Axell Hodges is a six-time X Games medalist and motocross competitor. He crashed and injured his ankles while practicing for the longest motorcycle jump in history.

Vicki Golden is a professional freestyle motocross rider and four-time X Games gold medalist. On 'Evel Live 2,' Golden shattered the motorcycle firewall record when she sped through a series of flaming wooden boards.

Travis Pastrana is an American professional stuntman and competitive motorsports athlete who is a multiple X Games gold medalist and NASCAR racer.

Tristan Thompson is a Canada-born NBA professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He welcomed a daughter with reality star Khloe Kardashian in April 2018.

Hall of Fame basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years.

One week after Team USA's Jamie Anderson became the the first female snowboarder to win two Olympic gold medals, she set herself up for a third by advancing to the final of the women's big air competition.

Mirai Nagasu is the first American female figure skater in history to perform a triple axel at an Olympics, which she accomplished at the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Tonya Harding is an American figure skater who ruined her future in the sport when she was implicated in the attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Winter Olympic trials.

Figure skater Adam Rippon became the first openly gay American man to qualify for the Winter Olympics with his selection to the U.S. team for the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

Ronda Rousey is making history: the UFC announced they’re inducting her as their first female Hall of Famer in a ceremony this July 5 in Las Vegas. “There would be no women in UFC without Ronda Rousey,” UFC President Dana White said in the statement.

Irishman Conor McGregor became the biggest star in the sport of mixed martial arts while claiming the Ultimate Fighting Championship's featherweight and lightweight titles.

American golfer Jack Nicklaus won six Masters Tournaments among his 18 career major championships—both professional records.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional soccer player who has set records while playing for the Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus clubs, as well as the Portuguese national team.

Michael Phelps shared his personal struggle with anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts at a mental health conference. The Olympic swimmer said his first major depression was in 2004, which was around the time he was charged with his first DUI.

Fiery Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic became one of Europe's top strikers while starring for eight consecutive title-winning clubs.

Gymnast Aly Raisman accepted the ESPYs' Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of the numerous victims of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse. "To all the survivors out there, don't let anyone rewrite your story," she said. "Your truth does matter, you matter and you are not alone."

Tiger Woods is a professional golfer who set an amazing career in motion in 1997, when he became the youngest man and the first African American to win the U.S. Masters.

NBA guard James Harden, known as 'The Beard,' has emerged as one of the top players in pro basketball since his trade to the Houston Rockets in 2012.

Former pro basketball player Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself as one of the game's all-time greats.

American tennis great Billie Jean King broke down barriers in her push for equal prize money for women, and as one of the first well-known openly gay athletes.

In a CNN interview, beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh-Jennings says she was warned she might lose her sponsorships when she discovered she was six weeks pregnant with her first child at the London Olympics. “Certain brands stepped up when others leave. That’s just the cycle of life,” she said.

American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, a 2010 Olympic gold medalist, has won four World Cup overall titles and owns the record for most World Cup wins by a woman.

After winning gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the men’s halfpipe with a score of 97.75, American Shaun White made history as the only 3-time gold medalist snowboarder at the Games. Later, he apologized for past behavior after recently calling sexual harassment claims levied against him in 2016 “gossip.”

The world heavyweight boxing champion from June 22, 1937, until March 1, 1949, Joe Louis held the title longer than anyone else in history.