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Alyssa Milano at the Dodgers NLCS game

Alyssa Milano, David Bulgiari Expecting Dodgers Fan(1)

February 23, 2011

Alyssa Milano and David Bugliari haven’t said if they’re expecting a boy or girl. Either way, it’s a safe bet their baby will grow up cheering for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Super Bowl XLV 2011

Best Super Bowl Recipe for Friends and Family

You’ve already got everything you need to cook up the best recipe for friends and family during Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl.

Pittsburgh Steelers Fans

For Many, Super Bowl is Serious as a Heart Attack

Fans cheering for the losing team are more likely to suffer heart attacks after Sunday’s Super Bowl match-up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers. Making time to “empty the emotional jug” before, during or after the game can help.

Helio Castroneves, center, with Rachel Schindler and Seth Eisenberg

Helio Castroneves Makes It Personal

Helio Castroneves fell in love with racing hanging out with his dad’s stock-car team in Brazil. The three-time Indy 500 winner who may be best known for winning Dancing with the Stars, is hoping the story of his life will inspire others.

Ted and Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann is Having a Tough Year

Keith Olbermann’s difficult year didn’t start with being fired from MSNBC this week.

Laura Vikmanis

At 42, NFL Cheerleader Laura Vikmanis Dreams Big

Laura Vikmanis, 42, the NFL’s oldest cheerleader, delights Bengals fans on the field while inspiring and training women in her Dayton, Ohio suburb to make their dreams come true.

Michael Dyer Has His Own MVP

Michael Dyer has his own MVP. After his father died in 1994, his five-year-old brother, Jonathan, stepped in to help young Michael Dyer discover life could go on and that he could be happy again.

homeless man

Homeless Man Finds Voice with Cleveland Cavaliers

Homeless man Ted Williams, father of nine, has a new job and home thanks to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Quicken Loans, and the help of a Columbus, Ohio reporter who helped him tell his story.

Carlee, Ken and Brenda Roethlisberger

Will Ben Roethlisberger engagement help the NFL Super Bowl quarterback prove himself off the field?

Ben Roethlisberger is keeping quiet about rumors that he’s engaged to Ashley Harlan. While the MVP Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback is focused on leading his team to Dallas for Super Bowl XLV, this may be the year he proves he has what it takes to succeed off the field as well.

Pat Riley Chaplain Thornton Seth Eisenberg

Chris Bosh, Pat Riley Leading Efforts to Help America’s Veterans Return Home Strong

NBA All Star Chris Bosh told 300 celebrities, athletes and philanthropists that protecting freedom is more important than basketball. Together with Miami Heat President Pat Riley and owner Mickey Arison, Bosh is leading efforts to ensure returning veterans have community support to help them return home strong.

Rob Lytle

Rob Lytle, Jack Tatum: Life Lived in Seconds

Rob Lytle and Jack Tatum’s mid-air collision in the third quarter of the 1978 AFC Championship led to new rules and technology for NFL referees. Lytle died from a heart attack Saturday in Ohio, four months after Tatum died from the same cause in California. Many of the most memorable moments of both men’s lives were played out in seconds, offering lessons for life on and off the field.

Michael Vick Andy Reid

Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb’s Lasting Legacy

Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb faced off Monday night in a 59-28 shellacking of the Washington Redskins by the Philadelphia Eagles. Vick, a convicted felon and son of teen parents, beat overwhelming odds to return to the NFL’s national spotlight.

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