Patrick Kampert

Did the All-Star Game get you pumped about baseball? If you're totally into the game, you can follow along at home -- on TV, radio or the Internet -- by...

If the idea of getting an autograph from your favorite baseball player throws you a curve, you need a game plan. Here are strategies for snagging a star signature: By...

If you think living in the city makes stargazing impossible, think again. Although city lights can be a drag for veteran star watchers, they can help if you're just getting...

Tim Wallberg, general manager of River West Hand Car Wash in Chicago, gives his tips on how to keep customers coming back. - Get equipped. Use wash mitts or terry...

You want to make some money but don't want a job that will take over your summer. Better get to work -- dreaming up a job that works for you!...

Collect your good times You're psyched. It's going to be a stellar summer, and you want to remember it forever. One way is to make a scrapbook. We talked to...

Wayne Crue spends his days and nights on Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota, hundreds of miles from his family in Champaign. And he says Chief Illiniwek, the University of Illinois...

He's ready, he's ready, he's ready! For stardom, that is. The cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," about a sea sponge and his sidekicks, is shaping up as Nickelodeon's biggest hit since "Rugrats."...

Harry Potter goes to one. And it's featured on Nick at Nite's reruns of "The Facts of Life." But what's it really like for the 100,000 kids who go to...

The XFL season kicks off Feb. 3, and here's what you can expect from the football league that was formed by the World Wrestling Federation and NBC: - Halfway-decent football....