TV show to help 'chronically unemployed'
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- Sundance Channel says it has green-lit "Get to Work," a San Diego-set non-fiction series about a program created to help the "chronically unemployed." The cable network said Wednesday it has ordered eight episodes of … Continue reading
MLS: D.C. United 2, Colorado 0
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Goals by Dwayne De Rosario and Hamdi Salihi Wednesday boosted D.C. United to a 2-0 victory over Colorado. Playing at home for the first time in almost three weeks, United (6-4-3) moved into a second-place … Continue reading
NBA: Boston 107, Philadelphia 91
PHILADELPHIA, May 16 (UPI) -- Kevin Garnett ignited a sizzling Boston shooting performance Wednesday that brought the Celtics a 107-91 win over Philadelphia and a 2-1 playoff series lead. Garnett, limited to 15 points in Philadelphia's win in Boston Monday, … Continue reading
College basketball player guilty of slur
WHEATON, Ill., May 16 (UPI) -- A former student-athlete at a small Illinois college has been convicted of carving a racial slur on a window will in a black student's dorm room. Myles Burton, 21, of Libertyville, Ill., who was … Continue reading
College basketball player guilty of slur
WHEATON, Ill., May 16 (UPI) -- A former student-athlete at a small Illinois college has been convicted of carving a racial slur on a window will in a black student's dorm room. Myles Burton, 21, of Libertyville, Ill., who was … Continue reading
College basketball player guilty of slur
WHEATON, Ill., May 16 (UPI) -- A former student-athlete at a small Illinois college has been convicted of carving a racial slur on a window will in a black student's dorm room. Myles Burton, 21, of Libertyville, Ill., who was … Continue reading
'Priscilla: Queen of the Desert' to close
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" is to end its Broadway run next month, producers of the Australia-set musical announced Wednesday. The closing is set for June 24, following 23 previews and 526 regular performances. … Continue reading
'Priscilla: Queen of the Desert' to close
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" is to end its Broadway run next month, producers of the Australia-set musical announced Wednesday. The closing is set for June 24, following 23 previews and 526 regular performances. … Continue reading
MLB: San Diego 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
SAN DIEGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Chase Headley homered and delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth Wednesday, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles, which has won 16 of … Continue reading
Wife of Syracuse ex-coach sues ESPN
GENEVA, N.Y., May 16 (UPI) -- The wife of former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine said Wednesday she is filing a libel suit against ESPN. Laurie Fine said at a news conference in Geneva, N.Y., shoddy reporting by … Continue reading