Jennifer Hudson is returning to "American Idol" — for one night only. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning actress, singer and "Idol" alum is scheduled to tape a performance in front of the studio audience on Wednesday after the live broadcast has ended, says a person close to the show who did not want his or her name used because the person was not authorized to speak to reporters. ...more

March 24, 2009

the Lightning. Davidson usually allowed his lieutenants to run things, but the subject that early December day in 2001 was serious enough to get him on a plane. ...more

March 14, 2009

He doesn't want to waste a second. He beats most everyone to the park. Joe Nelson learned at his first training camp, in 1996. The then-Atlanta Braves prospect overslept twice. ...more

February 22, 2009

"American Idol" aficionados can soon emulate Kelly Clarkson and others who used the TV show as a path to stardom at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista. ...more

December 30, 2008

"American Idol" aficionados can emulate Kelly Clarkson and others who used the TV show as a path to stardom with the opening Feb. 12 of an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Lake Buena Vista. ...more

December 29, 2008

If Joe Maddon wanted to make anything clear Saturday, it was that he wasn't mad at B.J. Upton. ...more

August 17, 2008

If everything goes as expected today, the National Hockey League will approve Oren Koules as the new owner of the Lightning. Once the deal officially closes later this month, life as we know it on Channelside Drive will have ended. ...more

June 18, 2008

Last spring training, his Rays teammates, many of whom remained thoroughly awed by his talent, began laughing whenever B.J. Upton reached into his locker for his gloves, plural. ...more

February 22, 2008

Make no mistake about it. Lupe Fiasco is good. So good you'll wonder why Kanye gets all the press. So good you'll wonder why 2006's "Food & Liquor" didn't create a bigger sensation. So good you'll forgive him pronouncing "passport" as "pass-purt" for the sake of a rhyme. ...more

January 3, 2008

USF Provost Renu Khator today was officially named the next president of the University of Houston system. ...more

November 5, 2007