Ben Johnson

A young man faces giant problems while a young woman has some big problems of her own in this week's new DVD releases. "Jack the Giant Slayer," Grade B: A young farmer (Nicholas Hoult) opens a gateway to a world of giants. This is the latest film...

In the summer of 1976, when I was a mere pup, covering the first of what would become 16 Olympic Games nine summer, seven winter I had my first brush with the effects of performance-enhancing substances. I was shopping for souvenirs in the Olympic...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Seattle Mariners - INSIDE PITCH The natives, as they say, are getting restless in Seattle. A 3-10 stretch put the Mariners eight games under .500 despite a 7-1 win over San Diego on Thursday. Heading into the...

So the Blackhawks forced Game 7 against the hated Red Wings, and in the process completely demoralized Detroit. I'm not sure if you saw Game 6 on Monday, but if so you might have noticed Detroit fans in Joe Louis Arena streaming for the exits. With more...

The Sports Xchange Mariners, Hernandez shut out Padres SAN DIEGO -- Seattle manager Eric Wedge called it another vintage performance by Felix Hernandez. "He was really good today," Wedge said. Hernandez threw a three-hitter and the Seattle Mariners...

Part 2 : continues.... MLB Note - Cincinnati Reds Choo, Shin-Soo OF Shin-Soo Choo was 1-for-3 Thursday. In the four games this week against Cleveland, the team for which he played the last seven years, Choo was 6-for-14 (.429) with a double, a home...

I bought a Nate Robinson jersey this weekend because I'm not sure he'll be a Bull next year. You read that right. Because I don't think he'll be back, I bought his jersey. This does not happen often. Chicago fans don't run out to buy as much merchandise...

When Hannah Hamilton hit .697 her senior year, Keith Coleman thought he had seen a mark that couldn't get topped. Then Shaylee Rowland came along, a better player thanks to dividends from Coleman's off-season program, and voted the All-Phoenix slowpitch...

Students at Youth's Benefit Elementary School in Fallston received a big surprise Thursday morning when they learned their school was the grand prize winner of $25,000 in the Scott Shared Values Box Tops for Education Sweepstakes. Scott Brand and...

Saucon Valley High School preesnts "Anything Goes" Feb. 28- March 3. Producer Sal Ritz says this year's show brings a whole new production team to Saucon Valley. Ritz and production designer Beth Jensen still remain, but added to the team are...

"Cheat, cheat, never beat." Remember that catchy, foreboding maxim drilled into us as kids? It's comforting to believe cheaters never win and winners never cheat. Unfortunately, there's ample evidence that cheating is rampant in almost every sphere of...

There was a time, not so long ago, when members of the athletic community were viewed as pillars of honesty and integrity. The public gave them trust ratings much higher than those of elected representatives (not surprising) and even physicians. Those...