Michael Williams

Inevitably this holiday season, my mom will tick through her shopping list and say with a sigh, "Your dad wants a book." Since I was a kid, my mom has teased my dad about the predictablity of this ritual, which usually involves the purchase of a brick-...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Golf-The British Open Championship, 6 a.m. (ESPN) Cycling-Tour de France, Stage 19, 7 a.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, STP 300 practice, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Indy Racing League, IndyCar Edmonton...

TV SPORTS SUNDAY Golf-The British Open Championship, 5 a.m. (ESPN) Cycling-Tour de France, Final Stage, 7 a.m. (NBCSN), same-day tape, Noon (NBC) Auto Racing-NASCAR Nationwide Series, STP 300 pole qualifying, 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2); Formula One, Grand...

A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...

TV SPORTS Cycling-Tour de France, Stage 18, 7 a.m. (VERSUS) Golf-The Senior British Open Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Softball-Women's World Cup, Czech Republic vs. United States, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Major League Baseball-Detroit Tigers at Minnesota...

Saturday, Dec. 13 TOURNAMENTS ARROYO Championship La Canada 64, Monrovia 44 Philip Anderson had 21 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocked shots and Ryan Cosgrove added 18 points for La Canada (4-1). Monrovia is 5-1. Fifth Place Montclair 61, Los...

Friday July 16, 1999      "The Blair Witch Project" has received so much advance press that you probably already know that it is a "mockumentary" that's received rave reviews on the festival circuit. And that's too bad since all that attention ultimately...

Wednesday December 29, 1999      The less you know about the subject of Errol Morris' latest documentary, "Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.," the more startling the impact.      As a chronicler of bizarre Americana without peer,...

Brad Anderson's "Session 9" is an ingeniously scary movie. With the most effectively minimalist approach since "The Blair Witch Project," Anderson and his co-writer Stephen Gevedon took as their inspiration one of the most ominous buildings in America,...