Sports in the 21st Century: July 2016

Friday, July 29, 2016

2006 Baseball America Major League Player of the Year

Johan Santana

P - Minnesota Twins

2006 Baseball America Major League Player of the Year

Won the Pitcher Triple Crown

Led the majors in ERA (2.77), strikeouts (245) and wins (19)

He was the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins and an ERA above 2.60

Won the 2006 American League Cy Young Award

Monday, July 25, 2016

2015 and 2016 Brickyard 400 Winner

Kyle Busch

Winner of the 2015 and 2016 Brickyard 400

Friday, July 22, 2016

Jeff Gordon 5 Time Brickyard 400 Winner

Jeff Gordon

5 Time Winner of the Brickyard 400

(1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2014)

Thursday, July 21, 2016

2015 NL MVP

Bryce Harper

(Washington Nationals -RF)

.330 Batting Avg.

42 Home Runs

99 RBI

1.109 OPS

2015 AL MVP

Josh Donaldson

(Toronto Blue Jays - 3B)

.297 batting avg

41 Home runs

123 RBI

.939 OPS

2010 Sports Illustrated Baseball Preview

April 5th 2010

Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

Team USA Olympians Kevin Durant, Allyson Felix, Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Ashton Eaton and Alex Morgan all appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Rio 2016 Olympic Preview. For six weeks, from Olympics opening to Paralympics closing, a disparate band of men and women represent ONE COUNRTY with one common goal: GOLD.

(Michael LeBrecht II; Al Tielemans; Simon Bruty; Robert Beck; Ben Van Hook)