Fenway part of Neil Diamond celebration at Kennedy Center
complete with singing fans, Red Sox team mascot Wally the Green Monster and Red Sox championship banners.
The song was inspired by Caroline Kennedy, who introduced the Kennedy honorees and was on stage along with Robinson and the Fenway fan choir.
Bad first half costs Seneca
PLANO — During halftime of the Seneca- — Ottawa contest Tuesday, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” blared over the sound system in Plano’s gymnasium.
“We just weren’t stopping anybody,” Seneca head coach Russell Witte said. “We had a lack of defensive execution all game. We gave up layup after layup after layup.”
Time and time again, shots failed to fall for the Irish, and their defense was penetrated time and time again by the quick guards of Ottawa, and for the second straight quarter, Seneca was held to a mere four points.
Granted, the team only managed 28 percent shooting after the break, but more patience and better shot selection led to Seneca fighting their way back into the game, running off nine unanswered to start the half.
Neil Diamond is a uniter at Kennedy Center Honors
("Tonight we celebrate the greatest living cellist," Colbert declared. Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick, both film stars with stage chops, introduced a mash-up of the Cook songbook performed by Patti LuPone and others. Bill Cosby riffed on Rollins before Herbie Hancock, Ravi Coltrane and others jammed. Robert De Niro and British comedian Tracey Ullman sent up their friend Streep, ribbing her nearly bomb-free movie career.
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Michelle Obama pumped her fist at the "ba, ba, ba!" and the song's namesake, Caroline Kennedy, joined in.
"Everybody sings to Neil Diamond, no matter how many drinks they've had," the president ad-libbed in a video clip that kicked off the show.
Co-producer George Stevens Jr. said the show aims to deliver a series of surprise moments. Actually, many hailed from planet Hollywood. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew back from Myanmar to host a welcome reception and dinner Saturday night at the State Department. Nora Ephron, whom Streep portrayed in the film "Heartburn," praised the actress' portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming film "The Iron Lady" and warned Secretary Clinton that she would be next.
After playing for eight presidents (starting at age 7), funerals, Sept. 11 memorials, Obama's inauguration and "Sesame Street," for good measure, Ma likens himself to Waldo, popping up wherever music is played.
