NEW YORK -- In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius created once he

tool goes here NEW YORK — In an era when Beyonce and Jay-Z are music royalty, when Barack Obama is the nation's chief executive, and when black stars in the cast of a TV show are commonplace, it may be hard to grasp the magnitude of what Don Cornelius cr

FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer | FILE - In a Sunday, June 28, 2009 file photo, Don Cornelius is seen at the 9th Annual BET Awards, in Los Angeles. Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday mor

Texas-Arlington has played basketball on center stage for more than 46 years. Literally. Bleachers for about 600 fans behind the benches give Texas Hall the feel of a small gym. But on the other side of the court, where the front row is several feet belo

Back then, the "cool rockin' daddies" and "teen queens" who entertained teenage America did so with their passion and voices, not by flashing their private parts. Sure they were rebels in their time. But music in the 1950s was a tough, uncompromising and

A high school and college age Joe Namath sprinting and cutting through defenses like Tim Tebow -- then jumping up and throwing TD passes in mid-air. That surprising footage is just one of the many highlights of HBO Sports and NFL Films' outstanding new s