A star is born

• That person was his mother, Lee. "She didnt tell me I was going to be an All-Star coach," Brooks joked. "I thought I was going to be a player all this time." All that matters now is hes made it.
(Daily Oklahoman)
• TORONTO Aaron Gray has never been a star in his five-year NBA career.
(FOXSports.com)
• And with that, the controversial TV personality came back to the show that made her a big name, six years after a stormy exit.
(Radar Online.com)
• A new Zimbabwean middle and long-distance star runner was born in the United States at the weekend. Saturday morning saw the birth of young Pardon Ndhlovu during the 15th running of the annual Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon in South Carolina.
(AllAfrica.com)
• Curvaceous and pretty in a dress, she brims with catchy songs, all a bit retro, ironic and modern.
(New York Times Blogs)
• When a restaurant is as fastidious and dedicated as Goosefoot, a new prix-fixe-only Ravenswood restaurant from former Les Nomades chef Chris Nugent, there's no question about whether it will be highly rated.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• Looking over the roster of the NBA All-Star Game, a number of the players who will be playing in the game were either born overseas or have had connections to international basketball.
(YAHOO!)
• He says the woman used four different names when trying to gain access to the hospital and was told by hospital staff Friday not to return. In the past five years, four sets of quads have been born in Utah.
(Lincoln Journal Star)