Sports
- Willie Banks (born 1969), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Carl Barisich (born 1951), former defensive tackle for nine seasons between 1973 and 1981 for four different NFL teams.
- Otis Davis (born 1932), Olympic track and field athlete who won two gold medals in the 400 metre dash and the 4 × 400 metres relay at 1960 Summer Olympics, setting a world record in the former event.
- Terry Dehere (born 1971), politician, former NBA basketball player.
- Dom Flora (born 1935), All-America basketball player, late 1950s, at Washington & Lee; holds their scoring record.
- Bobby Hurley (born 1971), former NBA player.
- Danny Hurley (born 1973), former point guard at Seton Hall University and current head basketball coach at Wagner College.
- Roshown McLeod (born 1975), played in three NBA seasons from 1999 to 2001, for the Atlanta Hawks and briefly for the Philadelphia 76ers.
- John McMullen (1918–2005), naval architect and marine engineer, and former owner of the New Jersey Devils and Houston Astros.(B)
- Josh A. Moore (born 1980), former NBA basketball player.
- Donald Hugh Nagle, karate Grand Master (B)
- Ahmad Nivins (born 1987), power forward at Saint Joseph's University.
- Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972), NBA All-Star, Center for the Boston Celtics.
- Bernie Parmalee (born 1967), former NFL running back for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.
- Rodrick Rhodes (born 1973), former NBA basketball player.
- Terrence Roberts (born 1985), former member of the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.
- David Rivers (born 1965), former NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers, played at Notre Dame.
- Andy Stanfield (1927 – 1985) sprinter and Olympic gold and silver medallist.
- Paul Tagliabue (born 1940), Commissioner of the National Football League from 1989–2006(B)
- Tyshawn Taylor (born 1990), basketball player for the Kansas Jayhawks.
- John Valentin (born 1968), former professional baseball player who played in ten MLB seasons from 1992 to 2001, for the Boston Red Sox and for the New York Mets in 2002.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)