Micki Dupont - D - Calgary Flames

Micki DuPont was drafted 270th overall in the ninth round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. He was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 11, 2003 after playing two seasons with the Flames, but did not play for the Penguins before he moved to the Deutsche Eishockey-Liga to play with Eisbaren Berlin.

David Lee - F - New York Knicks

On February 16, 2007 during NBA All Star Weekend, David Lee, sporting The Number and playing for the Sophomores, was named the Most Valuable Player in the Rookie Challenge, finishing with 30 points on 14 of 14 shooting from the field and 11 rebounds at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lee was selected in the first round (30th overall) in 2005 NBA Draft after a four-year career at Florida.

Jordan Hendry - D - Chicago Blackhawks

Photo by Getty Images North America

The Chicago Blackhawks celebrate with Jordan Hendry after Hendry scored his first NHL goal in the first period against the Detroit Red Wings on April 2, 2008 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois while sporting The Number.

Super Bowl XLII?

Well actually it is Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals but Quattro Due thought the picture looked better cropped this way.

The Pittsburgh Steelers - Super Bowl XLII plus I Champions

Ryan Clark celebrates as James Harrison catches his breath after the longest play in Super Bowl history.

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers!

Pat Tillman - S - Arizona State Sun Devils

Given the Arizona Cardinals pending appearance in Super Bowl XLIII this Sunday, this is probably the proper time for Pat Tillman to make his appearance here on 42.

Tillman, an Army Ranger who passed up a multimillion dollar contract with the Arizona Cardinals to serve his country was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. Prior to his all to brief stint in the NFL he patrolled the defensive backfield for Arizona State from 1994 through 1997, helping the Sun Devils to the 1997 Rose Bowl.

After the conclusion of the 2004 Arizona State football season, the The Number no longer appears on the Sun Devil roster as the jersey worn by Pat Tillman was retired. Connor Banks, a senior defensive end from Richmond, California, wore The Number for the Sun Devils during the 2004 season as a tribute to Tillman. Prior to each game, Banks carried the American flag out of the team tunnel and onto Frank Kush Field.

On Saturday, April 15, 2006, more than 10,000 participants turned out for Pat's Run in Tempe, Arizona. The racers traveled along the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) course around Tempe Town Lake to the finish line, on the 42-yard (38 m) line of Sun Devil Stadium.

Erick Brock - DB - Atlanta Falcons

Signed by Atlanta on May 19, 2008 out of Auburn, Erick Brock finished fifth on the Tigers defense with 59 tackles in 2007 while setting a season-high with eight stops against LSU. Brock finished fourth on the team in tackles with 50 in 2006 and tied for third on the team with five tackles against Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl.

Born on April 4, 1985 Brock attended Benjamin Russell High School (Alabama) and finished with 84 tackles, six interceptions and four blocked punts as a senior. He helped lead his team to a 13-2 record and 5A state championship as a junior and a 10-3 record as a senior.

He now proudly sports The Number for the Atlanta Falcons.

Cricket

Anyone want to guess how many laws there are in cricket?

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Jason Richert - LB - Jesuit High School

Proudly sporting The Number, linebacker Jason Richert of Jesuit High School in New Orleans, Louisiana scores his teams only touchdown on this interception and 52 yard return against Catholic High School of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Bears of Catholic High defeated the Blue Jays 16 to 9 on September 21, 2007 at Olympia Stadium in Baton Rouge.

Richert went on to be named to the Times-Picayune All-Orleans Football Team.

Super Bowl XLII plus I

In what we will refer to here as Super Bowl 42 plus 1 - the Pittsburgh Steelers are back!

Dustin Jeffrey - C - Pittsburgh Penguins

The Penguins’ sixth round pick (171st overall) in 2007, Dustin Jeffrey is now proudly sporting The Number in the NHL. Previous to this he played four OHL seasons for Mississauga and Sault Ste. Marie, recording 252 points (100+152) in 246 games. In the truest tradition of The Number Jeffrey received the Dr. Bill Kelly Award as the Greyhounds Most Gentlemanly Player in 2006 and 2007.

Clinton Hart - FS - San Diego Chargers - PART II

Well it looks like we have found one thing that can bring The Number down!

THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS!

Clinton Hart hangs his head after the Chargers 24-35 defeat at the hands of the Steelers in this AFC Playoff Game played on January 11, 2009 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Morris Peterson - G - Michigan State

This one comes to Quattro Due courtesy of our friend "The Pen".

Michigan State University will retire the school jersey of New Orleans Hornets guard Morris Peterson, who helped lead the Spartans to the 2000 national title. The ceremony retiring The Number will be held before tip-off Saturday (January 17, 2009) when the Spartans host Illinois at the Breslin Center.

The Associated Press named Peterson a second-team all-American his senior season, when he also was voted the Big Ten's player of the year by coaches. The Flint native ranks 10th on Michigan State's career scoring list with 1,588 points. In his career, the Spartans won three straight Big Ten Championships, two Big Ten Tournament titles and made two Final Four appearances.

Peterson becomes the ninth player in Spartan men's basketball history to have a jersey retired. Peterson was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 21st pick in the first round of the 2000 NBA draft. He spent seven seasons with the Raptors and has been with the New Orleans Hornets since 2007.

Studio 42 - MLB Network

MLB Network launched on January 1, 2009 in approximately 50 million homes as the largest network debut in cable history. MLB Network will air live games, original programming, highlights, classic games, and coverage of baseball events. The MLB Network studio is located at 40 Hartz Way, Suite 10, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094.

This new network will revolve around its showpiece, "Studio 42". Named to honor Jackie Robinson and The Number, Studio 42 measures 9,600 square feet, and will be used as a demonstration center by MLB Network’s on-air talent, which includes former players. Studio 42 is designed to be a replica baseball field, featuring a half-scale infield made of field turf, measuring 45 feet from base to base and a pitcher’s mound 30 feet from home plate that can be moved back for more realistic demonstrations. The studio also features a replica outfield wall, complete with padding, brick designs, three different seating areas that can hold up to 173 people, and a 25-foot out-of-town scoreboard loosely modeled after the scoreboard at Citizen’s Bank Park in Philadelphia that will be updated in real-time.

Great Lakes Dunes

On October 2, 2008, in Empire, Michigan, at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, the Postal Service issued 42–cent Nature of America: Great Lakes Dunes commemorative stamps in 10 designs.

The stamps and souvenir sheet were designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland.

The Great Lakes Dunes is the tenth stamp pane in the Nature of America’s educational series that features the beauty and complexity of major plant and animal communities in the United States. Previous issuances in the Nature of America series were:

Sonoran Desert (1999)
Pacific Coast Rain Forest (2000)
Great Plains Prairie (2001)
Longleaf Pine Forest (2002)
Arctic Tundra (2003)
Pacific Coral Reef (2004)
Northeast Deciduous Forest (2005)
Southern Florida Wetlands (2006)
Alpine Tundra (2007)