Greg may refer to:

• Greg (comics), the pen name of Belgian comic book artist Michel Regnier

People

• Greg Camarillo, American football player with the Minnesota Vikings
• Greg Graffin, American punk rock musician, college professor, and author
• Greg Hoard, American journalist and sports commentator
• Gregg (surname), origin and list of people with the surnames Greg and Gregg

People in fiction

• Dharma & Greg, an ABC situation comedy, starring Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson
• Greg the Bunny, puppet in a FOX situation comedy of the same name
• Greg Flemming, character in the webcomic User Friendly
• Greg House, protagonist of the FOX series, House, played by Hugh Laurie
• Greg Sanders, character in the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, played by Eric Szmanda
• Greg Brady (Brady Bunch), character in The Brady Bunch, a popular 1970s TV show, played by Barry Williams
• Greg Heffley, protagonist of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Greg Warner, character in the CBS series yes, dear, played by Anthony Clark

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Greg"
• Greig (disambiguation)
• Gregory (disambiguation)

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Greg Plitt
Born	Greg Plitt Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Green
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)[1]
Website
http://www.gregplitt.com/

Greg Plitt is an American fitness model and actor.

Modeling career[link]

Greg Plitt has modeled for Under Armour, Old Navy Jeans, Calvin Klein, Modell's and Skimpies, among others, and has done covers and/or editorials for Maxim, AXL, American Health & Fitness, Flaunt, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, FitnessRx for Men, Instinct Magazine, and Men's Exercise, among others.

Plitt is a global spokesperson/model for Thierry Mugler's Angel Men and ICE*Men men's fragrances. He has done TV commercials for Old Spice Body Wash, ESPN's Great Outdoor Games, Under Armour, MTV, Zoli Sinks, Gold's Gym Power Flex, Bowflex and has lately taken acting roles. Images of his body were used to create Dr. Manhattan's muscular physique in the 2009 film Watchmen.^[2]

He has also appeared in several movies and television shows (see below).

Personal life[link]

Plitt comes from a family of four, and has an older sister who attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.^[1] Plitt is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York,^[1] Class of 2000, and is both Airborne and Ranger qualified.

Plitt says he has been a fitness buff since his dad bought a home gym when Plitt was in sixth grade; he was further inspired after seeing how his older sister changed after her first year in the United States Naval Academy.^[3] Plitt has described his work as a certified physical trainer to his work training military recruits:

"That transformation that you see when someone becomes a soldier," he says, "many of them come in with real bad attitudes. They’re tough guys on the street and nobody’s going to tell them what to do. Then one day, they’ll come to you crying, saying, ‘I need someone to talk to.’ All of sudden they start changing their ways and they become the men they always wanted to be. Then other soldiers start looking up to them as role models. Then they’re proud and they hold their heads high. That’s more gratifying than anything I’ve done. That’s what’s so cool about it — to be able to train somebody and transform them and bring out all of the great qualities that everyone possesses."^[3]

Filmography[link]

^[1][4]

Other appearances[link]

^[1][4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Greg Plitt at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview on The Gregory Mantell Show
• Interview with Matt Weik for BodyBuilding.com, 4 June 2009 (accessed 28 August 2009)
• "Greg Plitt from West Point to the West Coast" Interview with Marty Roberson for MyRealityMagazine.com, 30 June 2009 (accessed 28 August 2009)
• "Former Army Ranger Greg Plitt Joins Bravo’s “Work Out.” Can He Handle the Truth (of Hollywood)?" by Chris Mann for Muscle & Body Magazine, date unknown (accessed 28 August 2009)

Greg Oden

Oden with the Trail Blazers
Free Agent
Center
Personal information
Born	(1988-01-22) January 22, 1988 (age 24) Buffalo, New York
Nationality	United States
High school	Lawrence North HS (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	285 lb (129 kg)
Career information
College	Ohio State (2006–2007)
NBA Draft	2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2012	Portland Trail Blazers
Career highlights and awards
Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (2007) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2006) Indiana Mr. Basketball (2006)

Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American basketball player at the center position who is currently a free agent. Oden played basketball for Ohio State University for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Champion and the tournament runner-up in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

On June 28, 2007, Oden was selected first overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. He underwent microfracture surgery of the knee in September 2007, and missed the entire 2007–08 NBA season as a result. He recovered and made his NBA debut on opening night 2008. On March 15, 2012 he was waived from the Trail Blazers after a long history of injuries.^[1]

Oden is currently the "Team Oden" spokesperson for Oregon Mentors, promoting mentoring for kids.

Early years[link]

Oden was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved with his family to Terre Haute, Indiana at the age of nine.^[2] He attended Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, where he first played interscholastic basketball. He then relocated with his mother and brother and attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana which he led to three consecutive Indiana Class 4A basketball championships before graduating in 2006. He was named Parade's High School Co-Player of the Year 2005 (along with Monta Ellis) and 2005 National Boys Basketball Player of the Year, becoming the first junior since LeBron James to be named such. He repeated as Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2006. Oden was named the 2006 Indiana Mr. Basketball. He was also on the McDonald's All-American Team and played in the All-American game.

College[link]

On June 29, 2005, Oden and Lawrence North teammate Mike Conley, Jr. announced that they would be attending Ohio State University starting with the 2006–07 season.

Oden had surgery on his right wrist on June 16, 2006, in Indianapolis to repair a ligament injury that occurred late in his senior high school season.^[3] As a result, he sat on the bench during the beginning of the 2006–07 season with Ohio State, during which his team was ranked as high as first before losing to North Carolina. He made his college debut on December 2, 2006, against Valparaiso, coming off the bench. He finished the game with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. In December of that year, Steve Kerr described him as a "once-in-a-decade player".^[4]

The Big Ten honored Oden with Player of the Week, along with Wisconsin's Alando Tucker, on January 29, 2007. In the previous week he had averaged 18 points and 11.5 rebounds.^[5] On March 6, 2007, Oden was named First Team All-Big Ten as well being voted the conference's Defensive Player of the Year.^[6] Oden fouled out for the first time in his college career against Xavier in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and was bothered by foul trouble throughout the tournament. In the Sweet Sixteen, Oden blocked a potential game-winning shot in the final seconds against Tennessee to preserve an 85–84 victory, and went on to lead Ohio State past Memphis and Georgetown to advance to the 2007 National Championship. In the title game, Oden scored 25 points, and had 12 rebounds and 4 blocked shots in a losing effort against the Florida Gators.

On March 26, 2007, Oden, along with Kevin Durant, Arron Afflalo, Alando Tucker, and Acie Law IV, was named to the Associated Press All-American Team. Oden and Durant were the first freshmen voted to the All-American First Team since 1990 and the third and fourth overall. Throughout his high-school and college career, Oden never lost a home game.^[7]

NBA career[link]

Portland Trail Blazers[link]

On April 20, 2007, Oden announced that he would be entering the 2007 NBA Draft. On June 28, 2007, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the #1 overall pick. Two of his Ohio State teammates were also chosen in the first round: Mike Conley, Jr. at #4, and Daequan Cook at #21.

To begin his Trail Blazers career, Oden chose the uniform number 52. On July 1, before his first NBA practice, Oden was signed to a contract which provided for two guaranteed seasons and team options for third and fourth seasons.

Oden at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con

On September 14, 2007, Oden had microfracture surgery on his ailing right knee. He missed the entire season.^[8] Oden's progress was recorded on the Trail Blazers' website and his blog.

Although picked first overall in the 2007 NBA Draft, Oden was classified as a rookie for the 2008–09 season because of the knee injury.^[9] Entering the 2008–09 season he was listed at 250 lb (110 kg), but according to Blazers' trainer Jay Jensen he weighed about 290 lb (130 kg) in July.^[10][11] Oden left his NBA debut with a foot injury after playing thirteen scoreless minutes against the Lakers.^[12] He returned on November 12, 2008 after missing two weeks, and scored his first NBA points in the first quarter against the Miami Heat. On January 19, 2009, Oden went for a career-high 24 points while also grabbing 15 rebounds in a 102–85 win against the Milwaukee Bucks.^[13] On February 13, 2009, he injured his left knee in a game against the Golden State Warriors, by bumping knees with opponent Corey Maggette, and missed three weeks due to a chipped knee cap.

On November 23, 2009, Oden matched his career-high for points in a game again with 24. He set a new career-high for rebounds in a game with 20 on December 1. On December 5, 2009, Oden injured his left knee in the first quarter of a game. He was taken off the court on a stretcher. Later, he underwent surgery for a fractured left patella and missed the rest of the season. That injury marked the second time Oden had missed major playing time due to injury.^[14]

On November 17, 2010, the team announced that Oden would have microfracture surgery on his left knee, ending his 2010–2011 season.^[15] The injury marked Oden's third NBA season cut short due to a knee injury.

On December 9, 2011, the Trail Blazers announced that Oden had suffered an unspecified "setback" that left them less optimistic about his ability to play in the 2011–2012 season. Rather than signing an 8.9-million-dollar qualifying offer, Oden and the team negotiated a different offer.^[16] On February 3, 2012, Oden underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.^[17] On February 20, 2012, Oden was scheduled for a procedure on his left knee similar to the procedure he underwent 17 days earlier. However, during the operation, further damage to the articular cartilage was discovered, and Oden underwent his third micro-fracture surgery.^[18] On March 15, 2012, Oden was waived by the Blazers to create room on the roster for trade acquisitions.^[19]

Playing 82 games in his entire career so far, he has effectively played one full NBA season over the span of five seasons (2007–2012). In May 2012, Oden announced his intention to sit out the 2012-13 season to focus on rehabbing his injuries. ^[20]

Personal life[link]

Greg Oden's younger brother Anthony played as an offensive lineman for the Arkansas Razorbacks^[21] until he was dismissed from the program in 2011.^[22] Anthony Oden then transferred to Lamar University.^[23]

NBA career statistics[link]

Regular season[link]

Playoffs[link]

See also[link]

• 2006 high school boys basketball All-Americans

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Greg Oden

• Greg Oden's Official Website
• Greg Oden at NBA.com
• Official Ohio State Buckeyes Bio
• ESPN Profile - Greg Oden
• Greg Oden's personal blog

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Greg Lutzka

Personal information
Full name	Gregory Robert Lutzka
Born	(1984-04-20) 20 April 1984 (age 28) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Height	6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m)
Weight	140 pounds (64 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Professional Skateboarder

Greg Lutzka (born April 20, 1984 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a professional skateboarder. His stance is goofy.

SAG: Film : Accepted Movie - Greg Lutzka Stunt Double - Accepted is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Steve Pink and written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, and Mark Perez. The main plot centers around a group of would-be college freshmen who, after being rejected from all the colleges and universities to which they had applied, proceed to create their own "college". Box office The film opened at No. 5 at the U.S. box office making $10,023,835 in its opening weekend, behind Snakes on a Plane, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby's third weekend, World Trade Center's second, and Step Up's second.[6] By the end of its run on October 19, 2006, Accepted had grossed $36,323,505 domestically and $2,181,504 internationally, adding up to a worldwide total of $38,505,009[2

Man In The Chair Movie- Greg Lutzka Stunt Double - Man in the Chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by Michael Schroeder. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, andRobert Wagner. The drama stars Christopher Plummer as Flash, a man who longs for the days when he worked as a crew member on such cinematic masterpieces as Citizen Kane. When Flash meets teenage film fanatic Cameron Kincaid (played by Michael Angarano), he becomes an unlikely mentor and agrees to help Cameron make a film to compete in a student competition where the top prize is a film school scholarship and, for Cameron, a ticket out of his difficult home life. Flash, who sees his own life drawing to a close recruits the support of his eccentric friends at the Motion Picture home and helps Cameron make his film and chase his dream. [edit] Commercials  : Axe commercial Double Pits To Chesty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXAydIb1UOI

Music Video: Cameo

Far East Movement - Rocketeer ft. Ryan Tedder - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcmKbTR--iA - Views -33,815,642

Shwayze & Cisco - Drunk Off Your Love ft. Sky Blu from LMFAO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgra1M1F90g - Views - 626,300

Snoop Dogg Ft. The Dream - "Gangsta Luv" (Official Music Video 2009) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mwG-Ef7qE - Views- 1,487,892

TV : Cameo The X-Life is a celebrity show on VH1, with new episodes airing on Mondays. The show centers around the lives of major extreme sports athletes and their families. The show's format is documentary style. The main characters are BMX bike rider Cory "Nasty" Nastazio and his girlfriend Nicole, motocross rider Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg and his wife Susie, and professional skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon and his girlfriend Denise.[1] Life of Ryan is a reality[1] show following the life of pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. Each episode is 22 minutes long and follows Ryan, his family, and friends through the various twists and turns of life as a skater. Most episodes were filmed in and around the Sheckler household in San Clemente, California. The show was canceled after filming 6 episodes of the 3rd season. The Complete Series was released on DVD April 21, 2009.

Major contest results[link]

• 2011 - Maloof Money Cup - 1st
• 2008 - Mexico City X Games - 1st / Gold
• 2008 - AST Dew Tour, Portland, OR - 3rd
• 2008 - X Games 14, Los Angeles, CA - Bronze
• 2008 - Tampa Pro, Tampa, FL - Street - 1st
• 2008 - Slaughter at the Opera, Sydney, Australia - Street - 1st
• 2007 - LG Action Sports World Championships, Dallas, TX - Street - Bronze
• 2007 - AST Dew Tour Overall Standing - 2nd
• 2007 - AST Dew Tour, Orlando, FL - Park - 1st
• 2007 - X-Games Mexico, Mexico City - Street - 1st / Gold
• 2007 - AST Dew Tour, Portland, OR - Park - 1st
• 2007 - X Games, Los Angeles, CA - Street - Silver
• 2007 - AST Dew Tour, Baltimore, MD - Park - 2nd
• 2007 - Rockstar MASA Pro, Fayetteville, NC - 1st
• 2006 - AST Dew Tour, San Jose, CA - Street - 2nd
• 2006 - Tampa Pro, Tampa, FL- Street - 1st
• 2005 - AST Dew Action Sports Tour Standing - 3rd
• 2005 - West 49 Canadian Open - 1st
• 2005 - X Games XI - Street - Silver
• 2004 - Street Year-End Ranking (World) - 3rd
• 2004 - Vans Triple Crown Ranking (Street) - 2nd
• 2004 - Gravity Games Street - Silver
• 2004 - Slam City Jam Street - 1st
• 2003 - West 49 Canadian Open Street - 1st
• 2003 - Globe World Championships - Gold

Personal life[link]

Lutzka currently resides in Mission Viejo, CA. He moved there in 2004, after living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his mother Lori, father Jeff & brother Andy.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Transworld (Jun 24, 2009). "Greg Lutzka join K-Swiss". Transworld. http://business.transworld.net/16251/news/greg-lutzka-joins-k-swiss/. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
• http://business.transworld.net/16251/news/greg-lutzka-joins-k-swiss/

Greg Howe
Background information
Birth name	Gregory Howe[1]
Born	(1963-12-08) December 8, 1963 (age 48) New York City, New York, United States
Genres	Instrumental rock, jazz fusion, hard rock
Occupations	Musician, composer, producer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Shrapnel, Tone Center
Associated acts	Howe II, Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, *NSYNC, Justin Timberlake
Website	greghowe.com

Gregory "Greg" Howe (born December 8, 1963) is an American guitarist and composer. As an active musician for nearly thirty years, he has released nine studio albums in addition to collaborating with a wide variety of artists.^[2]

Recording career[link]

After leaving high school and playing the club circuit around the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania areas with his brother Albert (a singer) for most of the 1980s, Greg Howe officially began his solo career after sending a demo tape to Shrapnel Records in 1987, upon which he was immediately signed by founder Mike Varney. His self-titled debut album was released in 1988, during the popular shred era, and went on to become his highest-selling album;^[1] a Guitar World article in 2009 would rank it as tenth in the all-time top ten list of shred albums.^[3]

The following year, he joined with Albert to form a Van Halen-inspired hard rock group named Howe II. Through Shrapnel, they released two studio albums: High Gear (1989) and Now Hear This (1991).^[4] His second solo album, Introspection, was released in 1993. At this point his style had changed radically from the straightforward instrumental rock of both his debut and the Howe II albums, to a more jazz fusion-laden approach which remains unique and identifiable to this day; some of his signature traits being fast left-hand legato passages (having been influenced greatly by jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth),^[5] and the frequent use of tapping and odd time signatures.

A trio of albums spanning the middle part of the decade—Uncertain Terms (1994), Parallax (1995) and Five (1996)—were all a consistent evolution of the sound he had adopted on Introspection. During this time he collaborated twice with fellow guitarist Richie Kotzen for the albums Tilt and Project in 1995 and 1997, respectively.^[1] He then briefly dabbled with a heavier, neo-classical metal style for his 1999 release, Ascend, which featured keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. However, he has since spoken of his dissatisfaction for that project, as well as an earlier collaboration on Kuprij's own album, High Definition (1997).^[1]

After switching labels to Shrapnel's jazz-oriented counterpart, Tone Center Records, he returned to his familiar style with Hyperacuity (2000), which still stands as some of his most prominent experimentation with jazz fusion. After a highly troubled recording process for Extraction (2003), which featured drummer Dennis Chambers and bassist Victor Wooten,^[6][7] he took an extended hiatus from recording solo material until the release of his ninth studio album, Sound Proof, in 2008.

Currently residing in Long Beach, California (having previously lived in Easton, Pennsylvania until around 2006),^[8] Howe continues to work as a session musician and producer, as well as providing online guitar lessons through his official website.^[9] From 2010 onwards he has toured Europe for the first time, having long stated a desire to tour the continent as a solo artist. According to a 2011 interview, he is working on a new studio album which will feature vocals for the first time since the days of Howe II.^[10]

Session and touring career[link]

Amidst his solo career, Howe has continuously made himself available as a session musician for many of the world's biggest pop stars. Most recently he has played with artists such as Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Lady Antebellum, P Diddy, T-Pain and Salt-n-Pepa. In 1996, he replaced Jennifer Batten as primary guitarist during the Asian and European legs of singer Michael Jackson's HIStory World Tour. He would later provide guitar duties for singer Enrique Iglesias in 2000, which culminated in a series of high-profile televised performances and a European tour. The following two years saw Howe recruited as lead guitarist for boy band *NSYNC during two tours of the United States. After singer Justin Timberlake left *NSYNC, Howe continued to tour with him in 2003.

Eight years later, Howe teamed up again with Timberlake, as well as rapper T.I., for a performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards.^[11] In the same year, Howe played as part of keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson's Ultimate Zero Project, in a line-up which included bassists Tony Levin and John Wetton, and drummers Marco Minnemann and Simon Phillips.^[12] In 2011, Howe toured Italy and Israel with drummer Dennis Chambers and bassist Stu Hamm.^[13] In November of that year, Michael Jackson's second posthumous album, Immortal, featured Howe's playing on "Dancing Machine" and "Beat It".^[14]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1988: Greg Howe
• 1993: Introspection
• 1994: Uncertain Terms
• 1995: Parallax
• 1996: Five
• 1999: Ascend
• 2000: Hyperacuity
• 2003: Extraction
• 2006: Collection: The Shrapnel Years (compilation)
• 2008: Sound Proof

Collaborations[link]

• 1989: High Gear – with Howe II
• 1991: Now Hear This – with Howe II
• 1995: Tilt – with Richie Kotzen
• 1997: Project – with Richie Kotzen

Other appearances[link]

• 1996: Convergence – James Murphy
• 1997: High Definition – Vitalij Kuprij
• 2001: Gentle Hearts – Tetsuo Sakurai
• 2004: Rhythm of Time – Jordan Rudess
• 2004: A Guitar Supreme – various guitarists compilation
• 2004: The Spirit Lives On – Jimi Hendrix tribute
• 2004: Gentle Hearts Tour 2004 – Tetsuo Sakurai
• 2005: Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse: A Fusion Guitar Tribute – various guitarists compilation
• 2006: Io Canto – Laura Pausini
• 2008: Collection – Jason Becker
• 2008: Clean – Dave Martone
• 2010: Vital World – Tetsuo Sakurai
• 2011: Immortal – Michael Jackson

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Audio interview with Greg Howe at Jemfest Radio