Stephen Davis

Book review: 'LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour'

2010-12-05 00:00:00

Why did Stephen Davis write "LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour" (Gotham: 218 pp., $22.50)? He's already the author of the band biography "Hammer of the Gods"; what more does he need to say? One reason, he explains here, is...

The Siren's Call: 'When Giants Walked the Earth' by Mick Wall

2009-12-22 00:00:00

Is there a more mythic band than Led Zeppelin? At the pinnacle of their success, with Robert Plant's hair lighted by stadium lights, they looked like they'd just come down off Mt. Olympus. "Plant," writes Mick Wall in his new book "When Giants Walked...

Edward Kean dies at 85; head writer for 'The Howdy Doody Show'

2010-08-24 00:00:00

Edward Kean, the original head writer for "The Howdy Doody Show," the pioneer NBC children's TV program for which he also created characters and wrote the songs, has died. He was 85. Kean died Aug. 13 of complications of emphysema at a health-care center...

Mood swings are part of the game

2005-12-05 18:01:00

All across this great land of ours, there are three kinds of people today: the winners, the losers and those waiting in line for their label. You can spot the winners in the office. They're the ones walking with that extra swagger. They make direct eye...

A League With 8 Divisions

2000-10-10 00:00:00

The most pressing business facing the NFL today is realignment, which, when completed in the next several months, will spread 32 pro clubs through eight separate but hopefully equal four-team divisions. Only one uncertainty remains: the precise...

Colts, Rams Identical

1999-12-13 00:00:00

There are three identical reasons for the 1999 achievements of the 11-2 Indianapolis Colts and the 11-2 St. Louis Rams: 3. Because both teams lost so often for so many years, accumulating barrels of draft choices, they've both had so many shots in so...

Why Patriots Won

2004-02-02 00:00:00

HOUSTON — This was one of those days when it paid to have last possession. And it was the New England Patriots who, until there were but four ticks left on the clock, had it. On the decisive last-minute drive into the wind here Sunday, New...

How to Win

2003-10-29 00:00:00

The only certain way to win NFL games in this century is to blend a talented passer with a talented running back and a strong defensive force. At San Francisco next Sunday in a Week 9 revival of an old rivalry, the Rams plan to hold first place in the NFC...

How Does Brady Do It?

2002-11-05 00:00:00

One thing about New England's Tom Brady that makes him a candidate for best active quarterback is that he plays successful NFL football without a cast of great pass receivers. As the Chicago Bears will see Sunday, the only first-class receiver in the...

Carson Palmer's Year?

2002-11-26 00:00:00

So many pro clubs need the talent Carson Palmer has shown this year as USC's dominating passer that he is a certain first-round choice in the NFL draft this spring. But can the same be said for Palmer's chances to win the Heisman Trophy? In that race,...

Newest 49er Weapon

2003-11-19 00:00:00

The San Francisco 49ers' new leader, Tim Rattay, in his second NFL start, continued as a big-play quarterback Monday night with possibly the 49ers' longest-ever series of well-placed long and short passes except for some of John Brodie's long ago. To...

Shell Shocked

2003-10-22 00:00:00

The 7-0 Kansas City Chiefs went through the entire game at Oakland Monday night without taking any chances. And that's one good way for the better team to play it. By contrast, the underdog, 2-5 Raiders should have been looking for places to gamble, to...

Cover of 'LZ-'75: THe lost chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 America Tour' by Stephen Davis.

2013-01-11 04:18:00

of Oviedo sits with wife, Sherri, and daughter Colleen at Brandywine's Deli on Wednesday, July 6, 2005.

2012-04-06 13:13:00

Panthers running back Stephen Davis (48) has his face mask grabbed by the Giants' Johnnie Harris (left rear) as Frank Walker (right) looks on.

2003-12-29 00:00:00