Country music hotshot Kenny Chesney is taking the year off from touring, performing in just six cities this entire summer. One of those six will be at Country Thunder USA, where the city of Twin Lakes, Wis. is already bracing for the influx of country music fans ready to storm the concert grounds. This year’s […]
Denny Hamlin won the hard-fought Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 at Pocono on June 6, 2010, but his victory took the backseat to yet another NASCAR melee on the racetrack. 20-year-old Joey Logano, Joe Gibbs Racings’ up-and-coming prodigy, hardly ever starts tiffs with other drivers – even when he’s in the right – but enough was […]
Even with his status as a country superstar, Tim McGraw strives to be a good neighbor. He proved this by teaming with Fritos to raise money for the Neighbor’s Keepers Fund. McGraw and Fritos will donate $500,000 to the cause, which helps families in communities around the nation. The organization works alongside other community groups, […]
Spanish netter Rafael Nadal has had a long road to recovery over the last year while dealing with tendonitis in his knee, but the tennis pro is finally standing tall atop the ATP men’s tennis rankings once again. Nadal snatched the No. 1 title from on-court nemesis Roger Federer after winning the French Open in […]
The 2010 CMT Music Awards were held in Nashville on June 9, and country’s top stars came out for this much-anticipated night of country songs and fun. The most coveted award of the night was Video of the Year, and country sweetheart Carrie Underwood walked away with the award for her “Cowboy Casanova” video. To […]
Swiss open-wheel racing darling Simona de Silvestro survived her first fiery crash in the IRL at the Firestone 550K at Texas on June 5. In what could have ended very poorly for the Swiss driver’s rookie year on the IndyCar circuit, de Silvestro’s No. 78 car got loose and hit the wall on Lap 99, […]
Scoff all you want at the mention of the Twilight saga, but if you consider yourself an alt-rock fan you might want to give the vampire flicks’ soundtracks a listen. Billboard.com reports that British trio Muse is the only act to score a spot on all three of the films’ soundtracks. For those not paying […]
2009 was all about Taylor Swift, but fellow contemporary country music darling Carrie Underwood is out to prove that 2010 is her year to shine. Underwood Levitra trumped Swift’s big night at the CMT Music Awards in ’09 with her own dominating display of accolades in 2010, winning two of the evening’s nine big awards […]
As the MLB approaches the halfway mark for the 2010 season, it’s not too early to start talking about the first-half MVPs. Some are familiar faces and some have come more or less out of nowhere, which is to be expected. As of June 8th, here are the position players who have had the most […]
The N.L. MVP award usually is given to Albert Pujols before the season even begins, as was the case with most fans and analysts heading into 2010. Pujols certainly could end up winning the award yet again, but he has some unexpected competition. Here are the candidates for the N.L. MVP as of June 18th. […]
