They told me nothing. I’d arrived in my mother’s maroon Toyota Camry. I was last to the table and worse for wear. Though I wasn’t in on any set-up plan, I was an architect of going hard ...

He called me old. Yes, I’m old, but I train every day. I believe that through hard work and self-belief, anything is possible. “The whole world was against me. I wasn’t the favorite, but that doesn’t ...

saying the octogenarian president had made another verbal gaffe (for which he has a long-standing reputation), supposedly reciting the words "end of quote" from the teleprompter when it wasn't ...

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She was THAT Auntie. The one that let you stay up late, would occasionally let you swear, and would sit and go through the whole Mickey monologue from Blood Brothers with me until I had it down.

Let us assume, for the moment, that I am correct. That number is noteworthy to me. It should probably also be surprising to me, but it isn’t. The reason it would be surprising, if I found it so ...

to the hapless team that turns things around. So let’s run through some of his best quotes from Major League and Major League 2: ...

This translated to my other child, who became completely dependent on me. At some point, I knew they would need to be able to exist independently; I just wasn't sure how to let go. I didn't know ...

An Indonesian woman can breathe clearly again after firefighters rescued her from the captivity of an office chair. The young woman was at work in Bandung City, Indonesia, when she managed to get ...

Gretzky's embarrassment was palpable as he acknowledged the awkward aftermath: "Wasn't good for the guys beside me." When interviewer Howard Stern asked Gretzky if he had talked to his teammates ...