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.

Matt Cartmill presents another problem with the Gigantopithecus hypothesis: " The trouble with this account is that Gigantopithecus was not a hominin and maybe not even a crown-group hominoid ; yet the physical evidence implies that Bigfoot is an upright biped with buttocks and a long, stout, permanently adducted hallux.

On January 7, 2011, Matt Garza was traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Cubs as part of an eight-player deal.

Matt Holliday hit 34 homers and was named to the All-Star Game ; Garrett Atkins batted. 329 and hit 29 homers.

Much like the 2007 play-in game when it was not clear whether or not Matt Holliday had touched home plate with the game-winning run, there was question as to whether Barmes actually caught the ball, as photos later emerged showing the ball apparently sliding down his arm as he went to the ground.

Matt Dillon and several others also starred in Coppola's related film, Rumble Fish, which was also based on a S. E. Hinton novel and filmed at the same time as The Outsiders on-location in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Another version of " O Canada " in rock format was recorded by Lee and Lifeson on the accompanying soundtrack CD for the Trey Parker and Matt Stone film South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut released in 1999.

The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean.

The opera's first performance, with Matt Kelly portraying Brood, was 12 November 2010 in Houston, Texas.

The result of the game was surprising to many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led Jets to the Super Bowl victory, under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who won two NFL Championships with the Colts.

He was a key inspiration to Matt Mattox, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Gwen Verdon, and many other choreographers.

Voight was Steven Spielberg's first choice for the role of Matt Hooper in the 1975 blockbuster Jaws, but he turned down the role, which was ultimately played by Richard Dreyfuss.

The album was produced by Rick Rubin and featured David Hidalgo and Matt Sweeney on guitar as well as Chad Smith on drums and Benmont Tench on keys and piano.

Lou Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York to Victoria and Matt Ferrigno, a police lieutenant.

In 1932 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in the comedy division for producing The Loud Mouth ( with Matt McHugh, in the sports-heckler role later taken in Columbia Pictures remakes by Charley Chase and Shemp Howard ), and he won in the novelty division for his film Wrestling Swordfish.

In 2005, Mötley Crüe was involved in an animation-comedy spoof Disaster !, which was written by Paul Benson and Matt Sullivan and which was used as the introduction film to concerts on their Carnival of Sins tour.

In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United was the first English football club to win the European Cup.

Matt Busby resigned as manager in 1969 and was replaced by the reserve team coach, former Manchester United player Wilf McGuinness.

Edison Carter ( Matt Frewer ) was a hard-hitting reporter for Network 23, who sometimes uncovered things that his superiors in the network would have preferred to keep private.

Along with Matt Frewer and W. Morgan Sheppard, Pays was one of only three cast members to also appear in the American-made series that followed.

Ninja Tune is a British independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke.

Among the best known examples were the two ' Derek Flint ' films starring James Coburn, and the Matt Helm series with Dean Martin.

He played piano on sessions with them and other lesser known artists such as The Prisonaires, Ben Burton Orchestra, Little Milton, Matt Cockrell and Dennis Binder.

The most commonly recurring characters outside of the Earwicker family are the four old men known collectively as " Mamalujo " ( a conflation of their names: Matt Gregory, Marcus Lyons, Luke Tarpey and Johnny Mac Dougall ).

Well known persons affiliated with Unity include Betty White, Eleanor Powell, Wally Amos, Licensed Unity Teacher Ruth Warrick, Barbara Billingsley, Theodore Schneider, Erykah Badu, Matt Hoverman, author Victoria Moran, Patricia Neal, Holmes Osborne and Esther Williams.

Gobo's uncle Matt, known as Traveling Matt, has gone to explore the human world ( Fraggles call it Outer Space ), and he regularly sends postcards back to Gobo.

The name " Traveling Matt " puns on the film special-effects device known as a traveling matte.

1986 saw the release of their third album, True Confessions ( UK No. 46, US No. 15 ) on which some production duties were taken up by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman ( SAW ).

* Matt Lawton, former Major League Baseball player best known for his stint with the Minnesota Twins.

Matt Slocum ( born 27 December 1972 ) is a guitarist, cellist, pianist and composer, known for his work as the principal songwriter and lead guitarist of Sixpence None the Richer.

At the beginning, little known guitarist Matt Fanuka was rhythm guitar for four days, but was cut from the band because of intense methamphetamine usage.

This version, released in 1989 was produced by British songwriting and production team formed of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman.

* Matt Osborne, professional wrestler, best known as the original Doink the Clown in the World Wrestling Federation

* Professional wrestler Matt Wiese, known as Horshu or Luther Reigns

* James Arness ( born May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota as James Aurness ; died June 3, 2011 in Los Angeles, California ) was an actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the T. V.

The Comma Johanneum in 1 John 5: 7 is well known example, but there are also other texts like: Matt 10: 8 ; 27: 35 ; Luke 17: 36 ; John 3: 25 ; Acts 8: 37 ; 9: 5 ; 15: 34 ; and some readings (" book of life " instead of " tree of life " in Revelation 22: 19 ) which the Byzantine text did not have.

In 1959 his band, still featuring Matt " Guitar " Murphy, cut LP Memphis Slim at the Gate of the Horn, which featured a lineup of his best known songs, including " Mother Earth ," " Gotta Find My Baby ," " Rockin ' the Blues ," ' Steppin ' Out ," and " Slim's Blues.

The band Tree63 also emerged, first known for their hit single, " A Million Lights " and then further popularized by their version of Matt Redman's " Blessed Be Your Name ".

* Matt Kennard ( b 1982 ), television actor, best known for starring in UK daytime drama Doctors, as nurse Archie Hallam.

Two members of that original Internet presence, Matthew Walcoff and Matt Herman, began a non-profit organization out of that mailing list known as ASFAR.

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.

Jake Thomas ( born January 30, 1990 ) is an American actor and singer, perhaps best known for his role as Matt McGuire, the titular character's younger brother, in the Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire.

Matthew Steven " Matt " LeBlanc ( born July 25, 1967 ) is an American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the NBC sitcom Friends and its spin-off Joey.