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PORTRAITS

  • Eli Dershwitz poses for a portrait during team USA Fencing media day at New York Athletic Club on May 21, 2024 in New York City.
  • Mitchell Saron poses for a portrait during team USA Fencing media day at New York Athletic Club on May 21, 2024 in New York City.
  • United States Paralympian Anastasia Pagonis poses for a portrait at Farmingdale School District Aquatics Center on May 23, 2024 in Farmingdale, New York. Pagonis has autoimmune retinopathy which led her sight to decrease at the age of 11, and she lost her vision by the age of 14. She competed in the swimming competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games where she won a gold and bronze medal respectively in the 400m Freestyle S11 and 200-meter Individual Medley S11. An S11 athlete is the most severe form of visual impairment. S11 swimmers all swim with blacked-out goggles to ensure a level playing field, blocking out all light so it's like swimming with a blindfold. She will be competing in the 400m Freestyle S11 at the 2024 Paralympic Games this summer in Paris, France.
  • Boxer Mike Tyson, two time former Heavyweight champion of the world poses at the Central Boxing Club on May 27, 2005 in Phoenix, Arizona. He fought from 1985 thru 2005 and is 38 years old at the time of this photo.
  • Kelsie Whitmore #3 of the Staten Island Ferryhawks poses for a photo in front of the New York Skyline on July 09, 2022 in Staten Island, New York. Whitmore is the first woman to record a hit in association with Major League Baseball. She was the first woman to appear in the starting lineup as a left fielder, and relief pitch in an Atlantic League game. 
  • Kelsie Whitmore pitches in the bullpen before her game against the Charleston Dirty Birds at Richmond County Bank Ballpark on July 08, 2022 in Staten Island, New York.
  • Twelve year old boxer Luis Yamil Flores Rosario poses in the boxing gym at the German Rieckehoff Sampayo Carolina Sports School on November 13, 2018 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The effort continues in Puerto Rico to remain and rebuild more than one year after the Hurricane Maria hit and devastated the island on September 20, 2017. The official number of deaths from the disaster is 2,975.
  • nna Leigh Waters of the United States poses for a portrait on April 24, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 16-year-old Waters is currently the No. 1 player in world in women’s professional pickleball and competes in all three divisions: Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Singles. Waters, who started playing pickleball in 2017, became the youngest professional player and tournament champion at the age of 12.
  • Anna Leigh Waters of the United States during a photo shoot on April 24, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 16-year-old Waters is currently the No. 1 player in world in women’s professional pickleball and competes in all three divisions: Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Singles. Waters, who started playing pickleball in 2017, became the youngest professional player and tournament champion at the age of 12.
  • From (L-R) Student Exercise Riders and Student Jockeys Kiara Melendez, Yalexamarie Cintron, Elbaliz Rodriguez, Valeria Melendez, Jolines Ramos, and Valeria Acevedo pose for a portrait on the main racetrack at the Vocational Equestrian Agustín Mercado Reverón School located in the Hipódromo Camarero on November 16, 2022 in Canovanas, Puerto Rico. The Vocational Equestrian Agustín Mercado Reverón School has produced some of the best jockeys in the world but also prepares students for a wide range of equestrian jobs on a tuition-free basis.
  • Canadian World champion and Olympic Swimmer Summer McIntosh poses in Florida 2023.
  • Heavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder poses for a portrait at Gleason's Gym on May 14, 2019 in New York City.
  • Team USA Para Powerlifter Garrison Redd poses for a portrait in his wheelchair in Robert E. Venable Park on April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York. Redd was a standout high school football star running back. He also participated in boxing and baseball. In the Summer of 2005 he was the victim of a random shooting as an innocent bystander while standing on the corner of his home in Brownsville section of Brooklyn. The bullet burned the nerves surrounding the T-12 section of his spine. He has been paralyzed from the waist down ever since. He has competed in Wheelchair Racing, and Adaptive Field sports. In 2018 he turned his attention to Para Powerlifting and hopes to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games this summer.
  • Senior Track and Field athlete Glynn Osborn aged sixty nine poses for a portrait during the Huntsman World Senior Games on October 15, 2019 in St. George, Utah.
  • Senior swimmer Marie Degennaro aged Fifty Nine poses for a portrait during the Huntsman World Senior Games on October 10, 2019 in in St.George Utah.
  • Water polo athlete Ashleigh Johnson poses for a portrait during the 2024 Team USA Media Summit at Marriott Marquis Hotel on April 16, 2024 in New York City.
  • Donovan McNabb, Quarterback of The Philadelphia Eagles poses for a portrait on April 2, 2008 at his home in Moorestown, New Jersey.
  • James Harden #13 of the Brooklyn Nets poses for a portrait during Brooklyn Nets Media Day at Barclays Center on September 27, 2021 in New York City.
  • Nic Claxton #33 of the Brooklyn Nets poses for a portrait during Brooklyn Nets Media Day at Barclays Center on September 27, 2021 in New York City.
  • Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets pose for a portrait during Media Day at HSS Training Center on September 27, 2019 in New York City.
  • J.W. Harris poses for a portrait during the PBR Monster Energy Buck Off at Madison Square Garden on January 8, 2017 in New York City.
  • Alan Teemer Jr. shadowboxes on the beach on May 18, 2020 in Long Beach, New York. Alan is an Amateur boxer who fought in the New York City Golden Gloves and made the Semi Finals in the Open 123lb class. He was training to compete in this year's Golden Gloves tournament but it has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Gym he fights for is called the Freeport Boxing Club and has been closed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo since March 16th due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Until the gyms are deemed safe to open he will continue to stay fit by training at home with the hope that he can box again later this year. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
  • Golf Personality David Feherty Poses in New York City on December 3, 2015
  • Jamaican Sprinter Yohan Blake. He is a World and Olympic Champion. January 21, 2015
  • Former NFL Hall of Fame Wide Reciever and Three time Super Bowl Champion Jerry Rice shot September 17, 2015
  • Professional Golfer Lexi Thompson poses for a portrait underwater in Miami Beach, Florida on December 13. 2016.A Part of the {quote}Strive For Greatness{quote} Series Shot for Red Bull
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  • Light Heavyweight boxer Marcus Browne throws punches in the water on August 19, 2014 in Old Bethpage, New York.
  • Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees poses for a portrait on Photo Day at George M. Steinbrenner Field on February 23, 2011 in Tampa, Florida.
  • Chad Ochocinco of the Cincinnati Bengals poses during a portrait shoot on June 14, 2005 in Washington, DC.
  • Two time Super Bowl Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers poses for a portrait at the Steelers' practice facility on April 15, 2005 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Jorge Posada #20, Derek Jeter#2, And Mariano Rivera #42, of the New York Yankees pose for a portrait on Photo Day at George M. Steinbrenner Field on February 23, 2011 in Tampa, Florida. Each player has won 5 World Series Championships playing for the Yankees.
  • Jonathan Vilma of the New York Jets poses during a portrait shoot on June 14, 2005 in Washington, DC.
  • Swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States poses for a portrait on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, won five gold medals and one silver in Rio. He has 23 gold medals in his career.
  • USA Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps poses on May 16, 2004 during the US Olympic Media Summit at the Marriott Marqui in New York City.
  • Boxing Champion (Pretty Boy) Floyd Mayweather Jr. poses during a photo shoot at the Top Rank Gym on August 21, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Three division boxing Champion Arturo Gatti poses during a photo shoot at the World Boxing and Fitness Center in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 9, 2006.
  • Two time Heavyweight Champion boxer Evander Holyfield poses in his home in Atlanta, Georgia on December 29, 1997.
  • USA 400m Gold Medalist LaShawn Merritt poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit at the Palmer House Hilton on April 16, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Pitcher, Jeff Fulchino, #47 of the Houston Astros poses for a portrait during Spring Training photo Day at Osceola County Stadium on February 24, 2011 in Kissimmee, Florida.
  • A Boxer trains at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, NY in 2000.
  • USA Olympic Gold Medalist Sprinter Allyson Felix poses for a portrait on April 30, 2008 in Santa Clarita, California.
  • Olympic Gold Medalist Sprinter Allyson Felix of the USA poses for a portrait on April 29, 2008 in Santa Clarita, California.
  • Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay of the United States of America poses for a portrait at the National Training Center on June 14, 2010 in Clermont, Florida.
  • Joe Frazier, the former Heavyweight Champion of the World poses for a portrait at his boxing gym on March 18, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Joe Frazier, Former Heavyweight Champion of the world poses for a portrait on March 18, 2009 at his boxing gym in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies poses during Photo Day on February 24, 2007 at Brighthouse Networks Field in Clearwater, Florida.
  • Featherweight contender Gary {quote}Kid{quote} Stark Jr. punches at a stream of water at the Church Street Gym on November 16, 2007 in New York, New York.
  • Featherweight contender Gary {quote}Kid{quote} Stark Jr. at the Church Street Gym on November 16, 2007 in New York, New York.
  • Middleweight Boxing Champion Kelly Pavlik poses in front of a Locomotive Train on July 16, 2007 in Youngstown, Ohio.
  • Boxing Champion Shane Mosley, poses for a portrait at Chelsea Piers Gym on March 17, 2006 in New York City, New York.
  • USA Olympian Brendan Hansen poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit at the Palmer House Hilton on April 15, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
  • NBA All star Vince Carter poses in October, 1998 at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
  • Lance Armstrong, seven time Tour De France winner poses in Solvang, California on January 21, 2005.
  • USA Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Anton Ohno poses for a portrait on October 13, 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Apolo Anton Ohno poses for a portrait on October 13, 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Fencer Tim Morehouse poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit at the Palmer House Hilton on April 16, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Boxing Promoter Don King poses in Atlantic City, New Jersey 1998
  • Senior Weightlifter. Los Angeles, California 2007.
  • A Senior Golfer sits in the Clubhouse before a round of Golf.
  • USA Olympic Team Water polo player Merrill Moses poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summitt at the Palmer House Hilton on April 14, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Darrelle Revis, All Pro Cornerback for the New York Jets poses for a portrait on January 10, 2007 at the Jets training complex in Hempstead, New York.
  • Olympic Gold Medal Swimer Ryan Lochte poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit at the Palmer House Hilton on April 15, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Olympic and World Cup Soccer champion Abby Wambach poses for a portrait during the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summitt at the Palmer House Hilton on April 14, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Abby Wambach
  • New Jersey Devils Goalie Martin Brodeur, Three time Stanley cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, and winningest goalie in NHL history poses for a portrait on October 2, 2008 at The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  • NHL All Star Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals poses on January 30, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia.
  • Jaromir Jagr of the New York Rangers poses for a portrait representing The Czec Republic in the 2006 Winter Olympics. The Portrait was taken at The Rangers training complex in Tarrytown, New York on December 29, 2005.
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