Tradition is a peculiar thing, and it often leads us in some strange directions, like standing and singing in the seventh inning of a baseball game. The Indy 500 has its own traditions, and perhaps ...

You've gotta love those eccentric characters surrounding Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, whether you're talking about Hal Smith as Otis the Drunk, Howard McNear as Floyd the Barber, Don ...

FILE – In this May 25, 2014 file photo, Jim Nabors waves to fans after singing before the start of the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in ...

Anyone who was a kid in the 1970s remembers watching the mind-bending, fever-dream shows created by Canadian brothers Sid and Marty Kroft. They also created a live-action show that featured an Alabama ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Nabors is back home again in Indiana, this time to say farewell. The actor whose bumbling Gomer Pyle character endeared Nabors to an entire generation, and whose rich baritone voice ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Actor Jim Nabors says this year’s Indianapolis 500 will be the last time he performs “Back Home Again in Indiana” live to a global audience of race fans. The 83-year-old Nabors ...

Shortly after taking over "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" in 2013, Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Doug Boles hit his first major bump in the road: Jim Nabors, the actor who had anchored one ...

Actor Jim Nabors made a name for himself as Mayberry’s Gomer Pyle, the gas station attendant with a sweet and childlike disposition on The Andy Griffith Show. One of the classic comedy’s directors ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Fifty years ago this month, a last-minute request by the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sparked a tradition that lasted more than four decades. Jim Nabors was already a star ...