A second book featuring a Holocaust love story between Florida-based Herman and Roma Rosenblat was cancelled on Tuesday after the publisher found out that the couple’s amazing tale was not true.
For over a decade, Herman Rosenblat, 79, told newspapers, magazines and twice appeared on the Oprah Winfrey TV show to tell the story of how [...]
The New York Jets fired coach Eric Mangini yesterday, a day after a team that harbored Super Bowl hopes with five games left failed to make the playoffs.
The Jets started the season 8-3 under quarterback Brett Favre, beating New England and Tennessee on the road in consecutive weeks and raising visions among fans of the [...]
Miami’s Andre Goodman (21) celebrates after intercepting a pass by Jets quarterback Brett Favre in the fourth quarter. (MCT Photo / December 28, 2008)
No matter the coach, no matter the quarterback, no matter the owner, no matter the December, it always comes to this for the Jets.
The only thing that changes are the names. The [...]
Kobe Bryant (27 points), Pau Gasol (20 points, including seven in the final three minutes) and solid defense lead the way in victory over Boston, which had won 19 in a row.
It might not have been revenge, but for the Lakers and their adoring and fanatic fans, it was sweet nonetheless.
And for Pau Gasol, who [...]
Santa Claus is coming to town, after a fast flight around the world dropping off presents for little boys and girls. Find a link inside the story to NORAD’s track of Santa’s Christmas flight.
Santa Claus is coming to town, after a fast flight around the world dropping off presents for little boys and girls.
He’s already [...]
Mark Felt, who has died at the age of 95, was appalled by the sleazy echoes of the pseudonym jokingly wished on him by Howard Simons, the managing editor of the Washington Post. But long after memories of Linda Lovelace’s pornographic film have vanished, Felt will live on in American political history as Deep Throat, [...]
Tiger Woods spoke publicly Wednesday from the Chevron World Challenge, a tournament hosted by Woods that benefits the Tigers Woods Foundation, about the health of his surgically-repaired knee and addressed recent comments by caddie Steve Williams about fellow PGA-tour star Phil Mickelson.
Woods underwent season-ending reconstructive left knee surgery in June following a memorable win in [...]
N.B.A. coaches are quickly finding out that the only job security they hold is when they actually hold a job. Reggie Theus followed a rapidly growing line on Monday when he was fired by the Sacramento Kings.
Theus is the sixth coach to be fired this season, which is in only its second month. The 76ers [...]
The sci-fi remake takes in $31 million to lead the weekend box office. ‘Four Christmases’ takes second place.
Despite some far-from-stellar reviews, 20th Century Fox’s remake of the sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” dominated the weekend box office, taking in $31 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters.
With Keanu Reeves as an alien [...]
No freshman network show is recognized, but HBO’s ‘In Treatment’ and ‘True Blood’ get nods.
A raft of familiar names in the television industry were nominated for Golden Globes on Thursday, underscoring the difficulty new shows have had gaining traction this season.
Among the series nominated for the awards, which recognize the best programming in 2008, [...]