The only applause line during a 75-minute public forum with Mike Daisey on Tuesday evening at Woolly Mammoth came when the theater’s artistic director, Howard Shalwitz, said, “We shouldn’t be apologizing for the art that Mike Daisey is capable of.” Read full article > >

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Mike Daisey attempts damage control with his audience

I’m watching on Daniel Island, S.C., not in Genoa, so I won’t clutter your viewing experience with my minute-by-minute take. Instead, here’s a half-by-half breakdown. U.S. lineup (4-2-3-1) : Howard; Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocanegra, Johnson (Spector 77th); Bradley, Edu; Williams, Dempsey, Shea (Kljestan 73rd); Altidore (Boyd 79th). Read full article > >

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U.S. men’s soccer team stuns Italy in friendly, 1-0

When Tim Howard, the American goalkeeper for the English club Everton, scored a goal Wednesday, he joined a long list of mostly accidental scorers in soccer and several other sports.

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He Shoots. He Scores? From Soccer to Lacrosse, Goalkeepers Get in on the Act

The Nets will move to their new home in Brooklyn next season, but who will be on their roster? Deron Williams? Dwight Howard?

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The Nets Could Be Eyeing Dwight Howard

I’m so glad I went to Howard U (and not any of the lesser institutions).Yes Lord! I done, done, done what ya told me to do and graduated from Howard, twice. Proudly there on hilltop high, I am a ‘Howard Girl’. I’ve seen my share of Howard homecoming celebrations. Some are cautionary tales. Others were truly fabulous. Through the years, I’ve learned the following lessons, in no particular order. Read full article > >

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Tips for surviving Howard’s homecoming

A horse welfare charity welcomes the four-year ban given to trainer Howard Johnson.

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Charity welcomes ban for Johnson

Trainer Howard Johnson plans to retire after being given a four-year ban for breaching rules relating to horse welfare.

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Johnson quits after four-year ban

T he way Dion Diamond remembers it, his June 1960 arrest for the “sit-down” at the Howard Johnson’s on Lee Highway in Arlington County marked the first of 30 times he was locked up. “You have to ask the FBI the locations, though,” he said. “I can’t remember all the places where I’ve been arrested. You know how on job applications where they ask if you’ve ever been arrested? I always had to give an explanation.” Diamond, now 69 and a retired social services and human-resources executive who lives in Northwest Washington, racked up his arrests protesting segregation, voting-rights violations and other discriminatory practices in an activist career that took him from Howard University to the Deep South as part of the Freedom Riders, blacks and whites — many of them students — who challenged segregation in public transportation in 1961, mostly in Mississippi. Read full article > >

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Local Freedom Riders recall yesterday’s fright, today’s pride

Sony CEO Howard Stringer says he cannot guarantee the security of his company’s videogame network. The company shut down many of the services of its PlayStation Network when a security breach compromised the personal information of more than 100…

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Sony Can’t Guarantee PlayStation Network Security

Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson is charged with improper conduct by the Football Association for comments made about referee Howard Webb.

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FA charges Ferguson over comments

After the biggest Internet security breach in history, Sony CEO Howard Stringer would like Playstation Network customers to know he’s sorry. “As a company we – and I – apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack,” Stringer wrote…

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Sony CEO: We’re Sorry

Russell Brand receives the Comedy Star of the Year award in Las Vegas while Ron Howard attends an advertising conference in Redmond.

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Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Catherine Deneuve, Toni Braxton and more in eye on entertainment

An Indiana town hangs on to Matt Howard’s exploits as Butler makes a second consecutive run toward the Final Four.

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The Pride of Connersville Is the Soul of Butler

Matt Howard made one free throw with 0.8 seconds left to cap a wild final sequence, and Butler added another amazing victory to its list of N.C.A.A. tournament upsets.

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Southeast: Butler 71, Pittsburgh 70: Upset Special: Butler Beats No. 1 Seed Pittsburgh

Butler’s Matt Howard is a low-maintenance kind of guy who just happened to score the winning basket in the waning seconds against Old Dominion on Thursday.

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Sports of The Times: Modest Senior Gives Butler Special Moment