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If you are looking for a sports speaker for your next event, you may want to consider hiring Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Troy Aikman. Troy is one of the most popular motivational speakers on the circuit today, says PFP Sports and Celebrity Talent Agency.

Troy Aikman speaks to a small crowd at the NFL experience on Monday, January 31, as part of Verizon's celebrity matchup's. Photo Credit: WFAA

Aikman was the number one overall draft pick in 1989 where he played 12 consecutive seasons as quarterback with the Dallas Cowboys. During his NFL career he was a 6x Pro Bowl selection, led the team to 3 Super Bowl victories, and was the Super Bowl XXVII MVP. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. ... Read Full Story

ARLINGTON, TX – Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback, Troy Aikman, along with Joe Buck will be the announcers for the 2011 Super Bowl to be held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on February 6th at 6:30 p.m. (ET).

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman are set to announce The 2011 Super Bowl in Arlington Texas

The anticipated football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers is set to be televised on Fox. This will be the first Super Bowl in the Cowboys new stadium.
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If you’re looking to hire arguably the hottest coach in college football today for an appearance or as a motivational speaker, who would that be? Nick Saban at Alabama? Gary Patterson at TCU? Both are good choices but my pick would be Gene Chizik at Auburn.

Chizik isn’t a “I told you so” kind of guy. But after coaching Auburn to its first national championship since 1957, he must feel some sense of satisfaction given the uproar that surrounded his hiring two years ago. ... Read Full Story

Two-time World Series champions, Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven, were easily named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, after falling shy of the required votes to enter last year.

Roberto Alomar (R) with Toronto BlueJays president and CEO, Paul Beeston (L)

This time both players made it, receiving more than enough votes allowing them to receive recognition among baseball’s greatest legends. ... Read Full Story

Retired NFL quarterback Kurt Warner told the NFL Network on Monday, Jan 3, that Brett Favre has hurt his legacy, at least in the short term.

Kurt Warner, a popular speaker at PFP Talent, discusses Brett Favre legacy

“I think he did [tarnish his legacy],” Warner said. “Not only this season, but the last few seasons, going back and forth [on retirement] and bouncing to a few different teams. I think about it, and I have to really think hard to think back to when he was a Green Bay Packer and when he played his best football and was in Super Bowls and when he became the Brett Favre we all know.” ... Read Full Story

Gene Stallings, former head football coach of the University of Alabama, is a popular motivational speaker and Christian speaker on the circuit today says booking agent PFP Sports and Celebrity Talent Agency. Stallings began his coaching career in 1958 as an assistant under Bear Bryant at Alabama. His first head coaching job came at the age of 29 when Stallings was named the head coach at Texas A&M. He coached the Aggies for seven seasons and compiled a record of 27-45-1, including a Southwest Conference title in 1967.

Gene Stallings with Summerdale Mayor David Wilson during a speaking engagement in June 2010. G.M. ANDREWS/Staff Photographer

In 1972, Stallings was hired by Tom Landry as an assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys, where he remained for 14 years. In 1986, he was named the head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, where he compiled a 23-34-1 record in three seasons. ... Read Full Story

PHOTO CREDIT: Walter Iooss Jr./SI

Quarterback Drew Brees has been named the recipient of Sports Illustrated’s 57th Sportsman of the Year award. Drew’s notoriety comes not only from winning Super Bowl XLIV, but also from giving back hope and pride to the city of New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

“It’s an unbelievable honor, for everything that it stands for,” Brees said of the Sports Illustrated award Tuesday morning on NBC’s Today show. “And it just makes me reflect back on the last five years in New Orleans, and the teams that I’ve had the opportunity to play for. And it’s just been a special, special journey.”

“I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me,” he said. “And that’s why myself and my wife Brittany, we just tried to throw ourselves into the community, to do our part.”

Who can forget the image of Brees carrying his one-year old son, Baylen, onto the field after winning Super Bowl XLIV, restoring pride back to the city that so much believed in him. ... Read Full Story

Baseball fans love MLB Hall of Famer, Brooks Robinson, who many say was the greatest defensive third-baseman of all time. Brooks, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009, is a popular motivational speaker and cancer speaker on the circuit today.

Brooks Robinson is a popular cancer speaker at PFP Sports and Celebrity Talent Agency

In 2009 Brooks announced during a luncheon for the American Cancer Society that he had undergone successful treatment for prostate cancer. ... Read Full Story

Retired Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker, Jack Ham, was named the greatest outside linebacker of all time by a slew of professional sports writers, beating out Lawrence Taylor for this honor.  According to Steelers coach Chuck Noll, Jack was blessed with tremendous quickness. His teammate Andy Russell said he was the “fastest Steeler for the first ten yards, on a team which included football greats John Stallworth, Lynn Swann and Frank Lewis.

Ham was one of the few outside linebackers who could play pass defense as well as the NFL’s top safeties. Although he was a ferocious hitter, he was known as a player who couldn’t be fooled and was seldom out of position. Maxie Baughan, the great former NFL linebacker said of Ham, “He was one of the more intelligent players to ever play that position. He was able to diagnose plays. You couldn’t ever fool him.” ... Read Full Story

Baseball fans love MLB Hall of Famer, Mike Schmidt, who many experts consider to be one of the greatest third basemen in the history of major league baseball. Mike spends much of his time as philanthropist but he is also a popular speaker on the circuit today, drawing enormous crowds wherever he goes.

Mike Schmidt is a top motivational speaker at PFP Sports and Celebrity Talent Agency

Schmidt was voted National League MVP three times, an All-Star 12 times, and received more votes than any other third baseman in 1999′s Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1995, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Read Full Story