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ESPN's 'Sports Reporters' turns 20; Happy Birthday!
WatchdogHappy 20th anniversary to ESPN's "Sports Reporters." The show came after the late, great "Sportswriters on TV," featuring a bunch of grouchy Chicago scribes, but ESPN's version was pioneering in its own right. I was going to mention this in......Tags: Gwen Stefani, ESPN, Dave Winfield, Christian Peter, Al Sharpton
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Bruce Springsteen to perform during halftime at Super Bowl
The Associated PressNEW YORK -- Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night. Continuing a run of major...Tags: NBC, Multi-Sport Events, National Football League, Football, Prince
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A Twist of fate
According to Billboard, rock pioneer Chubby Checker's classic tune "The Twist," which helped inspire a global dance craze, is the most popular No. 1 hit single of the last half-century. "I'm glad they've finally recognized it," Checker, 66, said of his...Tags: LeAnn Rimes, Bobby Darin
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End in sight for Pleasure Island
Sentinel ColumnistThe end is in sight for nightclubs at Pleasure Island, the Downtown Disney entertainment complex that opened in 1989. The final night for all six clubs -- Motion, Mannequins, 8Trax, BET Soundstage Club, Comedy Warehouse and the Adventurers Club -- will be...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Sheryl Crow, Waylon Jennings, Gloria Estefan, Trisha Yearwood
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On this day in history
On Oct. 3, 1226, Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan religious order, died; he was canonized in 1228. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day. In 1929 the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...Tags: Dick van Dyke, Cleveland Indians, Baseball, Adolf Hitler, Murder
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Springsteen to play Super Bowl halftime
Another Super Bowl, another rock 'n' roll superstar at halftime.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night.
Continuing a run of major talent that...Tags: NBC, Multi-Sport Events, National Football League, Football, Rock and Roll
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LI lawyer wins Billy Joel role in 'Movin' Out'
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comMatthew Friedman was ready to give up. He was a 30-something attorney from Dix Hills and he was reaching that point - the one dreamers know all too well, the one where it becomes clear that it is time to let it go. He had his share of near successes...Tags: Long Island, Television, Theater, Twyla Tharp, Rock and Roll
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Jimmie Johnson to drive in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race
Sentinel Staff WriterNASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson would love to own his own race team, perhaps running off-road trucks or short-track stock cars, he said, "But I just don't have the time or the concentration." So to fulfill his desire for extracurricular racing,...Tags: Motor Racing Endurance, Television, Athletics, Track and Field, Auction Service, Richard Petty
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'American Idol' Taylor Hicks will join 'Grease'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnother "American Idol" is Broadway bound. Taylor Hicks, who took the "American Idol" title in Season 5 with the help of his "Soul Patrol" fans, will make his New York stage debut as "Teen Angel" in the current revival of the musical "Grease" at the...Tags: NBC, Popular Music, New York, Television, Brooks Atkinson
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'American Idol' Taylor Hicks Will Join 'Grease' on Broadway
Another " American Idol" is Broadway bound. Taylor Hicks, who took the "American Idol" title in Season 5 with the help of his "Soul Patrol" fans, will make his New York stage debut as "Teen Angel" in the current revival of the musical "Grease" at the...Tags: NBC, Popular Music, New York, Television, Brooks Atkinson
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Events This Week
Gazette Staff WriterWednesday/29 Archaeological excavation at the Ravenscroft site--9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., corner of Botetourt and Nicholson streets. Watch the excavation of an 18th century site by Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists and archaeological field school...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Thomas Jefferson, Marketing, Natural Science, Family
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The Epcot International Food & Wine Festival is here once again
Sentinel Restaurant CriticWalt Disney World kicks off the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival today, a six-week-long event showcasing goodies and grapes from around the globe. The 12th annual fest will feature seminars, tastings, culinary demonstrations and food samples from...Tags: New York, Oregon, Little Richard, Walt Disney Co., Walt Disney World Resort
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