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Joe Torre net worth: Joe Torre is an American baseball player, manager, and executive who has a net worth of $60 million. Joe Torre first became famous for his time as a baseball player Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, the New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals. He is also a very well known baseball team manager. Joseph Paul Torre was born in Brooklyn, New York in July 1940. He played catcher, first baseman, and third baseman for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, and Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves. During his career her was an All-Star nine times and 1971 National League MVP. He won a Gold Glove in 1965 and was the NL batting champion and RBI champion in 1971. Torre retired as a player in 1977 and went on to manage all three teams he played for. He was best known as the manager of the New York Yankees from 1996 to 2007. Every year Torre managed the team they made the playoffs and ten times they won the American League East. He managed the Yankees to four World Series titles and six American League pennants. He currently ranks as fifth all-time for most wins as a manager with 2,326. He finished his coaching career with the Los Angeles Dodgers in from 2008 to 2010 before taking a position as MLB’s Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations in 2011. He managed the United States in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He was named the best manager of the decade by both Sports Illustrated and Sporting News. He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame and had his #6 retired by the Yankees in 2014.

Laird Hamilton net worth: Laird Hamilton is an American surfer, investor, and model who has a net worth of $10 million. Laird Hamilton is most famous thanks to his career as a professional surfer. He is also an action sportswear model, the owner of a clothing line, and has appeared in many television series and movies. Hamilton was born Laird John Zerfas in San Francisco, California in March 1964. His mother moved to Hawaii when Laird was an infant. He met surfer Bill Hamilton as a child and Bill ended up marrying Laird’s mother. Laird dropped out of high school at 16 to be a model and construction worker. He had a model shoot with Brooke Shields in 1983. His started his “Wonderwall” line of clothing in 2008 and has had a sponsorship from Oxbow surfwear. He had a role in the 1987 film North Shore and the 1989 movie Moving Target. Hamilton and two of his friends are credited with creating tow-in surfing. He married model Gabrielle Reece in 1997 and they have two children. Laird also has a daughter with his first wife Maria Souza. Laird has been featured in several commercials for American Express. In 2000 he dropped into Tahiti’s Teahupo’o break and the wave is known as the heaviest ever ridden. Laird joined the board of H2O Audio in 2008. He protested against a proposed plant in Malibu with Pierce Brosnan, Ted Danson, and Halle Berry.

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Jamal Mashburn Net Worth: Jamal Mashburn is an American retired professional basketball player who has a net worth of $45 million. Jamal Mashburn was born November 29, 1972 in New York City, New York. As a small forward, Mashburn was a high scorer in his 12 seasons in the league, with a career scoring average of 19.1 points per game. The former college and NBA All Star spent a total of over 20 years with the Kentucky Wildcats, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and New Orleans Hornets. Before his basketball career, Mashburn used his natural knack for teambuilding in the business world and assembled a team of savvy professionals specializing in administration, finance, project management, insurance and advertising. This team quickly developed an ownership model that resulted in an impressive business portfolio. To date, Mashburn the entrepreneur has ownership interest in numerous restaurant franchises (38 Outback Steakhouse restaurants, 32 Papa John’s pizza restaurants and three Dunkin Donuts stores), car dealerships (owner of Kentucky’s Toyota on Nicholasville and Lexus Store of Lexington), holdings in real estate and stakes in the thoroughbred horse racing industry. In his spare time. Mashburn even served as an ESPN on-air NBA analyst (2006-2010). In 1993, before he ever signed his first professional basketball contract, he donated $500,000 to establish and endow the Mashburn Scholarship Fund at the University of Kentucky. The scholarship identifies ninth grade students in the Lexington, Kentucky area, tracks them through high school then awards them a full scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky or Bluegrass Community and Technical College if they achieve their academic and personal goals. He is also a founding member, officer and director of The MAP Foundation and Mashburn Family Foundation—both nonprofits. Mashburn currently sits on the Board of Directors for the National Forest Foundation and has served on the Advisory Board for Central Bank & Trust Company in Lexington, KY from 2005-2008. Mashburn has taken full advantage of the opportunities afforded to him and now encourages and inspires others to embrace his team-first attitude.

David Otunga net worth and salary: David Otunga is an American professional wrestler, lawyer, and actor who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. David Daniel Otunga was born in Elgin, Illinois in April 1980. He graduated from the University of Illinois and moved to New York City to become a laboratory manager at Columbia University’s Cognitive Neuroscience Center. He then graduated from Harvard Law School and went to work at the Sidley Austin law firm. He competed on the reality show I Love New York 2 and was nicknamed “Punk”. He made it to the final three contestants. Otunga also appeared in the 2013 film The Call. He started wrestling for Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009. Otunga competed on the first season of WWE NXT in 2010. He finished the competition in second place. He appeared on Monday Night Raw as part of the Nexus group. He has held the WWE Tag Team Championships twice, once each with John Cena and Michael McGillicutty. In 2010 he was named the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year. After the Nexus Otunga’s character mirrored his real life lawyer persona. David is married to singer and actress Jennifer Hudson and the two have a son together. They have been dating since 2008.

Frank Thomas Net Worth and salary: Frank Thomas is a retired American pro baseball player who has a net worth of $40 million dollars. During a career that lasted from 1990 to 2008, Frank earned over $107 million in salary alone and tens of millions from endorsements. He was a designated hitter and first baseman. Frank Thomas was born May 27, 1968 in Columbus, Georgia. Thomas played college baseball and football for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University, Alabama. Frank Thomas became one of baseball’s biggest stars in the ’90s. Nicknamed “The Big Hurt” by broadcaster Ken Harrelson in the 1992 season, Thomas was known for his menacing home run power. He routinely swung a rusted piece of rebar that he reportedly found during a renovation project in Old Comiskey Park in the on-deck circle. Throughout his career, Thomas was a guy who could motor on the base paths. Despite just 23 lifetime steals, he was one of the most terrifying runners in the game when he got up to full steam. He outweighed many of the keystone players by 100 pounds, so he was usually given a wide berth. He played in the majors for the Chicago White Sox (1990–2005), Oakland Athletics (2006, 2008) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2007–2008). He is a five-time All-Star (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), four-time Silver Slugger Award winner (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000) and two-time AL MVP (1993, 1994). Thomas won the AL batting title in 1997 and was named AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2000. His uniform number (35) was retired by the White Sox. He retired from playing professional baseball February 12, 2010 and went on to become a commentator for Comcast SportsNet White Sox broadcasts. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Frank Thomas was inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2014 as a member of the Chicago White Sox.

Wee Man Net Worth and Salary: Wee Man is an American TV host and actor who has a net worth of $8 million dollars. Wee Man was born Jason Shannon Acuña on May 16, 1973 in Pisa, Italy. He is one of the stars of Jackass on MTV and the host of Fox Sports Net’s skateboarding show 54321. Wee Man, as Jason is known, is also a professional skateboarder. He became a household name when he appeared in MTV’s highly popular Jackass television series and films. Acuña has achondroplasia, a form of a genetic disorder which causes dwarfism. His short stature, however, did not hinder his skateboarding career in any way. He had a cameo appearance in the movie Grind and made guest appearances in the TV show Wildboyz. He is also a playable character in skateboarding video games Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4. In 2007, Acuña was featured in the CBS reality TV series Armed and Famous, together with five other celebrities such as Erik Estrada and Jack Osbourne. The show followed the celebrities as they trained to become reserve police officers for the Muncie, Indiana police department. He also appeared on another MTV show Scarred Live. Acuña was cast as one of the contestants in the NBC reality show Celebrity Circus, which features six celebrities who learn the ropes of circus life, including mastering death-defying stunts with high wires, flying trapezes and fire dancing. The contestants then face a panel of judges for critique. As Jackass is known to show and make fun of its stars failed stunts, Acuña said that Celebrity Circus is very different. He also said he couldn’t decide which hurt more, but he described the experience as “painful” and “crazy.” Acuña has also released his own DVD called American Misfits. Real Estate and Van Life: In September 2018, Jason sold his home in Hermosa Beach, California for $2.37 million. A few months later he announced he was choosing to live in a newly-purchased a Mercedes bus van. He explained his move to a van by saying: “‘I realize the more shit you have the more issues you have. I wanted to be on the road. I love traveling. I needed a change in my life. I straight said fuck it. I’m gonna get a van, I’m gonna live in it. I’m gonna do what I want.” Taco Restaurant Investment: In 2010 Jason invested in a chain of fast casual Mexican restaurants called Chronic Tacos. For many years he operated a location in his hometown of Hermosa Beach but in 2018 he closed that location and moved to Long Beach, California.

Frank Gifford Net Worth: Frank Gifford was an American football player and sportscaster who had a net worth of $60 million dollars at the time of his death. That was a combined net worth with his wife, Kathie Lee Gifford. Frank Gifford died on August 9, 2015 at the age of 84. Frank Gifford was born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California. He attended the University of Southern California on a football scholarship and, after graduating in 1952, played receiver and running back for the New York Giants until 1965. Even while an active player, Gifford acted as sports broadcaster on radio and television, first on CBS then ABC. In 1971 he became a regular on ABC-TV with Monday Night Football and Wide World of Sports as well as occasional specials, and wrote and co-wrote several books on football. The winner of many awards, he was elected to the National Football Foundation Football Hall of Fame in 1975 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Sports Personality (1977). He began his NFL career with the New York Giants, playing both offense and defense, a rarity when platoon football became popular after World War II. He made eight Pro Bowl appearances and had five trips to the NFL Championship Game. Gifford’s biggest season was arguably 1956, when he won the Most Valuable Player award of the NFL, and led the Giants to the NFL title over the Chicago Bears. Gifford is a Board Member for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, named after Ronnie Lott, and has given annually to college football’s Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year. Frank Gifford married popular talk show host and singer Kathie Lee Epstein on October 18, 1986 and they had two children, son Cody and daughter Cassidy. Frank Gifford died on August 9, 2015 at the age of 84. In his will, Frank’s liquid assets were valued at $10 million. He also owned a $2.5 million house in Florida and co-owned a $22 million mansion in Connecticut with his wife.

Mia Hamm Net Worth: Mia Hamm is a former American professional soccer player who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Born Mariel Margaret Hamm in Selma, Alabama, in 1972, Mia Hamm was one of six children and had to wear special boots to correct her club foot growing up. She began playing soccer as a child and won four NCAA championships in five years while playing for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While in college, she took part in the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Hamm finished college with a 94-and-1 record and was a two-time ACC Female Athlete of the Year. Hamm made history, becoming the youngest woman selected to the national soccer team at the age of 15. She scored the game-winning goal in her first World Cup game and went on to win the entire tournament, defeating Norway, 2-1. Four years later, she led the team to a semifinal finish at the World Cup, and a year later, took gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1999, Hamm and the women’s national team won their second World Cup. She won her final gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, announcing her retirement with Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett following the tournament. Prior to leaving the game, she spent three seasons playing professional soccer in the U.S. with the Washington Freedom, winning the Founders Cup in the league’s last season of operation. The 1997 Sportswoman of the Year married former MLB player Nomar Garciaparra in 2003, and they have three children together. Hamm is an active philanthropist and founded the Mia Hamm Foundation to support families needing bone marrow transplants. During her career, she signed deals with international brands such as Gatorade, Nike, Pepsi and Mattel. Hamm, who wrote “Go For the Goal: A Champion’s Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life”, was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Patrick Ewing Net Worth: Patrick Ewing is a Jamaican-American (retired) basketball player who has a net worth of $75 million. Ewing first gained national attention playing college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. He then went on to play in the NBA for the New York Knicks, Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic. During his NBA career he earned $125 million in salary alone. In 2017 he became head coach of his alma mater, Georgetown University. He replaced John Thompson III, whose father John Thompson II was Patrick’s coach when he was a student at the university. As coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, Patrick earns a salary of $4 million per year. Patrick Ewing was born August 5, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. During his career, Patrick Ewing was the recipient of two Olympic gold medals in basketball (1984 and 1992) and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (twice). On February 28, 2003, Ewing’s jersey (No. 33) was retired by the Knicks, for whom he played 1,039 games, in a large ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Patrick Ewing is considered one of the greatest players in the Knicks’ storied history, as well as one of the greatest in NBA history. His other awards include Rookie of the Year (1986), All-NBA First Team (1990), All-NBA Second Team (1988, ’89, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’97), NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1988, ’89, ’92), 11-time All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996), 2-time Olympic gold medalist (1984, ’92), NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1984), Naismith College Player of the Year (1985), AP College Player of the Year (1985), NABC Player of the Year (1985), Sporting News College Player of the Year (1985), Adolph Rupp Trophy (1985), Two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee.