Over the last four years the Falcons, under General Manager Thomas Dimitroff, Head Coach Mike Smith, and Quarterback Matt Ryan, have been one of the best franchises in the NFC.

On April 26, Matt Ryan ( quarterback from Boston College ) was drafted third overall in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Falcons.

Matt Ryan started all 16 games in his rookie season and was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more TD passes to Mario Manningham and Nicks and the defense completed its shutout of the Falcons to give the New York Giants the win, 24-2, and the Falcons their third straight playoff loss with Matt Ryan and Mike Smith.

Prior to the 2002 season, the Marlins traded RHP Matt Clement and RHP Antonio Alfonseca to the Cubs for RHP Julian Tavarez, LHP Dontrelle Willis, RHP Jose Cueto and C Ryan Jorgensen.

Afterwards, it follows Tom Hanks as United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller and seven other soldiers ( Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies ) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan ( Matt Damon ), who is the last-surviving brother of four servicemen.

* Matt Damon as Private First Class James Francis Ryan, a paratrooper

After his departure, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Kinnaman, Russell Crowe, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, and Jon Hamm were considered for the lead role.

Monsignor Ryan ( Cecil Kellaway ), a senior Catholic priest friend of Matt, is also present at dinner and is a voice for tolerance.

After Tom Powers ( James Cagney ) and his childhood friend, Matt Doyle ( Edward Woods ), grow into young adults, the film follows them as they gradually progress from small crimes ( such as stealing watches from a department store as children ) to worse crimes ( such as killing a policeman during a botched robbery attempt as teenagers ), after being hired by local bootlegger Paddy Ryan ( Robert Emmett O ' Connor ).

* Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan

The new lineup consisted of Slash, Griparic, singer Rod Jackson, guitarist Ryan Roxie and drummer Matt Laug ( Roxie and Laug were both former members of Alice Cooper's solo band ).

Completing the lineup were guitarist Ryan Roxie, formerly of Alice Cooper, and drummer Matt Laug, also from Alice Cooper and the band Venice.

Courage Under Fire is a 1996 film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips and Matt Damon.

The Eagles beat Virginia Tech on October 25, 2007, led by Matt Ryan with two touchdown passes in the final 2: 11 of the game.

He is portrayed by Matt Ryan in the TV series The Tudors.

** Ryan Coleman, Matt Mueller, Mackenzie Stagg, Laurienne Uguen

Former UND students who have gone on to notable careers in athletics include former NBA player and current NBA coach Phil Jackson, ice hockey player who played in the 1980 Winter Olympics " Miracle on Ice " game Dave Christian, NHL professional ice hockey players Ed Belfour, Tony Hrkac, Jonathan Toews – captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, Zach Parise – New Jersey Devils, Travis Zajac – New Jersey Devils, T. J. Oshie – St. Louis Blues, Ryan Bayda – Pittsburgh Penguins, Drew Stafford – Buffalo Sabres, Brian Lee – Ottawa Senators, Matt Smaby – Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Jones – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Commodore – Columbus Blue Jackets, Jason Blake – Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Johnson – Vancouver Canucks, NFL professional football players Jim Kleinsasser – and Dave Osborn, both of the Minnesota Vikings, CFL professional football players Weston Dressler, David Griswold – Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Other notable curveball pitchers since 1900 are / were Barry Zito, Adam Wainwright, Sal Maglie, Dwight Gooden, Nolan Ryan, David Wells, Darryl Kile, Matt Morris, Orel Hershiser, Aaron Sele, Tommy Bridges, Bert Blyleven, Steve Carlton, and Mordecai " Three Finger " Brown.

The face of young private Ryan ( played by actor Matt Damon ) is slowly morphed back to an older private Ryan ( played by Harrison Young ), while at the same time the background is dissolved from a besieged city during World War Two, into a graveyard set in the modern day ; there is no doubt in the audience's mind that these two men are one and the same.

The strike denied Matt Williams a chance to beat Roger Maris's single season home run record — he had 43 HR in 115 team games, and was thus on pace for 60 when the strike hit with 47 games left to play ( Bonds had 37, on pace for 52 ).

* Tommy ' Birdman ' Rowland ( played by Matt Dillon ) — Head snow plower and former high school hockey star.

Matt, on a visit home, causes a family argument when his parents refuse to believe that the Patrol — and especially their son — would actually bomb Iowa.

** Cruise Control — Matt Palmieri

* Matt Murton — Oakland Athletics outfielder ; went to high school in McDonough.

The first lineup of the band consisted of Slash, two of his Guns N ' Roses band mates — drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke — as well as Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez and former Jellyfish live guitarist Eric Dover on lead vocals.

Farmer Matt Moore spoke on this issue: " How does it affect the consumer to know that broccoli takes 105 days to grow a head ?," [...] " The supermarket mode is one of plenty — it's always stocked.

Inspired by the works of Hungarian director Bela Tarr and American maverick John Cassavetes, Van Sant retreated to the deserts of Argentina, Utah, and Death Valley for 2002's Gerry, a loosely devised, largely improvised feature in which stars Matt Damon and Casey Affleck — both playing characters named Gerry — wander through the desert, discussing Wheel of Fortune, video games, and nothing in particular.

Live guitarists can vary depending on who is available — their summer 2006 tour had Joe Harrison and Matt Beld in place of the Agnews.

Walter Matthew Jefferies ( August 12, 1921-July 21, 2003 ) — known as Matt Jefferies — was an American aviation and mechanical artist, set designer and writer, best known for designing the original Starship Enterprise for the Star Trek television series.

* Independent Spirit Award ( 1989 ) — Best Actor ( Matt Dillon ), Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor ( Max Perlich )

Brown's name has been mentioned on two occasions for the coaching job at his alma mater — in 2000 when Bill Guthridge stepped down and in 2003 when Matt Doherty was forced out.

It was while delivering flowers that he heard he had landed his biggest break — the role of Chester Goode, the limping, loyal assistant of Marshal Matt Dillon ( James Arness ) on the new television series Gunsmoke — which would go on to become the highest-rated and longest-running series in US television history ( 1955 to 1975 ).

The show stars three Earth children — Matt, Jackie and Inez — and Digit, a " cyboid " ( a bird-like cyborg ).

In his film debut, Matt Damon has a small part — his sole line in the film being, " Mom, do you want my green stuff?

These players include Andy Pafko ( who, coincidentally, played in the 1945 World Series as a Cub ), Gene Baker, Smoky Burgess, Don Hoak, Dale Long, Lou Brock ( whose first title was in after a mid-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals ), Lou Johnson, Jim Brewer, Moe Drabowsky, Don Cardwell, Ken Holtzman, Billy North, Fred Norman, Bill Madlock, Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, Rick Monday, Burt Hooton, Bruce Sutter, Willie Hernández, Joe Niekro, Dennis Eckersley, Joe Carter, Greg Maddux, Joe Girardi ( as both a player and a manager ), José Vizcaíno, Glenallen Hill ( after his second stint with the Cubs ; his title came in after a mid-season trade ), Luis Gonzalez, Mike Morgan, Mark Grace, Mark Bellhorn, Bill Mueller, Scott Eyre ( whose title came in after he been traded from the Cubs during the season ), Tom Gordon, Matt Stairs, Jamie Moyer, in, Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot — the former of whom had been traded the offseason before, the latter having been traded that midseason, and in, Ryan Theriot who was traded the previous season.

* Matt Dudenhoeffer — guitar, ( 1994 – present )

* Matt Hoover — Second season winner of NBC's " The Biggest Loser "

* Matt Wood — drums

* Matt Ryan, Andrew Hoy and Gillian Rolton — Equestrian, Three-day Event Team Competition

* February 5 – 6: Emerald City ComiCon ( Qwest Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington ) — guests include Adam Kubert, Jhonen Vasquez, Tony Harris, Josh Middleton, Travis Charest, Cary Nord, Steve McNiven, Mike Choi, Russ Heath, Michael Lark, David Finch, Eric Powell, Dustin Nguyen, Roy Thomas, Andy Owens, Drew Johnson, Pete Woods, Jason Pearson, Tim Sale, Brian Michael Bendis, Kurt Busiek, Robert Kirkman, Jim Cheung, Ed Brubaker, Sean Chen, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Greg Rucka, Alex Maleev, Scott Kurtz, Crab Scrambly, Dexter Vines, Gail Simone, Jay Faerber, John Layman, Ford Gilmore, David Hahn, Matthew Clark, Tom Peyer, Karl Kesel, Rebecca Woods, Jeff Parker, Steve Lieber, Ron Randall, Paul Guinan, Steve Rolston, Takeshi Miyazawa, Dave Stewart, Matt Haley, Bill Schelly, and Steve Sadowski