What sports league did a star of Learning the Ropes play in?
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Learning the Ropes Learning the Ropes is a Canadian-produced sitcom that aired on CTV in Canada and in syndication in the United States from September 1988 to March 1989. The series stars Lyle Alzado as Robert Randall, a teacher who works as a professional wrestler in the evening. Although his children knew about Randall's double life, the family was forced to keep it secret at school. The series featured guest appearances by many wrestlers of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
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Lyle Alzado Lyle Martin Alzado (April 3, 1949 – May 14, 1992) was a professional American football defensive end of the National Football League famous for his intense and intimidating style of play.
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Doug Reinhardt Douglas Francis Reinhardt (born October 22, 1984) is an American baseball player, sports agent, and television personality. He is best known for playing baseball for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Baltimore Orioles, and his appearances on the hit television show "The Hills." Reinhardt now works as a professional sports agent for Beverly Hills Sports Council, a Los Angeles-based professional baseball agency.
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Alton Ford Alton Ford, Jr. (born May 29, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association and other leagues. He last played for the NBA D-League team the Erie BayHawks.
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Boots Day Charles Frederick "Boots" Day (born August 31, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. A native of Ilion, New York, Day played Major League Baseball for all or parts of six seasons (1969–74), with the bulk of that time spent with the Montreal Expos. He threw and batted left-handed, stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He is currently the hitting coach for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.
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Micheal Ray Richardson Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson (born April 11, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. He most recently was head coach of London Lightning of the National Basketball League of Canada. Richardson played college basketball for the Montana Grizzlies. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for eight years, most notably for the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets.
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Alabama Pitts Edwin Collins "Alabama" Pitts, Jr. (November 22, 1909 – June 7, 1941) was an American convicted felon who garnered media attention in his attempt to play professional baseball after his release from Sing Sing prison. After being denied the ability to play for the Albany Senators of the International League in 1935 by the president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, he appealed to Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who withheld his appeal. Pitts went on to play for five years as a baseball player and two years as a football player, including one as a member of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles.
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Bruiser Kinard Frank Manning "Bruiser" Kinard Sr. (October 23, 1914 – September 7, 1985) was a professional American football player for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) and the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. He played college football at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
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Alex Karras Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American football player, professional wrestler, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl player with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), where he played from 1958 to 1962 and 1964 to 1970. As an actor, Karras is noted for his role as Mongo in the 1974 comedy film "Blazing Saddles", and for starring in the ABC sitcom "Webster" (1983–1989) alongside his wife Susan Clark, as the title character's adoptive father. He was also featured prominently in "Victor Victoria", starring Julie Andrews and James Garner. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame
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Rex Hudler Rex Allen Hudler (born September 2, 1960) is a TV Color Commentator for the Kansas City Royals and a former Major League Baseball utility player. He played a total of fourteen seasons after being a first round draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1978. During his career, he was known primarily by the nickname "Wonderdog", after the character from the old "Super Friends" animated television series. He was also known by the moniker "Bug Eater".
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Lastings Milledge Lastings Darnell Milledge (born April 5, 1985) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago White Sox. He was the youngest player in MLB's National League during the 2006 season.
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Brandon Jennings Brandon Byron Jennings (born September 23, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanxi Brave Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). After graduating from Oak Hill Academy, he decided to play professional basketball with Italian club Lottomatica Roma, leading to controversy and debate on the NBA's "prep-to-pro" policy that was adopted in 2006. After a year in Italy, Jennings declared for the 2009 NBA draft and was selected 10th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. He played his first four seasons in Milwaukee before being traded to the Detroit Pistons in 2013. Jennings spent his next three seasons in Detroit before he was traded to the Orlando Magic in 2016. He went on to split the 2016–17 season with the New York Knicks and Washington Wizards.
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Manuel Lee Manuel Lora Lee (born June 17, 1965) is a former shortstop and second baseman for Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays (1985–92), Texas Rangers (1993–94) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995). He was originally signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Mets in 1982.
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Chet Simmons Chester Robert "Chet" Simmons (July 11, 1928 – March 25, 2010) was a television executive. He worked at ABC Sports, NBC Sports and ESPN, and was the first Commissioner of the USFL. From 1957 to 1964, he helped build ABC Sports into a leader in sports programming and was a key part of the development of "Wide World of Sports". He joined NBC Sports in 1964 where he stayed for 15 years becoming the first President in 1977. At NBC, he pioneered instant replay and coverage of the Olympics and NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. In 1979, he left NBC to join the soon to launch ESPN becoming its second President. At ESPN, he oversaw the launch of the Network, the development of "SportsCenter", the first broadcasts of the NFL Draft, coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and the development of Chris Berman, Bob Ley, George Grande, Greg Gumbel and Dick Vitale. In 1982, he became the first Commissioner of the United States Football League and led it through three Championships and players including Herschel Walker, Jim Kelly, Reggie White, Steve Young and Anthony Carter.
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Jamie Silva James J. Silva (born December 14, 1984) is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football for Boston College, and earned consensus All-American honors. He was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
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Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian-Bahamian film and television actor, businessman, retired basketball player, and eSports franchise owner. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Fox is currently a Founding Partner at Vision Venture Partners, spearheading the private equity firm’s move into professional eSports and providing strategic guidance, creative direction and business development support to each of VVP's portfolio companies. He is also the owner of premier eSports franchise Echo Fox.
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Jim Springer James E. Springer (born June 17, 1926) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League, Basketball Association of America, and American Basketball League during the early years of modern professional basketball in the United States. Springer began his collegiate career at Indiana State Teacher's College, where he played one season for Glenn Curtis before completing his collegiate career at Canterbury College in Danville, Indiana.
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Dan Osman Daniel Eugene Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) was an American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sports of free-soloing, rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear. He participated in rope free-flying or rope jumping, falling several hundred feet from a cliff then being caught by a safety rope, for which his record was over 1000 ft .
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Dion James Dion James (born November 9, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball player who played as a left and center fielder for an eleven-year career from 1983 to 1985, 1987–1990, 1992–1993, 1995-1996. James starred at C.K. McClatchy High School in Sacramento, California before being selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the first round (25th overall) in the 1980 Amateur Entry Draft. He played for the Brewers, Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees all of the American League and the Atlanta Braves of the National League.
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Leron Lee Leron Lee (born March 4, 1948 in Bakersfield, California) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He was the inspiration for the 1992 film "Mr. Baseball", as Leron was the first Major League player to move to Japan at the height of his career and to wed a Japanese woman.
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The Ropes The Ropes are an indie rock duo from New York City, composed of vocalist and bassist Sharon Shy and multi-instrumentalist "Toppy".
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Jeff Skinner Jeffrey Scott Skinner (born May 16, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player currently playing for and an alternate captain of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Skinner was the youngest player in the NHL during the  season and is the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All Star Game, as well as any All-Star game within the four major North American sports leagues. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for best rookie in the 2010–11 NHL season at age 18, the first to do so since Tom Barrasso won it in 1983–84 as a member of the Buffalo Sabres.