What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and 'Food, Inc. 2' chows down
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary โFood, Inc.,โ Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and โDora the Explorerโ gets a reboot on Paramount+.
New York's AG says MSG lawyer ban may violate anti-bias laws
New Yorkโs attorney general says Madison Square Garden may be violating anti-bias laws with its practice of barring lawyers from firms involved in litigation against MSG from its venues including Radio City Music Hall and the Garden itself.
Westminster dog show wonโt have spectators due to virus
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, Siba, a standard poodle, competes for Best in Show during 144th Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York. America's top dogs won't have fans at this year's Westminster Kennel Club dog show. The club announced Monday, March 29, 2021, that spectators and vendors won't be allowed this year because of coronavirus limitations. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)NEW YORK โ Americaโs top dogs wonโt have their pack of fans on hand at this yearโs Westminster Kennel Club dog show. The club announced Monday that spectators and vendors won't be allowed this year because of coronavirus limitations.
'We're owed a March': Hoop fans flock to bet on NCAA tourney
A man makes a sports bet at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City NJ on Friday March 19, 2021, the first full day of the NCAA March Madness tournament. Last year, it was March sadness as the NCAA college basketball tournament got canceled days before it was supposed to start, due to the coronavirus. But that was last March, just before the coronavirus wiped out the March Madness tournament โ and the boatloads of money that would have been bet on it. Spread out over several weeks, the NCAA tournament is collectively the biggest sports betting event of the year. Kevin Hennessy, a spokesperson for FanDuel, said legal sports betting โcontinues to surpass our expectations.โ His company paid out more than $17 million to customers on a March Madness betting promotion Thursday night.
The Latest: Boston's Charlie Coyle enters NHL COVID protocol
Coyle becomes just the second Bruinsโ player added to the protocol, and first since Karson Kuhlman spent the first two days of the season on the list in January. Each person attending the games will be required to comply with all state public health regulations and arena policies. ___The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Wednesday that Virginia Tech's men's basketball game at North Carolina State on Saturday has been canceled. The cancellation follows quarantining and a contract tracing review within the Virginia Tech menโs program. NC State says it would like to find another league game to replace it if they can.
Good dogs! 20 years of covering Westminster Kennel Club show
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2008, file photo, Uno, a 15-inch beagle, poses with his trophy after winning Best in Show at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York. Thatโs when they normally cuddle up on the couch with their precious pooch to watch the Super Bowl of Dogs -- the Westminster Kennel Club show. For now, AP Baseball Writer Ben Walker and wife Ginger Tidwell share their fondest memories from the green carpet over 20 paws-itively wonderful years covering Westminster:___HEโS NUMERO UNO! A dog just being a dog ... and the crowd went crazy, hollering with every step and every bite. Heโs won best in show three times at Westminster.
Harthorne Wingo, 73, fan favorite on Knicks title team, dies
FILE - In this April 5, 2013, file photo, Harthorne Wingo waves to the crowd during a ceremony to honor the 1972-73 world champion New York Knicks NBA basketball team at New York's Madison Square Garden. The former New York Knick and fan favorite Harthorne Wingo has died. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)NEW YORK โ Harthorne Wingo, a fan favorite and reserve on the New York Knicksโ 1973 NBA championship team, has died. Apart from Frazier, Wingo played on a title team with the likes of Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Dick Barnett and Phil Jackson. The Beastie Boys referenced Wingo's name in a rap lyric to the song โLay It On Meโ more than a decade after Wingo's Knicks career had ended.
Shakira sells music publishing rights to UK company
The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a U.K.-based investment company, has acquired 100% of Grammy-winning superstar Shakiras music publishing rights. Shakiras catalog includes 145 songs, including Hips Dont Lie, Whenever, Wherever, La Tortura, She Wolf and Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a U.K.-based investment company, has acquired 100% of Grammy-winning superstar Shakiraโs music publishing rights. Sheโs won three Grammy Awards, 12 Latin Grammys, four MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards and 39 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Last month, Bob Dylan said he sold his publishing rights of more than 600 songs to Universal Music Publishing Group.