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Les McCann, Pianist, Singer and Soul Jazz Pioneer, Dies at 88
He released more than 50 albums but had his greatest commercial success with “Compared to What,” a recording that came…
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The Best Teams That Money Could Buy
The four teams in the College Football Playoff used cash payments from fan “collectives” in unique ways to build their…
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Mike Nussbaum, Celebrated Chicago Theater Actor, Dies at 99
He appeared memorably in “American Buffalo” and in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross,” but gave up a career…
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Jim Ladd, Free-Form Radio Trailblazer, Is Dead at 75
An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in…
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At What Point Should College Athletes Be Considered Employees?
Testimony in a National Labor Relations Board hearing is challenging the amateurism model that has remained a bedrock of college…
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Matt Bomer Takes the Lead
Once told he would never be a leading man if he came out, Bomer defied such predictions and, in projects…
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George McGinnis Dies at 73; Powered His Way to Basketball Stardom
He won two titles with the Pacers of the A.B.A. before joining Julius Erving on the N.B.A.’s 76ers, but it…
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Stream These 7 Memorable Andre Braugher Performances
Beyond his famous cop roles, there were Emmy-nominated turns in “The Tuskegee Airmen” and “Men of a Certain Age,” and…
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Andre Braugher, Actor on ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Dies at 61
He was best known for playing stoic police officers on two acclaimed but very different television series — one an…
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Revisits His ‘Illusion of Suffering’ on Broadway
As with so many family reunion plays, the squabbling Lafayette siblings in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” dislodge their share of skeletons…