The Chicago Public Media’s new marketing campaign is taking a unique approach to grow their audience. WBEZ’s 2013 Membership Drive is encouraging listeners to procreate to ensure a future of listeners that would be inclined to tune into their station. This is the first time the National Public Radio affiliate has developed a new marketing […]

He may have been a hardcore hip-hop artist, but even Biggie enjoyed  “ladies in the place/with style and grace.” Class is a quality that seems almost old-fashioned in these days of attention whoring and bottle-throwing reality TV catfights. Fortunately, there are still some women in celebrity circles who are well known for their poise, grace, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again. An alternative weekly newspaper reported on Tuesday that baseball’s highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic that old performance-enhancing drugs. The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and […]

Former Vice President Al Gore finds a parallel between the latest weather-related disasters and those described in the Book of Revelations. While reflecting on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the extreme flooding conditions in Australia this week, Gore points them to climate change. “These storms – it’s like a nature hike through the Book […]

While some view Ray Lewis as a controversial figure, others say he’s inspiring. The football player is to be honored at the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration concert on Friday at the University of New Orleans. “His accomplishments and triumphs have inspired football fans, teammates and colleagues – a true representation of what the essence of […]

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say a man boarded a school bus, shot the driver several times, then removed a 6-year-old passenger and ran. The Dale County Sheriff tells WBMA-TV that the man shot the driver Tuesday after he refused to let the child off the bus. The bus driver later died […]

Another sex scandal is brewing for Arnold Schwarzenegger. A photo of the former California governor was found in an old storage unit that once belonged to Penthouse Magazine founder Bob Guccione. The storage space was purchased by a man shortly after Guccione went bankrupt. The photo allegedly shows a “young-Arnold” engaging in sex acts. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Cuomo is leaving ABC News to host a new morning show at CNN, where new boss Jeff Zucker is moving fast to try to turn around the cable news pioneer that has fallen on hard times. Network managing editor Mark Whitaker announced he was quitting Tuesday, officially Zucker’s seventh day […]

Have a fitness question for Obi Obadike? Text it to “646464” (OHOHOH) during the TJMS’ “Get Well Wednesday” segment. — There are dozens of fitness magazines on the market and if you read any of them you no doubt have seen Obi Obadike on the cover. After recurring hamstring injuries during his stellar collegiate track […]

Remember our story on NBA player Lorenzen Wright that we filed back in 2010 when he was shot to death and his decomposed body was found in the woods southeast of Memphis? Well, Sherra Robinson Wright, who was at one point a suspect in the killing and whose divorce from Lorenzen was finalized only a […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 storm left the city in shambles. To see the remnants of Katrina’s destruction, fans coming to town for Sunday’s game will […]

Lewis dismissed the report Tuesday as “stupidity.”