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Michael Thomas has become one of the elite wide receivers in the National Football League; this has been made evident by the fact that he continues to top the league in his first three professional career seasons. Coming from a lineage of football stars, the New Orleans Saints' player has barely just scratched the surface of his potential in...

If you are a basketball lover then you’d certainly want to know more about Sonya Curry; the amazing mother of the Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. It's really fascinating to see the kind of connection shared between mother and son, both on and off the court. Just for the records, Stephen Curry isn’t her only successful child; you’re...

Famous for playing as a starting point guard for the prestigious Marquette University and Louisiana Tech University women's basketball teams, Brooke Pumroy is the daughter of the legendary inspector Rick Pumroy. She is known for setting career highs with about 27 points, 6 3-point shooting and a single loss to the Rice Owls. However, the basketball player suddenly made...

The NBA gets all the press when compared to its women's league known as the WNBA. But regardless of the fanfare, the American women's basketball league has produced quite a few talents whose names will be enshrined in history, one of who is Stacey Dales, a former Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky player. Dales was a basketball player for a...

Ours is an age when playing a sport probably pays more bucks than working a regular job. Or, better still, we live in an era when pastimes are not only turned into careers but are also among the most lucrative sources of income you can find. That's interesting. However, while everyone seems to be engrossed in athletes' earnings in...

Floyd Mayweather Sr. is an American boxing trainer and a former welterweight contender who has an estimated net worth of $5 million. For close to two decades, Mayweather Sr. remained a shining star on the boxing scene. With his enigmatic boxing skills including his famous "shoulder roll" defensive tactics, he emerged the champion of several bouts. Alongside his exceptional boxing...

Charles Barkley is famous for being one of the most phenomenal American basketball players of all time. As an NBA player, he was nicknamed "Chuck," "Sir Charles", and "The Round Mound of Rebound. Now retired, Barkley didn't completely abandon the sports, instead, he continued working as a TV sports analyst for a TNT post-game show, Inside the NBA. The...

Jesse Palmer is a Canadian sports commentator and a former quarterback who played for the New York Giants of the National Football League, as well as, the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants as the 125th overall pick in the fourth round of 2001 NFL draft. He was the first...

What is Lionel Messi’s net worth? The Argentine professional footballer, Lionel Messi who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona, has a net worth of $400 million. A personality that has made millions of hard-core fans worldwide, Lionel Messi is one person that absolutely needs no introduction. Being a star of the football field as he is, Messi has become one of the greatest...

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer famed for being one of the richest sports personalities of all time with a net worth of $800 million Described as one of the most successful golfers of all time, Woods has successfully inscribed his name in the history books as one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. While many of us already...

Lebron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players in history, Lebron James has a net worth of $450 million James started his decorated career at the age of 9 when a local youth coach introduced him to basketball has given his...

Floyd Mayweather's net worth is estimated to be $650 million with a height of 5 feet 8 inches, or approximately 172 cm. He is a retired American pro boxer and current boxing promoter, who currently owns a team in the NASCAR Cup Series named The Money Team Racing. Mayweather made most of his money from his highly publicized bout...

In Forbes' 2020 list of the highest-paid athletes in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Neymar are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most paid athletes. If anything, this shows that the sport has grown into one of the most followed and lucrative sports in the world with so many people raking in millions. Being the most-watched sport with...

Some of the richest sportspeople in the world earned their wealth, thanks to their exceptional prowess in sporting activities like football, basketball, golf, and many more. Though it is viewed as a dangerous sport, boxing has equally contributed to producing wealthy people who have distinguished themselves in sports. However, we keep reviewing the list as events unfold and today’s number...

What is Michael Jordan's net worth? Basketball legend Michael Jordan was a peerless sportsman in his heydays and anyone who watched him play was lucky to have seen greatness on the court. He enjoyed an illustrious career before he retired in 2003. Six years later in September 2009, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Having been an MVP and...

While these two athletes both have a claim to not just being the greatest players in their respective sports in recent time, but the greatest ever in sporting history, many people are divided as regards to who ranks higher than the other which was the chief catalyst of the Michael Jordan vs Tiger Woods debate where fans are often...

Michael Phelps is an American retired professional swimmer who has a net worth of $80 million dollars. With 28 Olympic medals (23 gold), Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. He won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to become the highest Olympic Gold medal winner in a single event. He holds 39 world swimming...

The name Michael Vick would forever be remembered by football lovers who saw him play 13 seasons in the National Football League, NFL. He was primarily with the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles. Michael Vick is a retired American professional football player who has a net worth of $15 million dollars, this is a fairly substantial figure considering the fact that his legal troubles...

Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional football player who plays for Spanish La Liga club, FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Messi has won the FIFA world's best player of the year award a record of 5 times, 4 of which he won consecutively. He is also at the moment, Argentina's all-time top scorer. Through his football career, Messi...

John Cena is an American professional wrestler, actor, bodybuilder, rapper, and TV presenter who has a net worth of $60 million. John Cena is one of the most popular WWE personalities. He is known for his incredible performances in the ring and the many achievements he has accomplished. The popular wrestler is not only full of muscles but has acquired...

The year 2020 witnessed several momentous and tragic events and one that ranks right up there with the rest is the death of retired NBA star, Kobe Bryant, aka America’s Black Mamba. A legend in the game of basketball, Kobe enjoyed a very successful career with the Los Angeles Lakers that spanned two decades. During this time, he set several...

Even though he averaged 25.3 points per game during his college career, before Wardell Stephen Curry II joined the NBA via the Golden State Warriors in 2009, he was not so popular. However, in recent years, that has changed. Steph Curry is now considered one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA, as well as the...

Marshawn Lynch's net worth is currently $30 million. His career has seen tremendous success and likewise his finances since going from his school's second all-time career rusher in college to an NFL running back. It is quite common for sports stars to have befitting nicknames and Marshawn Lynch is no exception. The veteran NFL running back is variously known as...

Back in a world that no longer exists, those who spent hours playing video games were considered poor losers who couldn’t survive in the real world. Today that assertion is no longer true. Gaming has become one of the popular aspects of mainstream culture and gamers are some of the highest-paid people in the world today. With each news...

The American professional basketball team, Golden State Warriors is based in Oakland, California and of course, plays in the NBA league. Nicknamed the Dubs, the Golden State Warriors are one of the only three charter members in the NBA; others are Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. Having won the first-ever championship in 1946-47, the team was relocated to Bay...