Lawrence James Henry Tynes (born May 3, 1978, Greenock, Scotland) is an American football placekicker for the New York Giants. He was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2001.

Early years

College career

Professional career

First stint with Chiefs

Ottawa Renegades

Second stint with Chiefs

New York Giants

Tynes missed two potential game-winning field goals against the Green Bay Packers in the 2007-2008 NFC Championship Game. He connected on a third in overtime, scoring from 47 yards and sending the Giants to Super Bowl XLII. This crucial play was later called "Tynes' Redeemer" and "Third Tynes the Charm." The game-winning field goal was the longest kicked in postseason history at Lambeau Field. Tynes scored the first and last points (5 points in total - including 1 field goal) in the New York Giants' Super Bowl XLII victory. Tynes, who was going to be a free agent in the 2008 offseason, signed a five-year, $7 million contract with the Giants on February 11, 2008.

He did not play in the 2008 season opener against the Washington Redskins due to a knee injury. Tynes later said that he would return in Week 5 of the regular season but did not do so. In week 10 against the Philadelphia Eagles, he returned as a kickoff specialist, handling only kickoff duties, while John Carney remained as the place kicker. In week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens, Tynes was the only Giants kicker in uniform, as he booted a field goal and three point after touchdowns. However, in week 12 versus the Arizona Cardinals, Tynes was once again handling the kickoffs and Carney the field goals.

On September 20, 2009, Tynes kicked the game-winning field goal to give the Giants a 33-31 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the inaugural regular season game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Personal

Tynes is the seventh Scottish-born player in NFL history and the first to have won a Super Bowl ring. Only two other British (British-born) players have won a Super Bowl: Scott McCready and Tynes' Super Bowl XLII teammate, Osi Umenyiora.

Lawrence Tynes is the son of a former Navy SEAL. His father, Larry, was a member of SEAL Team 2 stationed in Scotland in the early 1970s. He is currently a detective in the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's department in Milton, Florida. One of his brothers, Jason, served in the United States Army in Iraq and Kuwait. His other brother, Mark Tynes, is serving 27 years in federal prison on drug and witness intimidation charges stemming from his 2004 involvement in a plan to move 3600 pounds of marijuana between Texas and Florida. Tynes has sought a presidential pardon to shorten or commute his brother's sentence. He has acknowledged his brother's guilt but feels the sentence was too harsh. However, during all proceedings in Mark Tynes' trial, Mark was belligerent and uncooperative. The judge who proceeded the case had parameters of which to sentence Mark, and because of his foul and unruly behavior gave Mark the maximum sentence.

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), more commonly known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes.

He is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983 (six "official" EON productions films and the non-official Kevin McClory-helmed Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again.) He became interested in the proceedings, and a career was launched.

He also took up bodybuilding as a hobby. While his official website claims he was third in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest, most sources place him in the 1953 competition, either third in the Junior class Connery landed a small part.

Connery was a keen footballer, having played for Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He was offered a trial with East Fife. While on tour with South Pacific, Connery played in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby, manager of Manchester United, happened to be scouting. According to reports, Busby offered Connery a contract worth £25 a week immediately after the game. Connery admits that he was tempted to accept, but he recalls, "I realised that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves."Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureNBR Award for Best Supporting ActorKCFCC Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |- | 1988 || The Presidio || Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell || |- |rowspan="2"| 1989 || Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade || Professor Henry Jones Senior || Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion PictureNominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |- | Family Business || Jessie McMullen || |- |rowspan="2"| 1990 || The Hunt for Red October || Captain Marko Ramius || Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |- | The Russia House || Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair || |- |rowspan="2"| 1991 || || Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez || |- | || King Richard I || (uncredited cameo) |- | 1992 || Medicine Man || Dr. Robert Campbell || |- | 1993 || Rising Sun || Capt. John Connor || (also executive producer) |- | 1994 || A Good Man in Africa || Dr. Alex Murray || |- |rowspan="3"| 1995 || The Thief and the Cobbler || Tack the Cobbler || (voice; original version; unconfirmed) |- | Just Cause || Paul Armstrong || (also executive producer) |- | First Knight || King Arthur || |- |rowspan="2"| 1996 || Dragonheart || Draco || (voice) |- | The Rock || Capt. John Patrick Mason (Ret.) || (also executive producer) |- |rowspan="2"| 1998 ||The Avengers || Sir August de Wynter || |- | Playing by Heart || Paul || |- | 1999 || Entrapment || Robert MacDougal || (also producer) |- | 2000 || Finding Forrester || William Forrester || |- | 2003 || The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen || Allan Quatermain || (also co-producer) |- | 2005 || From Russia with Love || James Bond || (voice and likeness) video game |- | 2010 || Sir Billi || Sir Billi || (voice, also executive producer) animated film |}

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James "Jim" Kerr (born in Toryglen, Glasgow on 9 July 1959) is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Simple Minds who achieved five UK #1 albums and a #1 single "Ballad of the Streets EP".

Biography

Kerr was married to Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, in 1984 (divorced, 1990). Together, they had a daughter named Yasmin (born 1985). He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced 1996) with whom he had a son, James (born in September 1993).

He continues to record and tour with Simple Minds, who released their latest album Graffiti Soul in May 2009. He currently lives in Taormina in Sicily, where he runs a hotel called Villa Angela.

Kerr helped organise a 90th birthday party for Nelson Mandela at Wembley Stadium in London on 27 June 2008. The event comes 20 years after Kerr and Simple Minds played a role (releasing the single Mandela Day amongst other activities) in the 70th birthday concert (also at Wembley) which was held to demand Mandela's release. Mandela attended the 2008 event in person.

Jim Kerr is a Celtic FC fan and active supporter of the club.

Jim Kerr released his first solo album "Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr" on 17 May 2010 under the name "Lostboy! AKA". Three U.K. club dates in the spring of 2010 featured both new material and Simple Minds' back catalogue, and on a full European tour followed.

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Solo tours

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