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Gary Player

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Gary Player, The Black KnightGary Player has won 167 professional golf tournaments worldwide and is one of only five men to capture golf's coveted career Grand Slam. He won nine Major championships on the PGA Tour and nine Major championships on the Senior Tour, and is the only player in history to complete the career Grand Slam on both Tours. Off the course, Player has raised more than $62 million for underprivileged children's education globally through the efforts of The Player Foundation; he has designed nearly 400 golf courses worldwide; he has bred more than 2000 winning racehorses on the Gary Player...

Ed Gruver

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Ed Gruver is an award-winning sportswriter and journalist with more than 30 years' experience on the staffs of daily newspapers. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pro Football Researchers Association, he is a contributing writer to both SABR and the PFRA. Gruver covered the Philadelphia Phillies' glory years from 2007-11 and has also reported on the Baltimore Orioles, MLB All-Star Games, playoffs and World Series. He was an NFL writer covering the Baltimore Ravens from 1999-2008 and has written on the NFL playoffs, NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs and championship boxing. Gruver...