an ice-level reporter for NHL on Versus.
In 2010, Charissa appeared on the NFL Network’s “NFL Now Updates”. She covered the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, reporting for Yahoo! Sports. She was also recently added as a co-host for the Speed Network’s “Fast Track To Fame” alongside NASCAR racer Michael Waltrip.
In June and July 2010, Ms. Thompson will cover the FIFA World Cup in South Africa for Yahoo! Sports.
Non-broadcasting works: Ms. Thompson appeared on the cover of the April 2009 issue of Access DirecTV (satellite TV provider DirecTV’s monthly TV Guide-like magazine) and interviewed Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels for the feature story.
In 2009. Ms. Thompson was nominated as one of Playboy’s Sexiest Sportcasters of the year. Charissa made it as a Top Five finalist, but the award was given to ESPN’s Erin Andrews.
Personal: She currently lives in Hermosa Beach, CA.
In the fall of 2009, Ms. Thompson broke her foot and her ankle in a step aerobics class and had to miss most of the 2009 NFL and college football season due to surgery. Charissa enjoys yoga, running, cycling, & rhythmic gymnastics.
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Born: November 29, 1983 – Miami, Florida Residence: Hoboken, New Jersey Nationality: American Education: Bachelor’s degree Alma mater: Florida State University Occupation: Model, reporter
How You Know Her: After firmly holding the title as the hottest college football fan ever, Jenn made the jump to sports journalism, contributing to Sports Illustrated and ABC Sports, as well as being the Gameday Host for the New York Jets this past season. She’s bringing her smokin’ hot sports knowledge to the set of Versus’ new interactive sports show The Daily Line. Making her film debut in 2009′s The Tenant, we’re just going to go ahead and declare her perfection.
Diana Lurena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982 in Chino, California) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Fenerbahce (Fenerbahçe) Istanbul in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women.
Early career: Taurasi grew up in Chino, California and attended Don Antonio Lugo High School where she was the recipient of the 2000 Cheryl Miller Award, presented by the Los Angeles Times to the best player in Southern California. She was also named the 2000 Naismith and Parade Magazine National High School Player of the Year. Taurasi finished her prep career ranked third (behind Giuliana Mendiola’s 3,069 and Cheryl Miller’s 3,446) in state history with 3,047 points. Taurasi was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored twelve points, and earned MVP honors.
Taurasi was born to her parents Mario and Liliana. Taurasi has an older sister, Jessika. Her father was born in Italy and raised in Argentina, which is also the native land of her mother Liliana. Her parents moved to the U.S. before she was born. Diana’s father was a professional soccer player in Italy. He had logged several years as a goalie.
She briefly appears in the 2006 film “Believe In Me.”
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WNBA career: Following her collegiate career, Taurasi was selected first overall in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury, a team that went 8–26 in the 2003 season.
In her WNBA debut, Taurasi netted 26 points and led the Mercury to an 84–76 victory over the Seattle Storm. For the season, the rookie averaged 17.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Although the Mercury did not qualify for the playoffs, the season was a personal success as Taurasi was named to the Western Conference All Star team and won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award.
In 2005, Taurasi averaged 16.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while battling an ankle injury. She was an All Star for the second straight year, but the Mercury faded down the stretch and again missed the playoffs.
Former NBA coach Paul Westhead became the Mercury’s head coach prior to the 2006 season and brought his up-tempo style to Phoenix. Their roster was further bolstered by the addition of rookie Cappie Pondexter, the #2 overall selection in the 2006 WNBA Draft.
Taurasi flourished under Westhead’s system, leading the league in scoring and earning a third straight trip to the All Star Game. She broke Katie Smith’s league records for points in a season (741 during the 2006 season) and is tied with Lauren Jackson for most points in a game (47 vs. Houston on August 10). In 2006, Taurasi averaged a record 25.3 points, 4.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game. The Mercury finished 18–16, but after losing a tie-breaker with Houston and Seattle, it missed the playoffs.
In 2007, Taurasi finally reached the WNBA playoffs. In the first round, the Mercury eliminated the Seattle Storm two games to none. Next, they took down the San Antonio Silver Stars in a hard fought two game series. Taurasi got to her first WNBA Finals, but had to face the defending champion Detroit Shock. In a hard-fought series, Taurasi and Pondexter led the Mercury to their first WNBA title. With this victory Taurasi became just the seventh player ever to win an NCAA title, a WNBA title, and an Olympic gold medal. The others to achieve this trifecta are Ruth Riley, Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper, and fellow Huskies Swin Cash, Kara Wolters, and Sue Bird.
Taurasi was a member of both the Women’s 2004 and 2008 Gold medal Olympic Basketball Teams.
In the 2009 season, Taurasi was named the WNBA MVP and later led the Phoenix Mercury to its second WNBA championship in 3 years by beating the Indiana Fever 3 games to 2. Taurasi was named the WNBA Finals MVP as well. Taurasi is one of only two players (the other being Cynthia Cooper), to win the season scoring title, the season MVP award, a WNBA Championship and the finals MVP in the same season.
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Michelle Waterson (born January 6, 1986) is a Thai American female mixed martial artist and model whose nickname is The Karate Hottie.
Born in Colorado Springs and raised in Aurora, Waterson began her modeling career in 2004 after she graduated high school.
A karate student since the age of 10, Waterson holds a Black Belt in American Free Style Karate and has also trained in WuShu and Muay Thai.
Waterson rose to fame as a contestant on the Muay Thai-themed Fight Girls reality show on the Oxygen television network.
She is featured in the music video for Head Crusher, the first single from the Endgame album by the American Metal band Megadeth.
Mixed Martial Arts career: Waterson made her MMA debut on February 16, 2007 at Ring of Fire 28: Evolution against Andrea Miller and won the fight by Unanimous Decision.
She faced current Freestyle Cage Fighting Champion Lynn Alvarez at Ring of Fire 31: Undisputed on December 1, 2007, but lost by submission in the first round.
Waterson made her Strikeforce debut against Tyra Parker at Strikeforce: Payback on October 3, 2008. She won the fight by rear naked choke submission in the first round.
Waterson faced Karina Taylor at Duke City MMA Series 1 on March 1, 2009.[8] She won the fight by armbar submission in the first round. There was some controversy with this fight due to the fact that Taylor did not tap out to the armbar.
On April 11, 2009, Waterson fought former WIBA and IFBA Flyweight Boxing Champion Elena Reid at Apache Gold: Extreme Beatdown. Reid won the fight by TKO in the second round.
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Waterson faced the debuting Rosary Califano at EB – Beatdown at 4 Bears 6 and won by submission due to a flying armbar in just 15 seconds.
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She faced Masako Yoshida at Crowbar MMA: Spring Brawl on April 24, 2010. Waterson won the fight by TKO in the first round.
Born: January 6, 1986 / Colorado Springs, Colorado Other names: The Karate Hottie Nationality: American Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Weight: 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st) Style: Karate, Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu Fighting out of: Albuquerque, New Mexico Team: Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts
MMA record
Total: 11 – Wins: 8 – By knockout: 2 – By submission: 5 – Losses: 3
Personal life: On September 16, 2010, Waterson announced that she is pregnant with her first child and recently engaged.
Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi (born 26 September 1988) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist and the 2009 Finnish National Champion.
As of April 2010, she was ranked 13th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU).
Personal life: Korpi was born in Tampere, Finland. Her father, Rauno Korpi, coached the Finnish women’s hockey team to a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. In Finland her nickname is Jääprinsessa (Ice Princess) due to her resemblance to Grace Kelly, the former Princess of Monaco. She is “widely regarded as the most beautiful woman in figure skating.”
Full name: Kiira Linda Katriina Korpi Country represented: Finland Date of birth: September 26, 1988 Place of birth: Tampere Height: 168 cm (5.51 ft) Coach: Maaret Siromaa / Susanna Haarala Choreographer: David Wilson / Shae-Lynn Bourne Former choreographer: Nelli Petänen Skating club: Tappara FSC
Career: Korpi won the silver medal at the 2005 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, qualifying her for the 2005 European Figure Skating Championships, where she placed 13th. The following season, she remained on the ISU Junior Grand Prix, but placed 3rd at the 2006 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, 6th at the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships, and then went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where she finished in 16th place. Although she had placed 3rd at Nationals, the Finnish skating federation had used the results of the European Championships to determine the Olympic team. Korpi, despite being barely out of juniors, qualified with her finish.
In the post-Olympic season, Korpi made her senior Grand Prix debut. She placed 4th at the 2007 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, then went to the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships and won the bronze medal, making her the second Finnish lady to ever medal at the European championships.
She suffered from injury in the 2007-2008 season, causing her to miss her first Grand Prix event. Korpi finished off the podium at the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships. At the Worlds, she was 4th after the short program but had a poor long program and ended up in ninth place.
Korpi did not skate in the 2008-9 Grand Prix series. Later that season, she became the Finnish national champion, a title she had previously won on the junior level. She was again 5th at the European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade, her final event of the season.
The 2009-10 season started well for Korpi, with podium finishes at the Nebelhorn Trophy and the Finlandia Trophy, as well as her first senior Grand Prix medal, a silver at the Cup of China. She was unable to defend her national title, however, finishing second behind Laura Lepistö. At the European Championships, she was in third after the short program, but failed to win a medal after a disappointing long program. Korpi was 11th at the 2010 Winter Olympics but only 19th a month later at the World Championships.
Korpi decided to try new choreographers, and worked on her competitive programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne and David Wilson. She began the 2010-11 season at the Nebelhorn Trophy, which she won for the first time in her career. Her assigned events for the 2010-11 Grand Prix series are the NHK Trophy and the Trophee Eric Bompard.
Jelena Janković (born February 28, 1985 in Belgrade) is a former World No. 1 Serbian professional tennis player. She was runner up at the 2008 US Open and currently ranked World No. 7.
Career: The first tennis moves Jelena has learned in Tennis Club “Red star”. Into her original club, for which she oficially plays nowadays, Jelena came when she was 9 advised by her older brother Marko. After only few trainings, Jelena Jankovic started to single out from a number of talented girls for her extra talent. Then a period of hard work in Belgrade, at the time when it was almost impossible to provide all the necessary training conditions to practise tennis at the highest level. However, thanks to her family and club, Jelena has come out of that period as one of the best young tennis players in Eastern Europe. Her great performances in young category competitions were simply the introduction into her extraordinary junior competition matches.
Extrodinary talents are always recognised, even from isolated Serbia. Jelena’s talent was noticed by the most famous and best coach today Nick Bolletieri. Young girl from Belgrade has soon after that become the member of the famous Bolletieri tennis camp on Florida. From that moment her sensational raise to the world’s top, has started that culminated with Jelena’s winning the junior Australian Open in 2001. It was at that very season when the whole world recognized the hairess of Monika Seles. Eventhough she sencerely admires Monika and lesembles former tennis queen’s playing style, Jelena went her own way and started her own career. In 2001 she became second at US Open and was a finalist of prestigious Orange Bowl. That year Jelena ended as the best ranked tennis player in junior world competition and in her country she became the best young sportwoman. At the same time with junior competitions she played senior tournaments. She entered number of ITF tournaments, but her first WTA tournament was at Masters in Indian Wells.
The year of 2002 Jelena Jankovic used to transfer to senior competitions as less painfull as possible. She began that season as 361th and ended as 194th player on the world. That year she played her first ITF final and qualification matches at US Open. She will remember that period for few matches against players from the very top, nevertheless she will remember esspecially the match against number 17 on the WTA list Daja Bedanova, when she won.
In 2003 Jelena menaged to accomplish all three goals she had planned to. She entered the group of first 100 players on the world’s WTA circuit, she played matches at Grand slams and won her first senior trophy. As number 85 on the WTA list Jelena ended this season, which means she had moved towards top of the list for 109 places. At that year’s Australian Open she passed the first round , while in the second round she was defeted by Amanda Kucer. Once again she proved that she played her best at the courts on the Australian Open, which she prefered the best. It was the year she played numerous senior tournaments in Miami, Casablanca, Budapest, Rome, Shangay, Philadelphia, ect. She did well at ITF circuit, sucessfully ending the season with the tournament in Dubai where she won her first title.
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Success waited for Jelena in 2004. She moved 57 places on the WTA list and ended that year as 19th European tennis player, 28th on the WTA list with total of 1063 points. Out of first 30 tennis players on the world she had most played matches on the different tournaments. Among first fifty players only Check player Iveta Benesova had played more matches. The best Serbian tennis player played in 2004 at all four Grand Slam tournaments passing first rounds in Paris and London, and second rounds in New York and Melbourn. In the middle of April in 2004, as eight seed player Jelena won her first professional title in Budapest. On her way to title she won matches against Marrero, Vinci, Cervanova, Pennetta and in her final match she defeated Martina Sucha with the resoult 7:6 6:3. Also, in 2004 Jelena played one semi-final and six quarter-final matches. As total she won 39 single matches, including the one in Atens, where she represented Serbia and Montenegro as the only tennis player from our country on the 2004 Olympic Games. At the end of 2004 Jelena Jankovic was presented as the best tennis player in Serbia and Montenegro.
Jelena in the national team
For federation Cup nationl team of Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Jankovic first played when she was 16. Her first official match for national team Jelena played on April 24th 2001 on the tournament in Mursia and won against Polish player Katarina Strazi ( 6:2 6:3 ). For her country ( first Yugoslavia, then SMn ) Jelena has played thirteen matches, so far. She won 8 of those matches and lost 5. In 2004 she played 4 times and remained undefeated at the competition of the first Afro-European group of the Fed Cup.
Jelena in private
Eventhough Jelena’s biggest love and occupation is tennis she tries to make as much free time as possible to spend it with her family, friends and for her own pleasure.
Through her all career so far her family was always on the top of her priorites ( her father Veselin, brothers Marko and Stefan, and esspecially her mother Snezana, who escorts Jelena on her major world tours ). Jelena’s parents are economists and brothers are students. There are some members of her family who played tennis for pleasure but Jelena is the first one to do it professionally.
Jelena loves to travel, read and watch TV in her free time. The favourite book is “The bridge on the Drina”, ( by famous Serbian Nobel prize winner Ivo Andric ) her favourite film is “Titanic”and actor Robert de Niro.
Jelena speaks English, as well French language since she went to French diplomatic school in Belgrade. Jelena has, also, attended piano lessons. Today, Jelena is a student of a private “Megatrend” colledge in Belgrade.
Family and early life: Janković was born in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, as the third child of Veselin and Snežana, two economists. She also has two brothers, Marko and Stefan. She is a student at the Megatrend University in Belgrade, studying economics; however, she has put her course of study on indefinite hold as she continues to pursue her tennis career. Janković learned her first tennis skills at the Tennis Club ‘Red Star’. As a nine-and-a-half year old she was introduced to tennis by her elder brother and fitness coach Marko. She was later trained at the Tennis Academy of Nick Bollettieri. As a junior she won the 2001 Australian Open. In 2001, she started to play on the WTA Tour; she reached the second round at her first tournament at the Indian Wells Masters.
Tennis career
In October 2003, Janković entered the top 100 at No. 90 for the first time after winning her first ITF title in Dubai. Three months later, Janković garnered her first top 10 win against Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–4 in the first round of the 2004 Australian Open. In May, Janković won her first WTA title, a Tier V event, in Budapest, defeating Martina Suchá in the final 7–6, 6–3. Following her win in Budapest, she reached No. 51 in the world. Elsewhere in her 2004 season, she defeated top 20 players Nadia Petrova (twice), Vera Zvonareva, Patty Schnyder and Paola Suárez. Janković finished 2004 ranked No. 28 in the world.
She was ranked World No. 1 for seventeen consecutive weeks until she was overtaken by Serena Williams on February 2, 2009. She was the year-end World No. 1 in 2008, the second player in the history of the WTA tour to do this without winning a Grand Slam title, after Kim Clijsters.
Janković has reached the singles final of the US Open and the singles semifinals of the Australian Open and the French Open. In 2007, she became the first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam Title when she won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with British partner Jamie Murray.
She is also known for being one of the most consistent Top 10 players, entering it in early 2007 and never falling out of Top 10 ever since.
Charissa Thompson is an American television host and sportscaster.
