Week 1
1. The Ripkens
During the latter half of the 20th century, the last name Ripken became synonymous with Major League Baseball…
2. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
In 1936, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. graduated from West Point. Four years later, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the US Army’s…
3. The Griffeys
In 1990, Ken Griffey Sr. and his son, Ken Griffey Jr., hit back-to-back homeruns while playing for the…
4. Richard Davis Winters
The HBO docudrama Band of Brothers was based on the true story of a small group of soldiers who fought together during…
5. Warrick Dunn
When Warrick Dunn was a senior in high school, his mother (an off-duty police officer) was killed while accompanying a friend to…
Week 2
6. Ziauddin Yousafzai
Ziauddin Yousafzai was an educational activist in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. He encouraged his daughter to make the most…
7. The Mannings
Archie Manning was a prolific NFL quarterback in the 1970s and two of his sons, Peyton and Eli, also played quarterback in…
8. 54th Massachusetts Infantry Brigade
After President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the state of Massachusetts raised several groups of…
9. The Road Warriors
Road Warrior Hawk and Road Warrior Animal took the world of professional wrestling by storm in the 1980s and 1990s. Due to their…
10. Bob Morales
The movie La Bamba memorialized Richie Valens death in a tragic plane crash and shed light on his relationship with his brother Bob Morales…
Week 3
11. Hank Williams
Hank Williams started a family tradition by being one of the early pioneers of country music…
12. System of a Down
The band System Of A Down (SOAD) is considered a metal group who combined amazing sound and thoughtful lyrics…
13. Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker was born about 19 years after his mother’s abduction by Comanche warriors…
14. Apolo Ohno
US speed skater Apolo Ohno became a sports icon in the early 2000s by medaling in the Winter Olympic games…
15. John McCain
The late Senator John Sidney McCain III served as a US Navy Pilot during the Vietnam War, was captured and became a prisoner of war…
Week 4
16. Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is remembered for his basketball skills and other things like popularizing the concept “Girl Dad”…
17. Kellen & Kirby Moore
In the mid-2000s, Kellen and Kirby Moore began to set football records in Washington State while playing for the Prosser Mustangs…
18. The Mayweathers
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his dad often disagree about which of the two is the better fighter…
19. John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams served as US President just over two decades after his father, John Adams, was elected to the same office…
20. Chief Joseph
In the early 1870s, Chief Joseph succeeded his father, Joseph the Elder, as Chief of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce…