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October 28th: On This Day

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Brad Paisley celebrates his 44th Birthday today.

Paisley was born in 1972, in Glen Dale, West Virginia to Doug Paisley, a worker for the West Virginia DoT, and Sandy Paisley a teacher.

After high school, Paisley went to college and interned at ASCAP, Atlantic Records, and Fitzgerald-Hartley Management Firm. During this time Paisley would meet many people who would help his career.

Within a week of graduating college, Paisley signed a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing.

In 1999, he made his debut as a singer on the label Arista Nashville, with the song “Who Needs Pictures”. The rest is history.

Next Stop Martinsville Speedway

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Next stop Martinsville Speedway for Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 as the semifinal round of the post-season Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins.  The eight remaining title contenders are traveling along a path that will ultimately lead to a championship for one with 1,076 “Miles-2-Miami” left before Ford Championship Weekend in November.   This will be the sixth and final short-track race of the year and the only Chase race to be run on an oval less than one mile in length.  Joe Gibbs Racing has dominated the 2016 short-track schedule with wins in four of the five races run thus far.  Carl Edwards has victories at Richmond International Raceway and Bristol.  Denny Hamlin won last month in Richmond and Kyle Busch was victorious in this year’s first visit to Martinsville on April 3rd.  All four of J-G-R’s Cup Series competitors, including Matt Kenseth, have advanced to the Chase’s Round of Eight … Busch is bidding to become the first driver to sweep both Martinsville races in a single season since Hamlin doubled up in 2010.

Shania Twain Will Receive Billboard’s Icon Award

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Shania Twain will receive the 2016 Women in Music “Icon” award during Billboard’s 11th annual Women in Music event later this year. The award is presented to artists whose contributions to the music industry put them among the highest class of performers. Billboard’s annual Women in Music event will be held in New York City on December 9 and will air nationally on Lifetime on December 12.

 

·       Singer-songwriter Halsey will be presented with this year’s Women in Music “Rising Star” award, while Madonna will receive the 2016 Woman of the Year award.

·       During last year’s ceremony, Kelsea Ballerini was honored with the “Rising Star” Award and Loretta Lynn received the “Legend” award.

 

More Legendary Performers Added To CMA Awards

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The star power at the upcoming 50th Annual CMA Awards continues to grow with the addition of more legendary acts to the lineup.  Joining the star-studded lineup are 2016 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Charlie Daniels and Randy Travis; former Entertainer of the Year winners Ricky Skaggs and Roy Clark and former CMA Awards host Clint Black. The new wave of performers also includes Jason Aldean, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Jennifer Nettles, Martina McBride and Dwight Yoakam, as well as multi-format performers Elle King and Pentatonix.

 

·       These artists join previously announced performers Alabama, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Charley Pride, Reba, George Strait, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood.

·       The 50th Annual CMA Awards will air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 2 at 8:00-PM ET on ABC.

Working Out With The Hubby – Carrie Underwood

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Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, both stay in tip-top shape for their respective careers, and Carrie says they’ll sometimes work out together to help keep each other motivated.  Carrie tells E! News that they’ll sometimes put partner exercises into their workout routines, which helps them push each other further towards their fitness goals. For example, Underwood says, “I’ll have to do 50 push-ups and he’ll have to run on the treadmill, at a good pace, until I’m done with my 50 push-ups.” Or, she says, “We’ve done this thing where he has to run a mile and the longer it takes him to run a mile, the more I’m holding a wall sit.”

 

·       Carrie adds that her and Mike are all about mixing things up and will occasionally work kickboxing and weight training into their routines. She adds, “If we have a nice gym at a hotel we utilize whatever equipment is there, and we try to take a class every once and awhile.”

WPU Starts Season At #3, Earns Two First-Place Votes

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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s basketball team earned a much-deserved bulls-eye as the Division I Preseason Top-25 Poll was released Tuesday.

A year after going 29-7 (17-5 Heart) and reaching the national quarterfinals in its inaugural Division I campaign, William Penn is #3 with 228 points. The Statesmen are only behind last year’s national championship participants Mid-America Christian (Okla.) and Georgetown (Ky.).  It is the highest preseason ranking for the program (previous high was #7 to start 2013-2014) and the highest ranking since being #2 in the 12-13 postseason poll.

Defending national champion M-ACU is first with 247 points and six first-place votes, while GC is second with one first-place nod.  Biola (Calif.) (two first-place votes) and LSU Alexandria round out the top five.

Fellow Heart of America Athletic Conference program MidAmerica Nazarene joins WPU in the top 10 at #8, while Central Methodist is also ranked at #23.  Benedictine (#33) and Peru State (T-#34) are receiving votes as well.

WPU begins the season next Thursday in Oskaloosa by hosting Central Christian (Mo.) at 7 p.m.

NAIA Men’s Basketball Preseason Rating – October 25, 2016
(Number in parentheses in first-place votes)
1. Mid-America Christian (Okla.) (6)
2. Georgetown (Ky.) (1)
3. William Penn (2)
4. Biola (Calif.) (1)
5. LSU Alexandria
6. Columbia (Mo.)
7. Talladega (Ala.)
8. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
9. Carroll (Mont.)
10. William Carey (Miss.)
11. Campbellsville (Ky.)
12. Westmont (Calif.)
12. Dillard (La.)
14. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
15. Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)
16. Park (Mo.)
17. Hope International (Calif.)
18. Oklahoma City
19. Pikeville (Ky.)
20. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
20. Texas Wesleyan
22. Faulkner (Ala.)
23. Central Methodist (Mo.)
24. LSU Shreveport
25. Xavier (La.)

Others receiving votes: SAGU (Texas) 38; Montana Western 36; Langston (Okla.) 29; William Woods (Mo.) 27; William Jessup (Calif.) 25; Cumberlands (Ky.) 22; Arizona Christian 12; Benedictine (Kan.) 8; Voorhees (S.C.) 6; Peru State (Neb.) 6; Science & Arts (Okla.) 5; Dalton State (Ga.) 3.

Story provided by Wade Steinalge

Post-Season Doubleheader At Martinsville

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Fans headed to southern Virginia for this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series races at Martinsville Speedway will see a post-season twin bill as the 2016 schedule enters its final month.  Six title contenders remain in the inaugural Truck Series Chase heading into Saturday’s Texas Roadhouse 200 led by top-seeded rookie William Byron.  Also still on The Chase Grid are Christopher Bell, Timothy Peters, Ben Kennedy, Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton … In the Sprint Cup Series, the title field is down to eight for the final short-track race of the 2016 season, Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500.  Kyle Busch, the Number-1 seed in this year’s Chase, is looking for a season sweep on the Virginia half-mile after winning the year’s first stop there in early April.  Denny Hamlin’s the last driver to win both races in a single season, doing so in 2010.

October 26th: On This Day

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On this day in 2006, Dierks Bentley’s Long Trip Alone topped the Billboard Country Albums chart, selling 82,000 copies its first week in stores, giving Dierks the best sales week of his career.

Long Trip Alone was Bentley’s third album and produced two number ones, “Every Mile a Memory” and “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)”. The album was Certified Gold by the RIAA.

 

Mr. Misunderstood On The Rocks – Eric Church

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Eric Church will commemorate the anniversary of his fifth studio album, Mr. Misunderstood, by releasing a special live album recorded at Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The 7-track collection, Mr. Misunderstood On the Rocks Live & (Mostly) Unplugged, will be released exclusively at Wal-Mart on November 4 – one year to the day after Church surprised fans with the unannounced release of Mr. Misunderstood during last year’s CMA Awards. The live album features six tracks from Mr. Misunderstood as well as a heartfelt rendition of “Hallelujah.”

 

Mr. Misunderstood On the Rocks Live & (Mostly) Unplugged track list:

 

1. “Mistress Named Music – Red Rocks Medley”

2. “Chattanooga Lucy”

3. “Mixed Drinks About Feelings”

4. “Knives of New Orleans”

5. “Kill a Word”

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