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By Times staff and wire reports
© St. Petersburg Times, published January 20, 2001
Tickets for Kid Rock show at Ice Palace on sale today
Rapper Kid Rock will perform at the Ice Palace on March 2. Kid Rock's party anthem hits include Bawitdaba and Cowboy. Tickets are $27-$22 and go on sale today at 10 a.m. at the Ice Palace Ticket Office and at all Ticketmaster outlets. (727) 898-2100 or (813) 287-8844.
The nationally syndicated Fabulous Sports Babe radio show will no longer air on WQYK-AM 1010 or any other station in the country.
The Sports Fan Radio Network, which employed the Sports Babe (Tierra Verde resident Nanci Donnellan), terminated its agreement with her Friday.
The show was broadcast from WQYK-AM's studio in Tampa and aired on the station from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No word yet on what will replace the show, but it will probably be a local program, according to station management. "The Sports Fan Network made a decision in its best interest, and we are left to figure out what we're going to do about filling the slot," said Eric Logan, operations manager of WQYK. "We were happy with what the Babe brought us, and we enjoyed having her at the station."
Al Waxman, a veteran actor best known for his portrayal of Lt. Bert Samuels on the 1980s CBS drama Cagney and Lacey, died this week during heart surgery at a Toronto hospital. He was 65. Waxman, a rotund actor with a history of heart ailments, was preparing to play Shylock in the Stratford Theater Festival production of the Merchant of Venice when he was stricken. Waxman won acclaim for his role as the gruff but understanding boss of New York police detectives Chris Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey on the Emmy-winning series Cagney and Lacey, which debuted on CBS in 1982, was canceled, and returned from 1984 to 1988.