Tuesday, May 5


Extreme parents turn sports sour

Ahh, remember the days when the parents of child athletes were crazy but still relatively harmless? I mean, who could forget the memorable Almonte family who forged son Danny’s birth certificate so he would be eligible to play in the 2001 Little League World Series? Read more...




Ferreira defeats Hewitt for title

For two sets and 10 games, it seemed as though the only way a steady Lleyton Hewitt was going to lose the Mercedes-Benz Cup final was if Wayne Ferreira strung together some of his best tennis ever. Read more...


“Magnolia” singer/songwriter an abnormally normal talent

At the Verizon Music Festival’s first event on July 24 the stage was set ““ literally ““ for a night of comic irony. After all, what stranger way to kick-off a festival sponsored and named after a corporate behemoth than with a performance by Aimee Mann, who’s possibly made more headlines for her solitary battle against the music industry than for her actual artistic accomplishments? Read more...