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Christian Laettner, who was an outstanding collegiate basketball player at Duke University and was a member of the original gold-medal winning United States Olympic Basketball Dream Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, has proven to be an outstanding scorer and rebounder in as a player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards and Miami Heat.   Christian was the highest draft selection in the history of the young Minnesota Timberwolves franchise when he was selected with the third overall selection in the 1992 NBA player draft. Christian, who is equally as skillful on the perimeter as he is around the basket, earned a spot on the NBA All-Rookie First Team and established many scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking records in his first few years with the struggling Minnesota franchise. As the Timberwolves failed to improve their record, Christian was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in the middle of the 1995-96 season and contributed to the effort that lead the Hawks to the 1996 NBA Playoffs. At Duke University, Christian, as a 6'11' forward, led the Blue Devils to consecutive NCAA Championship titles in 1991 and 1992 and became the first collegian ever to start in four Final Fours and holds the NCAA Tournament record for most career points at 407. Christian was selected as The Sporting News College Player of the Year, a consensus First Team All-American and the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in his senior year at Duke. Christian was the recipient of the Wooden, Kodak and Naismith Awards and became only the third Blue Devils player to score more than 2,000 points and capture 1,000 rebounds in his collegiate career (and ranked second in the school record books in both categories). Christian's shooting percentage from the floor was .574 and from the foul line .806 in an NCAA-record 148 games. Christian's buzzer-beating basket in overtime to lead the Blue Devils to victory over Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA Tournament is considered to be one of the greatest baskets in basketball history. Christian is a dedicated athlete who has realized his success through hard work and discipline. In his All Pro Sports Basketball Series program, Christian shares with us the conditioning program, fundamental techniques and positive mental approach which have made him one of the best players in the game. The Narrator Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien began his broadcast career in 1970 after graduation from the University of South Dakota when he was hired as a researcher for NBC News in Washington, D.C. Pat worked as a reporter for WMAQ-TV in Chicago and for KNXT (now KCBS-TV), the CBS owned television station in Los Angeles, in 1977 and, while at KNXT, Pat earned four local Emmy Awards for his news coverage and (in 1987) a Los Angeles Press Club Award for news writing. In 1981, Pat joined CBS Sports as a sports news reporter and became a fixture at the CBS Television Network. Pat has hosted two Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the NBA All-Star Game, the NCAA Final Four Tournament, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, the U.S. Open Tennis Championship, college football's national championship game, the World Figure Skating Championship and other premiere sporting events.  Pat has had a major impact on the sports-viewing public through such telecasts as his series of syndicated specials entitled 'The Road to Atlanta' during the 1996 Summer Olympics. As the host and narrator of the All Pro Sports Basketball Series programs, Pat has contributed his broad experience, extensive knowledge and tremendous sensitivity to this innovative, entertaining and instructional series.