Following a record-setting career at the Naval Academy, David Robinson went on to earn two NBA championships, one NBA MVP, 10 all-star selections three Olympic medals (two gold, one bronze) and a bust in the Basketball Hall of Fame. He’s now added a Heisman. Not bad for a guy who never played college football. Staubach and Bellino fans, settle down — Robinson was named this year’s recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian award, given by the Heisman Trophy Trust to ” recognize and honor selfless athletes who continually give back to the community and seek to improve the lives of others,”…
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First, here’s another picture of Kevin Spacey in the crowd for Saturday’s Navy homecoming game. Just because. Spacey’s in Baltimore to film “House of Cards,” a direct-to-Netflix TV series (with one heck of a poster) he’s co-producing with David Fincher, director of “Se7en,” “Fight Club” and “The Social Network,” among other big-ticket movies. And as After Action showed you over the weekend, he apparently cleared some time to catch the Mids rally to down Indiana 31-30 in Annapolis, improving their record to 4-3 on the year. While The Baltimore Sun reports he’s “rumored” to have joined in with midshipmen for…
So much for the “Little Admiral.” Corey Robinson, a 6-foot-4, sure-handed wide receiver at San Antonio Christian High School, has committed to play football at Notre Dame next season, according to multiple reports. The son of Naval Academy grad and Basketball Hall of Famer David Robinson, Corey had considered following his father’s path to Annapolis, albeit in a different sport. This Sports Illustrated piece outlines the younger Robinson’s decision-making process — one that steered him away from the academy as the interest from top-tier football programs mounted. Aside from Navy and Notre Dame, ESPN.com reports the soon-to-be plebe freshman had…
Newly hired Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Brian Gregory is a 1990 graduate of Oakland University, but in 1985 he started college career at the U.S. Naval Academy. And if there was ever a good year to be on the Navy basketball team, that was it. Gregory ended up playing with Hall of Famer David Robinson as Navy went 30-5. The Mids won the CAA and upset Syracuse in the NCAA tournament en route to advancing to the Elite 8 for the first and only time in school history. Gregory sat down with the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Doug Roberson, who…
The San Antonio Spurs paid tribute to David Robinson on Monday night, honoring one of the best centers in NBA history for his entry in the basketball hall of fame. Robinson, a former Navy officer who starred at the U.S. Naval Academy from 1984-1987, was drafted #1 overall by San Antonio. After he served two years on active duty, Robinson joined the Spurs for the 1989-90 season. He ended up playing his entire career in San Antonio, leading the organization to its first two championships. According the San Antonio Express-News, some 17,000 fans stayed after the game Monday to honor…
