AP Features, June 6th, 2007
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.
The big names come with a big pricetag. The adult two-day camp is $14,000 ($7,500 for one day for ages 7-18) while the basketball and baseball are $9,000 for two days and the boxing is $6,000 for one day. Eight days will cost you $30,000.
Those interested can visit http://www.ultimatesportsfantasycamp.com.
