Changing Channels

They are arguably the nicest and most accessible of the professional sports stars. But are NHL players also the coolest of the four major sports? Some of the world’s most beautiful women certainly think so, including pop music sensation Carrie Underwood, who married Mike Fisher of the Nashville Predators two years ago. Now, comes word…

NBC was wise to take over Versus and turn it into the NBC Sports Network. Just as it made a smart decision to give sportscaster Bob Costas a sports-talk show. The Long Island native known more for putting down his roots in St. Louis, Costas is a solid sports talkkie who attracted interviews with New…

He has two arrests and a no contest on his “checkered” resume. He had a too-well reported on “ahem” operation to have something removed off a body part I will not mention. Mike “Boogie” Malin should not be anywhere NEAR the latest season of Big Brother in my opinion. Not only is he back on…

From coast to coast and all points in between Andy Griffith was indeed America’s sherriff. Using measures of love, compassion and humor with those around him Griffith made Mayberry, Nc come to life. It’s cool for me to see the show, which I have always watched and loved, occasionally make reference to Siler City, which…

Rumors that Ann Curry is on the way out as co-anchor of the Today show bring this response from me: “What took you so long?” Perhaps my response should be “Why was she put in that position to begin with?” Curry was a decent, at best, news reader every half-hour for the show before her…

Woof, woof! Again? Ugh! Arsenio Hall has apparently parlayed his win on the most recent Celebrity Apprentice into another shot at a late night show. While Donald Trump’s show can be entertaining, if a bit cut-throat at times, for numerous reasons I can’t be too excited about Hall’s second foray into the late-night wars. First…

When you go on Jim Rome’s radio or television sports talk shows you should EXPECT there to be an uncomfortable moment or two. While Rome is an OK interviewer and solid enough host, the specter of Jim Everett has ALWAYS hung over his career … you know it, I know it and the American people…

The morning “news” programs may be more fluff than anything else, but it’s still difficult not to like GMA‘s Robin Roberts. The former ESPN star is smart, well-spoken and not rude or crude as a host and has discussed being a Christian woman on CBN. She unfortunately has also had to battle health issues, such…

Whether or not you want to admit it, everyone knows ad host ‘Vince’ of Slap Chop, Shamwow  and now Schticky fame or infamy. I say the latter because “his” ads for the latter have finally been  sanitized after months of including two painful and corny lines of sexual innuendo. Without getting graphic, one comment had…

My mother loved him on Family Feud and Match Game. I loved him on Hogan’s Heroes. Such was the versatility of Richard Dawson, 79, who died over the weekend due to complications related to esophageal cancer. All that kissing he did 0n Family Feud used to drive me “bonkos” as Regis Philbin might say. But…

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