Posts Tagged ‘Academy’
GT Academy 2010 LIVE at Silverstone: Day Five Highlights
The final day at Silverstone will see four to two. Our final four know that this is their last day to impress the Judge’s in high-speed racing against the clock and each other. Who truly makes the leap from virtual to reality and gets one step closer to being a professional racing driver?
US Baseball Academy Fielding Drill: March 3, 2010
At baseball games of any level, fly balls often drop to the ground between fielders unsure who is going to make the catch. Or worse, two fielders collide while going after the same ball. Here is a great drill to teach and reinforce defensive priorities in an effort to avoid both dropped balls and collisions among infielders and outfielders.
Taylor Swift Scores Five Academy Of Country Music Award Nominations
Swift is up for the big prize, Entertainer of the Year, at the ACM Awards in April.
By Jocelyn Vena
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Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift has a few more nominations to add to her résumé: The country/pop superstar has been nominated for five Academy of Country Music Awards. According to a press release, the singer was at home near Nashville when she heard the good news.
Swift’s nominations include Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist of the Year, Song of the Year for “You Belong With Me,” and Video of the Year for “You Belong With Me.” She is nominated twice in the Song of the Year category for co-writing “You Belong With Me,” bringing her total to five.
Nascar: Johnson Listed for the 2007 US Sports Academy Athlete of the Year
The 2007 NASCAR Nextel season came to its end Friday evening with NASCAR Award banquet at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel where the driver, Jimmie Johnson who had a record breaking season, pilling up 1,663 points during the 10-race Chase Cup received the championship’s trophy. No less credit received the other Hendrick driver, Jeff Gordon who also posted numbers that would have been a sure ticket to Title Town in any other year, winning six races. A record money amount ($32. 8M) was distributed between the top 10 drivers (over $1 million each).
Besides the recognition, Johnson definitely got the hang of being the champion for a consecutive year; he earned $7,317,499 from the Nextel Cup point’s fund, bringing his season winnings to $15,313,920; it also brings his career earnings to a $59. 5 million. In addition to his winnings, he also received $350,000 for winning four special awards (The Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap, The Dow Automotive Strategic Call of the Race Award, the Sunoco Diamond Performance and the Goodyear Award).


