Kenny Chesney was honored as "Tennessean of the Year" by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, February 11, 2011. Photo by Bill Thorp, courtesy of Shore Fire Media.

Kenny Chesney was honored as “Tennessean of the Year” by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, February 11.  He was honored not only for his role as a producer on the ESPN football documentary “Boys of Fall,” but also for his role as mentor of young adults through his contribution of thousands of DVDs to high schools across the country.  As Bill Emendorfer, President of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame says, the award “honors an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to our society through sports or other methods, demonstrating strong character and high profile leadership.” 

Kenny’s offer to contribute copies of the “Boys of Fall” DVD to high schools across the nation was met with tremendous response and requests from school principals and coaches in all 50 states. In one of the letters received, a high school’s athletic director invited Kenny to serve as an honorary assistant coach as they vied for a 10th state championship, and in another, a head football coach wrote to Chesney, “your path to success has shown kids all over the country that if they have a dream and a willingness to work hard, anything is possible.” Continue Reading

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Gwyneth Paltrow & Tim McGraw from the upcoming movie, Country Strong, in theaters January 7, 2011. Photo by Scott Garfield, courtesy of Sony Pictures USA & Monarch Publicity.

From Crazy Heart to Country Strong, Hollywood and Nashville were tightly linked in 2010.

Tim McGraw, Julianne Hough, Trace Adkins and Carrie Underwood all went in front of the cameras. And artists as diverse as Ryan Bingham, Billy Currington, Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney got their music on the big screen in one way or another.

Country’s role in a large number of movies ranks No. 7 in GAC’s countdown of the dozen top stories of 2010.

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Kenny Chesney photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.

Kenny Chesney put a new wrinkle on his career this year when he made his first documentary and had a No. 1 hit with the title song. Now you can peek behind the scenes with the GAC special The Making Of ‘Boys Of Fall’, which debuts Sunday, October 31 on GAC at 8/7c.   Check the full schedule for additional airtimes »

The film gave Kenny a chance to conduct personal interviews with a number of figures from the NFL and college football. He talked to quarterbacks Joe Namath, Troy Aikman and Brett Favre; to NFL coaches Jon Gruden, Tony Dungy, John Madden and Sean Payton; and to NCAA head coaches Mack Brown, Bobby Bowden, Bill Curry, Jim Tressel and Nick Saban.

In the process, he knitted together two all-American pursuits.

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David Nail up to bat during the All-Star softball game. Photo courtesy of UMG Nashville.

There aren’t too many country stars who can boast that they’ve hit a homerun in a major-league ballpark – but David Nail can.

David popped one over the fence during a celebrity softball game Monday in Angel Stadium during the festivities surrounding Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game.

His homerun is just one of numerous current sports-related items in country music, including Big Kenny’s World Cup debut and Taylor Swift’s shot at induction into a hall of fame.

Here are country’s latest sports-related stories:

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