George Kennedy

Roger Kennedy dies at 85; former National Park Service director

2011-10-02 00:00:00

One day deep in the administration of George W. Bush — a time of tumult among environmentalists and conservationists — Roger Kennedy found himself shaking his head and sighing. The Endangered Species Act was in the cross hairs of a...

'Another Happy Day': Sam Levinson, a natural-born director [video]

2011-10-28 16:36:46

Sports Legend Revealed: Is a pro wrestling promoter responsible for the Montreal Canadiens' place in hockey history?

2010-11-10 04:32:54

Jim Murray, April 28, 1961

2011-04-28 16:33:33

Leslie Nielsen dies at 84; serious actor became a comic star

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Leslie Nielsen, a serious actor who became a comic star with his career-changing roles in "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" comedies, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84. Nielson died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home,...

Paul Newman wielded his beauty like a craftsman

2008-09-28 00:00:00

Paul Newman, that pure and concentrated essence of classic movie stardom, reinvented himself a couple of times in the span of his long career, until he ended up playing the kind of guy he might have become had he never left his native Shaker Heights,...

Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .

2008-02-18 00:00:00

Americans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...

Swimming results: Stoneleigh prevails over York Manor

2012-07-13 18:37:19

The Stoneleigh Sharks rolled to a 303-164 victory over the York Manor Makos in Free State Swim League action Wednesday night in Stoneleigh. Sharks coach George Kennedy said that K.C. Paltell and Alex Yarcony showed great leadership for Stoneleigh,...

Ernest Borgnine: TCM, Antenna TV to salute him

2012-07-09 16:47:21

Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, educator

2012-01-16 12:24:47

Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, a former Peace Corps volunteer and teacher, died Jan. 7 of multiple organ failure at her Bel Air home. She was 82. A daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Sarah Eugenia Asbury, who did not use her first name, was born...

Teel Time: Final word on U.Va., Virginia Tech basketball

2011-06-04 14:20:00

Near the end of the classic movie Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman looks to George Kennedy and says, "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." Same goes for me and the Charlottesville Daily Progress' Whitey Reid. Reid and I have had a spirited,...

Tim Conway to salute Ernest Borgnine at SAG Awards

2011-01-26 16:38:38

Cool Hand Luke Newman gives one of his most personable performances he received his fourth Oscar nomination in this 1967 drama as the free-spirited Luke Jackson, a convict who more than meets his match when he is sent to work on a chain-gang.

2008-05-13 17:03:27