Review: Paul Simon at the Royal Albert Hall
IT IS the evening of the US vote and a veritable cataclysm is just hours away. But Paul Simon keeps his counsel for almost three hours. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Music review: ABC at the Royal Festival Hall
THE 1980s have long taken over from the 1970s as the favoured decade for pop sentimentalists. Daily Express :: Music Feed
Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64 (The Associated Press)
Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon died Wednesday under hospice care for dementia. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005, the former WBC featherweight and super featherweight champion went 59-7-1 with 47 knockouts in a 16-year pro career. ”One of the most exciting fighters in the history of the West Coast, an […]
Vanderbilt Renames Confederate Memorial Hall, Returns Donation
(Photo: SECU) Vanderbilt University has announced plans to change the controversial name of one of its buildings on campus only days before students return for the start of the fall semester. Vanderbilt changed the name of its “Confederate Memorial Hall” to read simply “Memorial Hall.” Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos said that after years of debate on the topic, […]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone screening with Royal Albert Hall live orchestra
HARRY POTTER and the Philosopher’s Stone is to be performed live with John Williams’ score at the Royal Albert Hall. Daily Express :: Films Feed
NBA great Nate Thurmond, Hall of Fame center, dies at 74 (Yahoo Sports)
Nate Thurmond, the tenacious defensive center who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. The Golden State Warriors announced the death of one of the team’s most respected players less than a month after they lost the NBA Finals to the Cleveland […]
Boxing Hall of Fame inductees remember Ali (The Associated Press)
Hector Camacho, who overcame the mean streets of Spanish Harlem to become a three-division champion, was among the group enshrined Sunday in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Camacho, who was shot and killed just over three years ago at age 50 in his native Puerto Rico, headed a class that also included two-division champions […]
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame to induct 11, including 1st woman (The Associated Press)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame will induct six boxers, including its first woman, plus two journalists and three trainers during an upcoming ceremony in Las Vegas. Yahoo Sports – Boxing News
UConn to Build Residence Hall for Black Males
The University of Connecticut is planning on building a new residence hall to promote learning communities for like-minded students, including a residence hall specifically for black males. The new dorm, which will be called ScHOLA²RS House, will be an all-male residence hall built as one of seven new communities set to open at the school next fall […]
Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho elected to Boxing Hall of Fame (The Associated Press)
In his heyday in the ring, there was nobody quite like Hector Camacho. Camacho, who overcame the mean streets of Spanish Harlem to become a three-division champion, was among a group of nine inductees announced Wednesday for enshrinement in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. ”There has not been, nor will there be, another Hector […]