In 2007 Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning and Cal Ripken, Jr. founded the charity Athletes for Hope, which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities.

For only the second time in his NHL career, Gretzky finished second in scoring, but narrowly beat out Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux ( who scored 199 points ) for the Hart Trophy as MVP.

Playing on a line with Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Mario Lemieux, he recorded a tournament-best 21 points in nine games.

* Mario Lemieux

The Islanders ' next opponent, the Pittsburgh Penguins, were twice-defending Stanley Cup champions and full of stars such as Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Ron Francis.

Mario Lemieux, one of the most highly touted NHL draft picks in history, was due to be drafted in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Mario Lemieux played for the Penguins from 1984 – 94, 1995 – 97, 2000 – 06.

The seven game defeat featured Mario Lemieux scoring five goals in the fifth game.

Mario Lemieux also then announced retirement due to health-related issues.

" Three Hall of Fame members came out of retirement after their induction and resumed a career in the National League: Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur and Mario Lemieux.

* Held record for most assists in one NHL season from 1970 to 1981 ( 87 in 1969 – 70, which he surpassed in 1970 – 71 with 102 ; broken by Wayne Gretzky and also bettered by Mario Lemieux )

Mario Lemieux, three-time winner.

Former Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux, as well as current Penguins stars Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar of the Ottawa Senators, and retired Pittsburgh Steeler legend Franco Harris live in Sewickley ( Lynn Swann is often thought to be a Sewickley resident, but he actually lives in the neighboring borough of Sewickley Heights ).

Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux each won it six times, while Phil Esposito and Jaromir Jagr each have five.

From 1963 to 2001, Marcel Dionne and Bryan Trottier were the only single-time winners of the scoring title, while Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Guy Lafleur, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr had won it on multiple occasions.

For two decades, from 1980 to 2001, only three players won the Art Ross Trophy — Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Jaromir Jagr.

Mario Lemieux, six-time winner.

In 1998, The Hockey News released their List of Top 100 NHL Players of All Time and listed Howe third overall, ahead of Mario Lemieux, but behind Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr.

Mario Lemieux, OC, CQ (; ; born October 5, 1965 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and co-owner of the National Hockey League's ( NHL ) Pittsburgh Penguins and the American Hockey League's ( AHL ) Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins.

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Mario and Giulio were born in the 1330s.

Mario Botta ( born April 1, 1943 ) is a Swiss architect.

Stott Despoja was born in Adelaide, the daughter of Shirley Stott, an Australian-born journalist with English heritage, and Mario Despoja, an immigrant from Croatia ( then Yugoslavia ).

Thinking that having Mario in the kart looked better than previous designs, the idea of a Mario themed racing game was born.

* Mario Andretti ( born 1940 ), American racing driver

* Mario Balotelli ( born 1990 ), Italian footballer

* Mario Basler ( born 1968 ), German footballer

* Mario Cipollini ( born 1967 ), Italian cyclist

* Mario Corti ( manager ) ( born 1946 ), Swiss businessman

* Mario Gómez ( born 1985 ), German footballer

* Mario Jardel ( born 1973 ), Brazilian football player

* Mario Matt ( born 1979 ), Austrian alpine skier

* Mario Monti ( born 1943 ), Italian economist and politician

* Mario Reiter, ( born 1970 ), Austrian alpine skier

* Mario Williams ( born 1985 ), American football player

* Mariusz Pudzianowski ( born 1977 ), strongman and mixed martial artist nicknamed " Super Mariusz " in reference to the video game character Mario

Terence Hill ( born Mario Girotti ; 29 March 1939 ) is an Italian actor.

For NASCAR Grand National winners at Daytona from 1949 – 1958, see Daytona Beach & Road Course. Mario Andretti, born in Italy, is the only driver to win the race not from the United States.

The son of Mario Berlinguer and Maria Loriga, Enrico Berlinguer was born in Sassari, Italy to a noble and important Sardinian family, in a notable cultural context, with family ties and political contacts that would heavily influence his life and career.

* Mario Monti ( born 1943 ), economist and politician ; European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004.

* Mario Dumont ( born 1970 ), Canadian politician from Québec

They included Mattia Battistini ( known as the " King of Baritones "), Giuseppe Kaschmann ( born Josip Kašman ) who, atypically, sang Wagner's Telramund and Amfortas not in Italian but in German, at the Bayreuth Festival in the 1890s ; Giuseppe Campanari ; Antonio Magini-Coletti ; Mario Ancona ( chosen to be the first Silvio in Pagliacci ); and Antonio Scotti, who came to the Met from Europe in 1899 and remained on the roster of singers until 1933.

* Mario Cipollina ( born November 10, 1954, in San Rafael, California ) – bass ( 1979 – 1995 )