Sports
After zigzag path to NFL, Fred Jackson has top billing in Buffalo
Sept. 2, 2012
World & Nation
After more than 800 years, the country’s once-powerful dacoits are disappearing.
Nov. 5, 2006
Sun shines on SEC, and light reveals its strengths and weaknesses
Sept. 28, 2013
Books
The neighbors said Mama was daft even to think of taking her five young ‘uns from St.
Oct. 6, 1996
Entertainment & Arts
Terry Gilliam’s warped and wonderful 1981 Time Bandits (Channel 5 Sunday at 6 p.m.) fairly bristles with wit, invention, a wry and fey intelligence and a conjurer’s chest of dazzling effects.
Feb. 5, 1989
Wednesday: Triple A--Catcher Steve Soliz (Rio Mesa High) had four hits and drove in two runs in Buffalo’s 8-5 victory over Norfolk.
June 19, 1998
Retired 1st Sgt.
Sept. 14, 2005
Movies
Though it sounds like a chain of bro-run hot wing shacks, “Buffalo Boys” is actually a cartoony Indonesian action western with maybe a minute of total screen time showing the riding of buffalo, and seemingly half the rest of its length fetishizing cruelty and CGI violence at the expense of true gonzo style or freshly drawn archetypes.
Jan. 10, 2019
Television
Pat McCormick, a veteran comedian and comedy writer who made scores of appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, was a regular guest on “The Gong Show” and appeared in three “Smokey and the Bandit” movies, died Friday at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.
July 30, 2005
High School Sports
The Simi Valley Swarm rallied from a 17-0 deficit to beat the defending Minor League Super Bowl champion Fresno Bandits, 21-17, in a Pacific Football League opener Saturday night at Simi Valley High.
Aug. 24, 1997