Posted on: June 08th, 2007
Sampras, Worthy, Karros among Ultimate Fantasy instructors
- petepageMANHATTAN BEACH – Former professional star athletes Pete Sampras, James Worthy and Eric Karros are among the instructors involved in the first Ultimate Fantasy Camp, to be held Aug. 11-19 and headquartered in Marina del Rey.
Sampras won a record 14 grand slam tennis events; Worthy is a Hall of Famer who starred for the Los Angeles Lakers, and Karros holds the career home run record for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Fifteen current and former sports stars will be involved in five different categories – tennis, basketball, baseball, boxing and sportscasting – with the individual sports camps to be held at various locations in the Los Angeles area. A maximum of 24 people will participate at each camp.
Sampras will be joined by his sister, Stella, the UCLA women's coach, and WTA Tour player Bethanie Mattek at the tennis camp. Current NBA players Luke Walton, Baron Davis and Richard Jefferson will join Worthy at the basketball camp.
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson and former big-leaguers Robin Ventura and Todd Zeile will join Karros at the baseball camp. Five-time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard and three-time world champion Sugar Shane Mosley will work at the boxing camp, and play-by-play announcers Dick Enberg and Matt Vasgersian will run the sportscasting camp.
Those interested can visit www.ultimatesportsfantasycamp.com.
Source: Sign On San Diego
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