There’s a lot to love about “American Idol” champ Ruben Studdard. Soon, there will be a whole lot less. When the “velvet teddy bear” beat beanpole Clay Aiken in the 2003 Season Two finale, he weighed ...

“The best part about Ruben is he has come here and in his mind he will do whatever we ask him to do.” – JOE TORRE (ABOVE) ON RUBEN SIERRA He arrived in the Wrigley Field visitors’ dugout last June 6 ...

The current tour by last year’s winner, Ruben Studdard, doesn’t answer that question. It’s a reasonably paced hour, but Studdard is a bland, treacly performer who turns everything he sings into a ...

For a bat off the bench like Ruben Sierra, opportunities are infrequent. A slump can be a coffin, while one clutch hit can resurrect a season. Coming off Tuesday night’s eighth-inning, go-ahead, ...

The Warner Theater was packed Friday with women who don't understand why their hero and the reigning "American Idol" champ, Ruben Studdard, was playing an old movie house only one week after that ...

American Idol veteran Ruben Studdard is an unlikely candidate for a recording contract. He's not buff and glamorous, but his latest single — "Sorry 2004" — is currently ninth on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

This morning in Slack we had a discussion: what was the best year of the 2000s? While I'm not sure it would be my final answer, there is a pretty good case to be made for 2004, which somehow gave us ...

SEATTLE – Joe Torre arrived at Safeco Field intending to use Bernie Williams as the designated hitter, but one look at the Yankees’ lifetime numbers against Seattle righty Ryan Franklin and Torre ...

The current tour by last year’s winner, Ruben Studdard, doesn’t answer that question. It’s a reasonably paced hour, but Studdard is a bland, treacly performer who turns everything he sings into a ...