Leonard Roberts

Tandy Corp. Names President of Radio Shack: The consumer electronics retailer said Leonard Roberts, former chairman of the Shoney's restaurant chain, will become the president of its Radio Shack division. Tandy said it brought in an outsider to head its consumer electronics store unit to focus on retailing improvements, not necessarily radical changes.

Tandy Corp. Names President of Radio Shack: The consumer electronics retailer said Leonard Roberts, former chairman of the Shoney's restaurant chain, will become the president of its Radio Shack division. Tandy said it brought in an outsider to head its consumer electronics store unit to focus on retailing improvements, not necessarily radical changes.

* Boeing Co. said it delivered 108 planes in the first quarter, two short of its revised estimate, as the company works to clear up production bottlenecks. Boeing shares rose $1.13 to close at $56.06 on the NYSE. * Tandy Corp. Chief Executive John Roach, 59, will resign at year's end and be succeeded by President Leonard Roberts, who is credited with reviving the retailer's Radio Shack chain. Roach, who has been CEO since 1981, will remain as chairman. * Time Warner Inc.

Shares of Tandy Corp., owner of the RadioShack electronics chain, tumbled 20% after the company said December sales have been disappointing. The retailer said it hadn't ordered enough digital wireless phones and low-price computers, and that the shortfall caused sales in stores open at least a year to lag its forecast for an 8% to 10% gain in December. Wireless phones account for about 70% of sales, said Tandy spokeswoman Kay Jackson.

Rapper Rick Ross has noted in lyrics that he's often " Talkin' to the Holy Ghost in my Bugatti ," but early this morning, he was more likely praying inside his Rolls-Royce. Ross, a.k.a. William Leonard Roberts, was at the center of a shooting and crash  this morning  after celebrating his 37th birthday at the Miami nightclub LIV.  Unknown assailants fired "dozens" of rounds at a Rolls-Royce he was driving just outside the city, Fort Lauderdale police said. In attempting to get away,  Ross crashed into an apartment building, police said, adding that neither Ross nor his passenger, Shateria L. Moragne-el, was injured.

Every holiday season needs a pleasant surprise, and this year it's "Drumline." This entertaining and enthusiastically told tale shrewdly energizes its way-familiar plot line by setting it amid one of the greatest and least-known spectacles in American sports. That would be the world of show-style marching bands, which is a football season way of life during halftimes at such predominantly black Southern colleges and universities as Florida A&M and Grambling.

Watch out, McDonald's and Carl's Jr. Arby's Inc. is betting that hungry Orange County diners will be willing to swap their burgers for roast beef. And to put its money where its mouth is, Arby's has announced plans to develop at least 20 Arby's restaurants in Orange County over the next 3 years--an expansion that will more than double its presence here. The roast beef sandwich chain has signed an agreement with Kyotaru Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based restaurant company, to build 20 franchise restaurants.

Starz Encore executives say this weekend's premiere of "Joe and Max," about boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, is more than just a special offering on the pay-cable service. The film marks the entrance of the network into the original cable movie arena currently dominated by HBO and Showtime. Starz Encore, like those networks, shows theatrical movies with no commercials but has offered little original fare.

The bling was blinding at the Conde Nast-sponsored "Movies Rock" taping at the Kodak Theatre on Dec. 2, where Beyonce, Carrie Underwood, Queen Latifah and Fergie performed famous songs from films. But Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger out-did 'em all with $3 million in Neil Lane jewels for her performance of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Presenter 1. Jennifer Lopez bellied up to Kate Hudson backstage; 2. John Legend reached out and touched Mary J.

No need to pile on about the fact that Monday's "Heroes" episode, bridging last season to this season, should have been done a few episodes ago. There are enough critics doing that. The show's creator, Tim Kring, knows his mistake, and has admitted as much with his highly publicized apology in Entertainment Weekly. It's understandable to lead the season with a bit of intrigue and mystery, but sooner or later you have to bring everybody up to speed.

The people who run major league baseball are hoping A.J. Burnett's no-hitter last Saturday passes into history more quietly than did the only other no-hitter pitched in San Diego. On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a no-hitter against the Padres. Ten years later, he said he was so high on LSD that night that he needed help finding his locker before the game. "I was really out to lunch that night," Ellis said in a 1990 interview.