To Jonathan Eig, everyone’s a storyteller. Some just have more of a knack for it. Eig is one of those people. Dubbed a “master storyteller” by none other than Ken Burns, Eig is now in the spotlight for partnering with Burns as consulting producer on a new four-part documentary on Muhammad Ali inspired by Eig's biography.

By the time Jeff Eisenband was in kindergarten, he was already hooked on video games. Twenty years later, Eisenband has turned video games into a career, not as a player, but as a sports/esports journalist. He is a host, analyst, reporter and writer who covers sports, gaming and esports — yes, there's a difference between the two.

Captivating stories sometimes come out of the most surprising places. For Scott Emalfarb, that place was an armwrestling competition. Emalfarb, who is president of Fresh Content Society, captured a short cell phone video for the World Armwrestling League that within five days was viewed more than 50 million times.