Monthly Archives: January 2010

J.R. Martinez J.R. Martinez, an actor on the ABC soap opera All My Children and an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran who gives motivational speeches across the country, will be on the campus of the United States Sports Academy on 21 January 2010 to receive a courage award. Martinez will receive the Academy’s Mildred “Babe” Didrikson-Zaharias [...]

The University of Alabama celebrates its national championship victory. In a season full of memories for the Alabama football program, on no other day did the Tide roll as impressively as it did during a 32-13 thrashing of Florida in the SEC championship game in Atlanta on 5 December 2009. For its dominating performance against [...]

Boxer Manny Pacquiao (left) and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva were honored as the United States Sports Academy’s 2009 Male and Female Athletes of the Year. More than 1.9 million votes were cast from throughout the world through the websites of NBC Sports [...]

“The Blowout” (left) and “The Goal Line Dive” by Daniel Moore, 2005 Sport Artist of the Year The first phase of the Iron Bowl monument honoring the Alabama-Auburn football rivalry will be unveiled on the United States Sports Academy campus at 4 p.m. Friday, 22 January 2010. Green artist Bruce Larsen, the 2009 Sport Artist [...]

“One on One” by TAFA TAFA, the American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) Sport Artist of the Year for 2010, will have his works on display during a public art show at the United States Sports Academy at 5 p.m. Thursday, 21 January. TAFA, a native of Ghana, is the first African artist to [...]

The United States Sports Academy’s Awards of Sport series, recognizing “The Artist and The Athlete,” has once again honored a number of outstanding individuals for their achievements both on and off the playing field for 2009. The awards honor exemplary achievement in the arts, coaching, all-around athletic performance, courage, humanitarian activity, fitness, and media. The [...]