The new leader of the M.B.A players union, Michele Roberts, is impressive to say the least. In an organization dominated by men, she beat out 300 hundred others to earn the honor and job of replacing a man who mismanaged funds and failed to deliver in recent years. With an economically impoverished background and an experience as one of the few African American woman to earn a private school scholarship to the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, she worked as a public defender at San Quentin after graduating law school in 1980. Later, she became a successful criminal defense attorney before joining a large prestigious corporate law firm. read more

Adam Case, the 35-year-old offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos never played college football and was a mediocre high school tight end by all accounts. Through a combination of hard work, ingenuity, and tenacity he worked his way up the ranks of professional football to become an invaluable part of the Broncos offense! read more

An American success story and a chief with feminine attributes like kindness and compassion, Cathy Lanier exemplifies the greatness of the human spirit! Skipping school at 13, pregnant at 14, married at 15 and separated at 17, chief Lanier got a GED, joined the police force at 23, and eventually obtained two masters degrees along the way to becoming chief of a 4000 strong force with an additional 450 civilian administrators. Her approach is tough but compassionate and she is well liked and effective with crime down, new initiatives prevalent (computers, blackberries, etc.) and a directive to make personal cell phones available to those in need. Please read this article. We need more cops like her! read more