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.

Athletes on Sesame Street

Pau Gasol

Randy Belice/NBAE via Getty Images

2015

Evan Lysacek

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

2014

Albert Pujols

John Cordes/Icon SMI

2014

Dwight Howard

Greg Nelson/SI

2013

Troy Polamalu

Kellen Micah/Icon SMI

2013

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

2013

Blake Griffin

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images

2012

Matt Kemp

Robert Beck/SI

2012

Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire

AP

2011

Drew Brees

Bill Frakes/SI

2011

Reggie Bush

Damian Strohmeyer/SI

2010

LaDainian Tomlinson

David Bergman/SI

2010

Kobe Bryant

John W. McDonough/SI

2009

Jeff Gordon

Jason Smith/Getty Images

2009

Tony Hawk

Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images

2009

Tiki Barber

Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Nickelodeon

2009

David Beckham

Matt Slocum/AP

2008

Vince Carter

John W. McDonough/SI

2008

Jason Taylor

Simon Bruty/SI

2008

Ben Graham, Laveranues Coles, Chad Pennington and Eric Mangini

Anthony J Causi/Icon SMI

2007

Joe Torre

AP

2005

Venus Williams

Theo Wargo/WireImage for Sesame Workshop

2004

Michael Chang

Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

2001

Terrell Davis

AP

2000

David Robinson

Steve Freeman/NBAE/Getty Images

1998

Dominique Dawes

Manny Millan/SI

1998

Rebecca Lobo

Manny Millan/SI

1997

Picabo Street

Mike Powell/Getty Images

1996

Isiah Thomas

Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images

1991

Bo Jackson

John Iacono/SI

1990

Dave Winfield

Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

1989

Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez

Chuck Solomon/SI

1988

Ron Darling

Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images

1988

Julius Erving

Walter Iooss Jr./SI

1982

Joe Namath

AP

1975

Arthur Ashe

Tony Triolo/SI

1975

Jackie Robinson

AP

1970

Walt Frazier, Dick Barnett and Mike Riordan

Paul DeMaria/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images

1970

Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky

AP

1970