*Before Feb. 13, 1983, the “Star Spangled Banner” was delivered before major sporting events without much variation from the way it was musically arranged in 1814, to the tune of a popular 18th ...

The last time the NBA All-Star game was played in Los Angeles, Julius Erving led the East to a 132-123 victory over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and the rest of the West team. Few remember that ...

Marvin Gaye was carrying a heavy burden toward the end of 1981. A rough-draft master tape for Gaye's 16th studio album, In Our Lifetime?, was stolen by his bassist Frank Blair the previous autumn and ...