Monthly Archives: January 2012

Academy President and CEO Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich (left) presents Dr. Gaylon McCollough (right), a painting by Alabama artist Daniel Moore, the Academy’s 2005 Sport Artist of the Year. McCollough gave a presentation Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the Academy about legendary University of Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s secrets to success.

Prominent Alabama artist Daniel A. Moore has announced a single forthcoming masterwork in oils that will both commemorate Alabama’s recent BCS National Championship and serve as the basis for the United States Sports Academy’s official 2011 College Football Game of the Year Award® artwork. For six years, Moore has created artwork that has become an [...]

The United States Sports Academy’s 2011 College Football Game of the Year is Alabama’s victory over LSU in the Allstate BCS Championship Game. The Alabama defense smothered the LSU offense in the rematch of the two top-ranked Southeastern Conference rivals to win the national title game, 21-0, and earn selection as the Game of the [...]

With rolling enrollment, the Academy’s students start their courses as soon as they are accepted without having to wait for the next semester to begin. The Academy is proud to announce its latest monthly graduates. Bachelor’s Students Ron J Burton (Moxee, WA) – B.S.S. Sports Management Carmine J. Zappola (Avenel, NJ) – B.S.S. Sports Management [...]

This year marks 40 years since the United States Sports Academy was established to upgrade the profession of sport in the United States and throughout the world through education. The university officially began April 22, 1972 when it became the first and only free standing, regionally accredited school of sport in America, a distinction that [...]

The Academy is beginning testing on about 420 male and female athletes in its Human Performance Lab as part of a major research project studying body composition. Dr. Jordan Moon, Department Head of Sports Fitness and Health, and Dr. Enrico Esposito, Chair of Sports Medicine, are heading up the projects for the Academy that is [...]

Most Januarys Amber Magner is in the middle of the women’s basketball season trying to coach and mold her players into a winning team. Now a first-year doctoral teaching assistant at the United States Sports Academy, she will travel to Thailand to teach coaching to students there in the International Certification in Sports Coaching and [...]

Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough played on legendary Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s 1964 national championship team and later was one of his doctors and confidants. For the first time, Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough is speaking about what legendary Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant taught his players about winning in the games of football, [...]

“Olympic Spirit” by Edward Eyth is latest entry into U.S. Olympic Sport and Art Contest open to submissions by all American artists until Feb. 1. American artists have just three weeks left to enter the 2012 U.S. Olympic Sport and Art Contest, which is accepting submissions through Feb. 1. The United States Sports Academy is [...]

“Don Quijote” by Cristóbal Gabarrón will be on display Jan. 28 at the American University Museum in Washington, D.C. A major art exhibition featuring Cristóbal Gabarrón’s works from the first decade of the 21st century is scheduled to open Jan. 28 and to run through April 15. The exhibition, “Gabarrón’s Roots,” features paintings and sculptures [...]