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For Klay Thompson, Success Is in NBA Genes, Dreams

Klay Thompson has pedigree and good genes on his side. The rest, the talent, the hard-work, the results are up to him. Thompson, the junior guard at Washington State, heads into Sunday night's rivalry matchup against No. 17 Washington as one of the top offensive players in the nation. He leads the Pac-10 in scoring at...

Tony Bennett's a Hit at World Series Opener [VIDEO]

(Oct. 28) -- While the Giants' Freddy Sanchez emerged as Wednesday's unsuspected star of the World Series opener, leading San Francisco to an 11-7 victory with his three consecutive doubles against Rangers ace Cliff Lee, it was the 84-year-old Tony Bennett who may have stolen the show. The 15-time Grammy-winning singer...

Tony Bennett Sings 'God Bless America' in World Series Game 1

Tony Bennett still can hit all the right notes. Bennett performed "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch of World Series Game 1 and didn't disappoint. The 15-time Grammy Award winner had the fans singing along with his rousing rendition of the patriotic song. Bennett, who drew a standing ovation as he...

McCallums Take Father-Son Relationship to Next Level

Since Ray McCallum, Jr. first bounced a basketball his father, Ray McCallum, Sr., has made him sweat on the basketball court. On April 14, it was the young McCallum's turn to make his father uneasy. Ray, Jr., a sought after McDonald's and Parade All-American point guard out of Country Day in the Detroit area, had his...

Duke Rebounds After Slow Start

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Well, kudos to undermanned Virginia. At least the Cavs made it respectable and, in their own unique way, darn interesting for 35 minutes or so. In a match-up low on style points and precision, top-seeded Duke escaped with a 57-46 victory over Virginia in an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament...

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Herbie Hancock Celebrates International Jazz Day at U.N. With Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Morgan Freeman & Many More

Hancock -- referred to by Jones as my "brother from another mother" -- finally took the stage next alongside the surviving members of Miles Davis ' second great quintet, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Ron Carter, to perform the trumpet master's "Milestones."

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05/31/12 'Zen of Bennett' on Tuscan Sun fest lineup Source: Variety The new Tribeca Firenze initiative announced the pics screening next month as part of the Tuscan Sun Festival in Florence, Italy including the European premiere of "The Zen of Bennett," with Tony Bennett and his son Danny Bennett who created and conceived the film.
05/31/12 State Superintendent Tony Bennett to run for second... Source: FOX/CW - FOX 59/CW 4 - Indianapolis IN The state's top educator announced Thursday that he will run for a second term.
05/31/12 Bennett affair was a hit with wiseguy Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Lady Gaga says Tony Bennett "could sing the phone book and it would sound fantastic."
05/22/12 The Fairmont San Francisco Hotel Celebrates Music... Source: Broadcast Newsroom SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/22/12 -- The Fairmont San Francisco hotel is celebrating one of its most iconic guests, Tony Bennett, with a special suite dedicated to him and his unique place in the hotel's storied history.
05/14/12 Virginia's Tony Bennett will return to Wisconsin for... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Virginia's Tony Bennett got his start in college coaching working under his father, Dick, at Wisconsin more than a decade ago.

Background on Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto, better known as Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926), is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz.

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