Monthly Archives: May 2011

Abbot Shi Yongxin (right) of the Shaolin Temple in China received a new book, “Shaolin Kung Fu Secrets,” which the United States Sports Academy translated from an ancient Chinese manuscript. Grandmaster Steve Demasco (left), an Academy national faculty member, presented the book at the Shaolin Summit on May 21 in Los Angeles. His Holiness Abbot [...]

Academy President, Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (right), receives a rare Shaolin text from Abbot Shi Yongxin on the Academy’s campus in 2006. The 1,500-year-old manuscript serves as the basis of a new online course on Shaolin philosophy and history. United States Sports Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich is attending the first annual [...]

Ashton Eaton the 2010 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award recipient Ashton Eaton accepted the 2010 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award from the United States Sports Academy for his accomplishments in the heptathlon and the decathlon. Eaton received the award Friday, May 6, 2011 from Harry Marra, University of Oregon assistant track and field coach, in front of [...]

The number of women coaching women’s teams in the NCAA continues to plummet since the passage of Title IX nearly 40 years ago. The 1972 passage of the federal law was supposed to result in equality in men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletics. It is true that during that period women’s participation in college sports increased [...]

Two figure skaters who won titles in dramatic fashion at the World Championships in Moscow have earned the United States Sports Academy’s Male and Female April Athlete of the Month Awards. Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan won the Male Athlete of the Month Award after breaking three world records en route to a world championship [...]

Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (on the left) lights the cauldron April 21 to signify the opening of the first sport city in Fujian, China, which is named in honor of former International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch. From left to right are Li Shanshan, professor of culture at Quanzhou University, [...]

Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich participated Thursday, April 21 in the dedication of a new sports city in Fujian, China named in honor of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The launching of the “Juan Antonio Samaranch Sports City” comes on the first anniversary of the [...]

Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich (right) and Panhandle Sports Broadcasting President Bill Brownell sign an agreement Friday April 22, 2011 to begin producing sports-related programs broadcast on the Internet. The Academy and Panhandle Sports Broadcasting (PSB) signed an agreement on Friday, April 22, 2011 that allows them to combine both organizations’ considerable online experience [...]

Auburn University sprinter Sheniqua Ferguson (middle) accepts the Academy’s 2010 Athlete of the Year Award from Dr. Fred Cromartie, the Academy’s Dean of Academic Affairs, (right) as head track and field coach Ralph Spry looks on. The award presentation occurred at the War Eagle Invitational on Saturday, April 16 at Auburn University. Dr. T.J. Rosandich, [...]

Academy Vice President Dr. T.J. Rosandich (left), Jesse Andrews Jr. Marine Corps League Detachment Commandant Jerry Cherne (middle), a retired U.S. Marine Corps chief warrant officer, and USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park Executive Director Bill Tunnell (right) unveil artist Harry Weber’s “Wounded Warrior” sculpture as part of an art donation by the Academy to the [...]