On a good night, facing the Rockets in Houston is a challenging proposition. They're a tough, physical, defensive minded team that can make things difficult for the best of squads, defending them in a variety of ways. For the Lakers, things already looked hard enough. Now, coming off their worst per...

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by Chuck Robinett "Hooray for Hollywood," indeed.  As mentioned in our last show, Kristy and I were 'featured extras' in the movie that George Clooney is currently filming entitled, 'Up In The Air'. Now, before I go any farther, let me explain that I, personally, have never had that 'Hollywood Acti...

This should have been posted earlier today (OK, last week) but the computer software crashed on me this morning, which lost half an hour's writing. Fred Spofforth was Ashes Hero No 20 and No 19 is the second of five cricketing knights in this list, after Alec Bedser at No 40 . I'll leave it up to yo...

"It was the Lakers," Blazers center Joel Przybilla said. "And we beat the (snot) out of them. And you can print that. In bold. And big letters." I can do the bold, but haven't actually figured out how to change the type size. So Joel, this is the best I give you. But while it probably wasn't a great...

Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

Er … here are a few photos of Katie Holmes shooting scenes for her new movie The Extra Man which, apparently, call for the actress to roam the streets while carrying an extra-large stuffed lion: Yeah, I dunno what the hell is going on either. But, these photos are too … odd … to no...

It wouldn't be an England tour to the West Indies without a world record and we got agonisingly close to two in Trinidad today. No, it's not the record for the most boring Test. Nor is it one for the fewest wickets taken in a Test series (with 42 wickets, England are a long way from the mere 31 that...

One of the hardest workers in show business, Katie Holmes was spotted logging the long hours on the set of her new film, “The Extra Man,” in New York City on Saturday night (March 7). Looking quite serious, the former “Dawson’s Creek” cutie toted around a large, stuffed...

As you would expect from someone who was so relieved at being run out for 26 in the Times's Over 40s v Under 40s match last summer because it meant the personal hell of running between the wickets was over, I have a certain fondness for unfit cricketers. The news that Samit Patel has been dropped by...