“For those that reach out to try to help others, the less fortunate, those that are impoverished, those that feel like they need a pick-me-up, for somebody to have that extra energy to do that, I really have admiration for him.”

American former professional basketball player and sports analyst, born 1973

Jalen Rose is an American former professional basketball player and sports analyst. He was born in 1973 and is known for his role in college basketball with the University of Michigan Wolverines' Fab Five. As a Michigan player, he helped the team reach the NCAA men's championship games in 1992 and 1993, as a freshman and sophomore. He later became a sports analyst, and his commentary draws on a career shaped by both college and professional basketball.