Movies
Read Edwin Schallert’s 1949 review of “All the King’s Men”
Nov. 17, 1949
Obituaries
John “Jab’o” Starks, a drummer whose crisp, disciplined grooves propelled some of James Brown’s biggest hits and helped define the offbeat rhythmic style of early funk and hip-hop, died May 1 at his home in Mobile, Ala.
May 4, 2018
Stark to Make Nabisco Story: Backed by Columbia Pictures, producer Ray Stark (“Steel Magnolias”) has landed film rights to the nonfiction best seller, “Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco,” written by Wall Street Journal reporters Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, who covered the breaking story of the 1988 $25-billion leveraged buy-out of the company.
Feb. 6, 1990
Sports
That wasn’t Aretha, that was John Starks.
May 24, 1993
Eastern Conference: Starks haunts Riley with 21 points as New York wins, 89-76, to take 3-1 lead.
May 13, 1997
John Starks scored 31 of his 37 points and equaled an NBA record by making seven of New York’s league-record 10 three-point baskets in the first half Monday night, helping the Knicks defeat the Miami Heat, 119-87, at New York.
Nov. 23, 1993
California
Oskar Stark, a Woodland Hills attorney who specialized in personal injury and civil litigation, has died at a West Hills hospital.
Sept. 14, 1991
Energy makes John Starks special. No New York Knick is as explosive taking the ball to the basket.
Feb. 26, 1993
John Starks wanted to leave the Chicago Bulls so badly he offered to give up his salary for a chance to join a team headed to the playoffs.
March 22, 2000
Guard John Starks of the New York Knicks probably will sit out the rest of the regular season after undergoing knee surgery Monday.
March 15, 1994