He sang " God Save the Queen ", the United Kingdom's national anthem, before the Floyd Mayweather Jr .- Ricky Hatton fight in 2007 ; he sang " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ", the Welsh national anthem, at the fight between fellow Welshman Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins in 2008 ; and he sang " God Save the Queen " before the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight in 2009.

He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man, as Tracy Reynolds, NBA star in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan in the 2009 TV series V.

* November ( 2009 ) ( Ed " Tiger " Verdin and Ricky Pellerin )

He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009, The Ricky Gervais Show.

* The Invention of Lying is a 2009 movie depicting the fictitious invention of the first lie, starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, and Tina Fey.

Dominic Keating was also responsible for the voice-over in the Ricky Gervais movie “ The Invention of Lying ” – 2009 Release by WB.

Piper with Ricky Steamboat and Jimmy Snuka before their match with Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXV in 2009.

He followed that victory with his first points race win as a driver / owner at Pocono in the Pocono 500 on June 7, 2009, the first owner-driver in the Cup series to win a race since Ricky Rudd in 1998.

The 2008, 2009 and 2010 track configurations were designed by former champion, Ricky Carmichael.

His Australian record for Test Match runs stood for 15 years before Ricky Ponting overtook him during the Third Ashes Test against England in July 2009.

His Test aggregate was superseded by Ricky Ponting in 2009.

Ricky Ponting at a training session at the Adelaide Oval in 2009.

" He also played Ricky Gannon on a CSI: Miami episode that aired February 2, 2009.

At the 2009 Grand Prix King needed three snookers in the deciding frame against Ricky Walden to claim a 5 – 4 victory.

He made his 2009 debut catching Ricky Romero at Rogers Centre in Toronto on April 19, in a 1 – 0 win over the Oakland Athletics.

* 2009: Ricky

In 2009 Ricky Gervais appeared on Inside the Actors Studio, in which James Lipton asked Gervais if he could interview Gervais in character as David Brent for a brief period in the show.

Clarke won the 2009 Allan Border Medal in a tie with Ricky Ponting both scoring 41 points, and was named Test Cricketer of the Year.

In October 2009, Clarke was named as captain of Australia's Twenty20 side, taking over from the retired Ricky Ponting.

In the 2009 home series against England, in scoring his 13th Test match century Sarwan equalled the record for the most centuries in the fourth innings – a record he shares with Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting, In the first innings of the fourth test he recorded his personal best of 291 which equalled the highest score for the West Indies of the great Sir Vivian Richards.

Merchant has played small roles in the films Hot Fuzz ( 2007 ), Run Fatboy Run ( 2007 ), and The Invention of Lying ( 2009 ), the latter starring Ricky Gervais.

Harris signed a one-year contract with the Oakland Raiders on August 24, 2009 after the team released cornerback Ricky Manning.

On July 10, 2009, R-Truth debuted a new prankster character known as Pretty Ricky in a promo on SmackDown that showed him in a sleeveless T-shirt and a set of fake teeth trying to get his way into the Rabobank Arena.

Richardson attracted interest from Bolton Wanderers in the 2009 January transfer window, but manager Ricky Sbragia insisted that he was not for sale.

His last game during his loan spell for Hull City was an FA Cup victory over Newcastle United on 14 January 2009, as he was recalled to Sunderland by manager Ricky Sbragia.

Ponting with Brad Haddin ( left ) and Nathan Hauritz ( right ) in the Third and final Test against South Africa in Sydney, January 2009

In Australia's two drawn warm-up matches ahead of the 2009 Ashes, Ponting struggled to adjust to the English conditions, somewhat, with a highest score of 71.

Ponting scored 853 runs at 38. 77 in 13 Tests in 2009, and scored only one century and seven half-centuries.

Clarke has won the award three times: he won in 2005 despite Damien Martyn being the red-hot favourite ; he shared the award with Ponting in 2009, and won it again outright in 2012.

* 2009: Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke

The series Glee, which began in 2009, features Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, the captain of her high school cheerleading squad, the Cheerios.

* 2009 – FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo Narita International Airport, Japan, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.

The technique was also used by Spock to subdue James Kirk in the 2009 film, when Kirk opposes Spock's decision as captain of the USS Enterprise to reunite with the remainder of Starfleet in the Lorentian system, instead of pursuing Nero immediately.

In 2009, he was an honorary team captain, represented by his son, Bronko Nagurski Jr., at the opening game of TCF Bank Stadium.

2009 Ville Platte High School graduate Rarlensee Nelson is a senior point guard and captain of the University of New Orleans Basketball team.

On 12 Feb 2009 Andrew Perry and Molly Kendall, crew members of the MY Steve Irwin, were married on the island by captain Paul Watson.

On 8 July 2009, Alfredsson became the longest serving active captain in the NHL, as former Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu signed with the Anaheim Ducks and former Colorado Avalanche captain Joe Sakic announced his retirement.

He was the captain of the Iran national football team from 2006 to 2009, and currently is the third most capped Iranian International After Ali Daei and Ali Karimi.

After 1 game with Assistant Manager Steve Thompson acting as caretaker manager, club captain Terry Skiverton was announced as manager until the end of the 2009 – 10 season, with Nathan Jones as his assistant.

On June 29, 2009, he was named an honourary Team Canada member and honourary captain of Canada's 2010 Men's Olympic Hockey Team.

Fowler was subsequently named North Queensland Fury's captain for the 2009 / 10 season and the first in the club's history.

Koivu was named an alternate captain of the Ducks before the 2009 – 10 season began.

* First ever European-born captain of the Montreal Canadiens – 1999 – 2009

On 9 April 2009, Steve Bruce, Brenda Spencer, Michael Brown and club captain, Mario Melchiot, unveiled the Latics ' new club shop, housed in the Springfield Stand ( West ) of the DW Stadium.

* February 23-Molly Kool, North America's first registered female sea captain ( d. 2009 )

The last captain was John Smit, who before he retired in 2011 played hooker for most of his career, although he has also been a prop, mainly in 2008 and 2009.

On 28 January 2009, it was announced that Montgomerie would be the captain the European team at the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.

After sitting out the entire 2009 regular season, McAllister was re-signed by the Saints on January 15, 2010 — just one day before their divisional round playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals, to serve as the honorary captain.

* Nero, Romulan mining captain and villain, played by Eric Bana in the 2009 film Star Trek

Three games into the season, Souray suffered a concussion after Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla checked him into the boards head-first on October 8, 2009.

In 2008 – 09, Thornton was named captain of the Western Conference for the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal.

Soon thereafter, on January 11, 2009, Kovalchuk was named Holik's successor and the sixth team captain in Thrashers ' history during the team's Casino Night charity event.

* Played in 6 NHL All-Star Games — 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 ( alternate captain )