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One of the most popular figure skating stars in the world today, Scott Hamilton is also a role model, a humanitarian and a cancer survivor.  Hamilton’s much-publicized bout with testicular cancer in 1997, and his November 2004 diagnosis of a benign, non-cancerous pituitary brain tumor (from which he is successfully recovering), were not the first times he had faced such adversity.

Six weeks after his birth, Hamilton was adopted by Ernest and Dorothy Hamilton, both professors at Bowling Green State University. When he was about 2, he contracted a mysterious illness that caused him to stop growing. After he was mistakenly diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and given six months to live, the Hamiltons took their son to Boston's Children's Hospital, where his ailment began to correct itself with special diet and moderate exercise.

From the beginning, Hamilton skated with confidence and uncommon speed. He began taking formal lessons, joined a hockey team and within a year, his illness disappeared and he began growing again – although he would always be considerably smaller than his peers.

At 13, Hamilton began training with Pierre Brunet, a former Olympic gold medalist. Despite making steady progress, he abruptly quit competitive skating in 1976 due to financial struggles, and enrolled at Bowling Green. But before he began classes, an anonymous couple who had supported other Olympic hopefuls volunteered to sponsor him. He immediately resumed training.

By 1980 he was good enough to capture third place in national competition and win a berth on the U.S. Olympic squad. He earned a solid fifth‑place finish at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. Then in March 1981, Hamilton’s dazzling free‑skate program at the World Championships enabled him to overtake fellow countryman David Santee and Igor Bobrin of the Soviet Union to win the title, making him only the second American to do so since 1970. Later that same year, he took an individual gold medal at the first Skate America tournament and was voted Male Athlete of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee.

Hamilton held onto his national and world titles in 1982 and 1983. As the winner of 16 consecutive championships after the 1980 Winter Olympics, he was heavily favored to take the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and that is precisely what he did, despite an uncharacteristically tentative free‑skating routine. A month later, he went on to score a stunning victory at the World Championships in Ottawa, Canada. Shortly thereafter, in April 1984, he turned professional. The “Ice Capades” secured his superstar talents for two years.

In September 1987, the United States Olympic Committee nominated Hamilton for the first Olympic Spirit Award, which he won by a landslide. In March 1988, Hamilton received perhaps the second most important award in his career from the International Skating Union. This institutional governing body of all world amateur competitions presented him with its highest recognition of merit, the Jacques Favart Award.  He was the award's first solo male recipient.

Since 1986, audiences have seen Hamilton perform in his own “Scott Hamilton's America” tour; with numerous U.S. symphony orchestras; and in 15 national touring seasons in “Stars On Ice,” which he also co‑created and co‑produced until his retirement from the tour in April 2001. Since then, he has returned to “Stars on Ice” as a Special Guest Star in select cities and continues to be the creative producing force behind each annual production.

Hamilton’s October 1997 comeback to skating, preceded by a People Magazine cover story profiling his courageous battle against cancer, and Maria Shriver's highly rated profile for “Dateline,” were capped by the live television network special “Scott Hamilton: Back on the Ice.”

As an independent producer, Hamilton has twice presented major theatrical proscenium ice shows for Sea World of San Diego, CA.  He made his musical comedy and acting debut in 1989 as the star of “Broadway on Ice,” written especially for his diverse talents, and received critical acclaim for his versatility beyond skating.

Hamilton has co‑produced his own television specials, such the 1996 Emmy Award-winning “Scott Hamilton ... Upside Down,” as well as the holiday hit “Snowden on Ice” and its Emmy Award-winning sequel “The Snowden, Raggedy Ann & Andy Holiday Special.”  In 1998 he produced Olympic champion Tara Lipinski's first network special, “Tara Lipinski ... From This Moment On.”  He produced the network special “Scott Hamilton & Friends” with special guest stars Susan Anton and Jack Mack & The Heart Attack, and an all-new “Scott Hamilton & Friends” with special guest stars Michael Feinstein and Darlene Love, which received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Special. 

Hamilton also has ventured into producing for off‑Broadway. His first project, in association with David Hyde Pierce, is “Now Hear This!” at the Lambs Theatre in New York. The play is written by and stars Kathy Buckley, America's first hearing‑impaired comedienne.

In 1990, Hamilton was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and became a member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. He is the first figure skater inducted into the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame.

Hamilton garnered critical praise for his autobiography, “Landing It … My Life On and Off the Ice.” In 1999, he made his feature film acting debut in “On Edge,” starring Jason Alexander, Kathy Griffin and Wendie Malick,. He created a character voice for an episode of FOX’s KING OF THE HILL, and appears regularly on television talk shows, national news shows and variety shows.

During 14 years with CBS as a sports analyst, Hamilton provided commentary on the figure skating competitions at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, the 1992 Games in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway. He did the same for NBC Sports at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.

Hamilton is a sought-after motivational speaker, addressing a wide variety of groups and organizations about his life, and overcoming cancer. He is an official spokesperson for Target House at St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, as well as his own Scott Hamilton C.A.R.E.S. Initiative (Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship) at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Center in Cleveland, and he serves on the Board of Directors for the Special Olympics.

Also an avid golfer, Hamilton and enjoys spending time with his wife Tracie and their son Aidan at their home in Los Angeles.

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Summer Sanders pursues excellence in all facets of her career, whether in front of the television camera or in the swimming pool.  She has been co-host of “NBA Inside Stuff” since December 1997, working in the studio and also traveling the country to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the players and personalities of the NBA and WNBA.  Sanders has covered the NBA and WNBA Finals, All-Star Games and the NBA and WNBA drafts, and follows the action in both leagues throughout the year.  Sanders’ favorite part of working for “Inside Stuff” is sitting down with the players to find out first-hand what it’s like to play the world’s most popular game.

Sanders’ television career has skyrocketed over the past several years, as she has hosted a variety of shows on various networks – most recently the FOX Sports show “The Sports List.”

Sanders worked as a special correspondent from the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney for “The Today Show” and continues to be a guest reporter for the morning show.  In addition, Sanders reached millions of kids each afternoon as Jim Lampley’s co-host for the popular kids’ Olympics cable show “Scholastic at the Olympics.”  She also served as an on-site network reporter at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and was an on-air correspondent at the Ford Gorge Games in Portland, OR, in July 2002.  She currently hosts the syndicated show “U.S. Olympic Gold,”which tracks athletes as they prepare for both the Winter and Summer Games.

Sanders also hosted the second year of the cable show “Beg, Borrow and Deal,” and Nickelodeon's hit game show “Figure it Out.” Her personality and interview skills were also seen on entertainment news series “Extra” when she covered the 2003 Major League Baseball World Series.

Sanders served as co-host of the 2001-2003 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, an annual event at the USTA National Tennis Center to kick off the U.S. Open.  Sanders often finds time to stop by pools to talk with children and is involved with UNICEF. Appointed U.S. Fund for UNICEF National Ambassador in 1995, she uses her voice to speak for children in need around the world.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Sanders emerged as the most decorated U.S. swimmer, winning two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze.  The California native captured three gold medals at the 1990 Goodwill Games before embarking on her collegiate career at Stanford University.  In two years at Stanford, she won six individual NCAA titles and four relay championships.  Sanders earned back-to-back NCAA Swimmer of the Year awards and propelled Stanford to a national championship in 1992.