Bruce Springsteen has his reasons for playing the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. "We've got a new album out!" he told a packed press conference at the Tampa Convention Center on Thursday afternoon. ...more

January 29, 2009

As Bruce Springsteen's lyrics began moving into the grim grown-up world, musical asceticism began to set in. The bold, brash arrangements of "Born to Run" were jettisoned for populist four-chord rock, and it made sense that Springsteen began alternating E Street albums with stark, acoustic-based solo efforts such as "Nebraska." ...more

January 29, 2009

Productions grow bigger each year, and have not been without a bit of controversy. ...more

January 28, 2009

A HAIRY SITUATION To the surprise of virtually no one, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu fielded almost as many questions about his cascading hair Tuesday as he did football or the Arizona Cardinals. ...more

January 28, 2009

You would think that Super Bowl Sunday tops the list of events that result in the most beer sales each year. ...more

January 27, 2009

The inauguration is over, so let the Super Bowl party begin. We move from the warm afterglow of the Obama drama to that annual celebration of pigskin prowess and spectacular beer commercials. ...more

January 23, 2009

Bruce Springsteen would like to think that music played a small part in helping Barack Obama become president. ...more

January 22, 2009

Here come the Arizona Cardinals. Here come the Pittsburgh Steelers. "Now it's real," said Reid Sigmon, executive director of Tampa Bay's Super Bowl Host Committee. ...more

January 19, 2009

Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more

January 18, 2009

During the election some compared Barack Obama to a rock star. They were wrong. He's bigger than a rock star if TV coverage is any measure of fame. ...more

January 18, 2009