NEW YORK - The rap debut of Kevin Federline - known as K-Fed to some but to most as Mr. Britney Spears - features only a snippet of his lyrical prowess. Given the response to it, even less might have been better. "PopoZao," Brazilian-inspired groove which features Federline rapping about large posteriors in-between a few yelps and a gruff-voiced chorus, made its debut on the Internet earlier this month.

March 15, 2005

Horizon High will be looking for its third football coach since the end of the 2001 season after Keith Brown resigned Tuesday, effective at the end of March.

ATLANTA - Authorities were investigating Thursday whether singer Bobby Brown, charged with battery after he allegedly hit his wife, singer-actress Whitney Houston, violated his probation on a prior drunken driving conviction.

Troy Brown isn’t New England’s No. 1 receiver anymore. He’s not the wunderkind who switched from offense to defense when there was a secondary shortage.

NEW YORK - After delivering one of the worst performances in the history of the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears has a chance to be crowned this year as the absolute best.

Kevin Soliz scored a team-high 21 points and played an important defensive role in the fourth quarter to help the Gilbert High boys basketball team hold on and beat Phoenix Trevor Browne 63-61 at the Phoenix Union Holiday Classic on Thursday.

Like so many of the memorable basketball games from the past decade, Saturday's 5A boys state quarterfinal matchup at Alhambra High School also involved a Jordan.

Strait Country: Kevin Sterner, Rich Brennion and Bill Emrie recreate the music of country music legend George Strait. The dinner buffet opens at 6 p.m.

Rishi Kakad kept host Horizon alive with 21 points as the Huskies came from behind Thursday to top Phoenix Trevor Browne, 80-77, in the second round of the 5A state boys basketball tournament.

LOS ANGELES - The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown - which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations - is coming to an end.

After I found out that Mountain Pointe kicker Kevin Kadisak broke the school record for field goals in a season, I pulled out the team's program to see what else has fallen or is in jeopardy.

WASHINGTON - Lori Brown keeps the winning ticket voucher in her purse as a good luck charm, and tells practically everyone she runs into about it.

LOS ANGELES - A "Family Guy" spinoff show featuring the character of Cleveland Brown is mixing up its voice cast, ethnically speaking.

Powered by more than 300 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns from Mesa Desert Ridge senior Chris Heldore, the host Jaguars (2-2) defeated Sunrise Mountain (1-3) 52-10 in a 5A-II nonregion game Friday.

Powered by more than 300 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns from Mesa Desert Ridge senior Chris Heldore, the host Jaguars (2-2) defeated Peoria Sunrise Mountain (1-3) 52-10 in a 5A-I nonregion game Friday.

The Cardinals hired three more assistant coaches Friday, including Billy Davis to coach linebackers after Davis served as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator the past two seasons.

Neither are big names, but both Kendrick Clancy and Milford Brown will be starting for the Cardinals this season after agreeing to four-year contracts Saturday.

The most storied franchise in the National League West has been an afterthought over the past seven seasons.

Paradise Valley was not the place for finesse football.

As far as “midterms” go, Jake Brown and Paradise Valley passed their toughest test so far.

Connecticut and Vanderbilt are familiar foes.