Ben Roethlisberger is what his football team needs him to be - poised and under control, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

February 1, 2009

Because I have spent a better part of my life hanging around the hustings as a scribbler, there have been times when I have deluded myself into thinking that, in another life, I would have made a pretty fair-to-middling political consultant. ...more

September 2, 2008

Boxing has the prolific "Rocky" series and the Martin Scorsese black-and-white classic "Raging Bull." Hockey has the rough-and-tough "Slap Shot" starring the venerable Paul Newman and the much-goofier "The Mighty Ducks." ...more

May 7, 2008

From "Good Vibrations" to "GoodFellas," Brian Wilson and Martin Scorsese scored. Steve Martin strutted as one of the "wild and crazy guys." Diana Ross sang to Motown stardom. Pianist Leon Fleisher surmounted a debilitating injury. ...more

December 3, 2007