Athletes on Sesame Street

Big Bird, Elmo and the gang are finding a new home – Sesame Street is moving networks to HBO in the fall. The partnership with HBO will allow Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind the show, to make almost twice as many new episodes each year. For nine months, the new Sesame Street episodes will run exclusively on HBO, but then will continue to be made available to PBS, the network Sesame Street has called home for 45 years. Here are the many athletes to appear on the long-running children's television series since it premiered in 1969.

Pau Gasol

2015

Evan Lysacek

2014

Albert Pujols

2014

Dwight Howard

2013

Troy Polamalu

2013

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2013

Blake Griffin

2012

Matt Kemp

2012

Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire

2011

Drew Brees

2011

Reggie Bush

2010

LaDainian Tomlinson

2010

Kobe Bryant

2009

Jeff Gordon

2009

Tony Hawk

2009

Tiki Barber

2009

David Beckham

2008

Vince Carter

2008

Jason Taylor

2008

Ben Graham, Laveranues Coles, Chad Pennington and Eric Mangini

2007

Joe Torre

2005

Venus Williams

2004

Michael Chang

2001

Terrell Davis

2000

David Robinson

1998

Dominique Dawes

1998

Rebecca Lobo

1997

Picabo Street

1996

Isiah Thomas

1991

Bo Jackson

1990

Dave Winfield

1989

Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez

1988

Ron Darling

1988

Julius Erving

1982

Joe Namath

1975

Arthur Ashe

1975

Jackie Robinson

1970

Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett and Mike Riordan

1970

Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky

1970