Kathy Ireland booted off "Dancing With the Stars?" Tom DeLay still danc ... er stumbling ... about?Is something very wrong here?Cheryl Burk does create a nice diversionary tactic with her costumes.Is this still another example of the SI cover jinx?

Helio Castroneves crossed the finish line Sunday beneath an overcast sky at the Indianapolis 500, then loosed enough tears to float his race car another 500 miles down the road.

KATV President and General Manager Dale Nicholson is pleased to announce that Channel 7 has just begun broadcasting a beautiful new digital signal on DirecTV and Dish Network. The digital video and audio of KATV is the best local satellite customers have ever had.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Dancers paid tribute to Broadway and sari-clad models represented India's Bollywood films as the New Year's Day Rose Parade entertained thousands of fans with the theme "Hats Off to Entertainment."

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Tim Tebow started to walk off stage, then called an audible. The Florida quarterback turned around, grabbed the microphone and told teammates, coaches and fans exactly what they wanted to hear.

It was mopup time when the setting got a whole lot muddier.

Who cares if first lady Michelle Obama hugged Queen Elizabeth II first? Who cares if it was the other way around?

DETROIT There was a team of destiny out there, all right. It's the North Carolina Tar Heels, and the final chapter of their story was about as heartwarming as a demolition derby.

LAS VEGAS Carrie Underwood captured the entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, the first female act to win the honor since the Dixie Chicks did it back in 2000 and only the seventh to do so in the show's nearly four-decade existence.

Ask people to rank the issues of greatest concern to them and they'll say education, crime, health care, drugs, war, "Dancing with the Stars" and Ryan Mallett.