Monthly Archives: October 2011

Academy renovating building to display submissions for the U.S. Olympic sports art contest that it is managing for the fourth consecutive Olympiad. The United States Sports Academy began renovating a former bank building on its Daphne, Ala., campus to display American artists’ submissions to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Sport Art Contest. The Academy, which is [...]

For the fifth year in a row, the Principality of Monaco is preparing to host a historic summit on obtaining peace through sport. More than 500 leading decision-makers and several Heads of State will meet in Monaco for the initiative of the international organization, Peace and Sport. The Peace and Sport International Forum 2011 will [...]

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) were in Daphne as part of its fifth annual week long tour led by the United States Sports Academy to get a firsthand look at American sports. In addition, 13 Thailand students traveling with the group received their Academy diplomas in sports management and sports coaching on campus Friday, [...]

Kimberly Archie For nearly seven years, Kimberly Archie has fought for cheerleading to earn recognition as a sport as a way to make it more safe for its female athletes. Cheerleading is the No. 1 female sport and No. 2 in catastrophic injuries when compared to all sports—only American football ranks higher. Archie founded the [...]

Novak Djokovic The No. 1-ranked men’s professional tennis player, Novak Djokovic, and the No. 1-ranked women’s professional golfer, Yani Tseng, were named the United States Sports Academy’s September Athletes of the Month. Both Djokovic and Tseng are arguably the two most dominating athletes in their sports this year. Serbian Djokovic beat Spainard Rafael Nadal 6-2, [...]

One day when a teenager falls off his scooter and slams his head into the ground, a parent will reach into the medicine cabinet and pull out a King-Devick Test to check whether their child suffered a concussion and needs to be treated by a doctor. Steve Devick imagines the screening test becoming as commonplace [...]

Grandmaster Steve DeMasco (right) was recently bestowed a United States Sports Academy Honorary Doctorate for devoting more than 35 years to teaching Shaolin martial arts. He is founder and CEO of Steve DeMasco’s Shaolin Studios and the founder of the Kids for Life Foundation. DeMasco serves as the Ambassador to the United States for China’s [...]

United States Sports Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (left) with Monsieur Lambis Nikolaou, the Chairman of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Cultural and Olympic Education Commission, while at the IOC annual meeting Sept. 15-16 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Daphne Mayor Fred Small (left) and United States Sports Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (right) at a surprise “Coffee with the Mayor” event at City Hall in Daphne, Ala., to honor Mayor Small who is stepping down after seven years at the city’s helm. Dr. Rosandich presented the Mayor at the Thursday, [...]