Monthly Archives: November 2010

Daniel Moore (right), the 2005 American Sport Artist and Archives (ASAMA) Sport Artist of the Year, displays is 2009 College Football Game of the Year photo with Dr. Gaylon McCullough, a center the Alabama Crimson Tide in the early 60s and teammate of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. Moore has donated paintings of the [...]

Lance Mackey, the only musher ever to win the 1,200-mile Iditarod dog sled race four times, won the United States Sports Academy’s 2010 Mildred “Babe” Didrikson-Zacharias Courage Award. Mackey is the only one to win both the Iditarod and the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest in the same year (less than two weeks apart.) He is also [...]

Nawal El Moutawakel, the first woman from an Islamic nation to win a medal in the Olympics, will receive a Distinguished Service Award from the United States Sports Academy. El Moutawakel, Morocco’s secretary of state for sport and youth and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), won the gold medal in the 400-meter [...]

Evan Weiner, a sports journalist/commentator known for his columns about the business and politics of sports, has been named the winner of the United States Sports Academy’s 2010 Ronald Reagan Media Award. Weiner has been a contributing columnist for Newsday, the New York Sun, the Orlando Sentinel, Metro Philadelphia, Metro New York and the Washington [...]

Susan Dell, co-founder and Board Chair of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, who competes in triathlons and promotes physical fitness will receive the United States Sports Academy’s Dwight D Eisenhower Fitness Award. Susan was a member of the President’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sports, is a trustee of the Children’s Medical Center Foundation [...]

Dr. Gaylon McCollough (left) and Daniel Moore Whether you are a player, fan, coach, sideline worker or artist, this week’s Alabama-Auburn football classic, known as “The Iron Bowl,” is no ordinary game, according to Dr. Gaylon McCollough. The internationally-acclaimed plastic surgeon, based in Gulf Shores, Ala., commented on the game from all five perspectives. He [...]

Academy President Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (left) with Exchange Club President Ms. Nita Stewart The Exchange Club, a local service organization that has held its semi-monthly meetings on the United States Sports Academy campus for almost a year, showed appreciation for the Academy’s hospitality with large donations to the Toys for Tots campaign. The Academy [...]

No. 18 Texas A&M kept No. 9 Nebraska from clinching the Big 12 North and helped the Aggies return to national prominence with a 9-6 victory over the Cornhuskers in the United States Sports Academy’s College Football Game of the Week. A&M junior running back Cyrus Gray ran for a career high-tying 137 yards, and [...]

Sport can be a key in addressing global concerns about today’s youth, Dr. T.J. Rosandich told an international audience in New York earlier this month. The United States Sports Academy Vice President talked about how sports can help guide youth away from common childhood health problems and exploitation, during a presentation given at WorldForum 2010, [...]

Albert Pujols is used to getting showered with awards in November for his on-the-field performance, but Tuesday night he was honored for his off-the-field achievements. Jack Scharr, the United States Sports Academy’s Board of Trustees Chairman of the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA), presented the three-time Major League Baseball MVP with the Academy’s [...]