Monthly Archives: May 2018

How Pierce Brosnan, Lenny Kravitz, YG and More Found Their Highly Adva...

May 23, 2018

7 of the flyest guys on the planet explain why they wear what they wear.   Lenny Kravitz The Barometer for Modern-Day Rock-Star Style Shirt and jacket, vintage. Jeans by Saint Laurent / Boots by...

10 Degrees: The story of Jordan Hicks’ 105.1-mph pitch, which wa...

May 23, 2018

There’s a theoretical limit on the human arm, a point at which a ligament or muscle or tendon or bone will combust under the stress and strain of throwing a baseball. So long as that exists only in t...

This Cop Walks the Beat and Invents Apps

May 23, 2018

“New York City cops, but they ain’t too smart.” So sang The Strokes on their 2001 song “New York City Cops.” Justin Insalaco might have something to say about that. The young cerebral policeman who w...

9 Unforgettable Moments from the 2018 Billboard Music Awards

May 23, 2018

The Billboard Music Awards rocked the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, and almost all the biggest names in music and entertainment came out to celebrate the artists, songs, and albums t...

Adventurer attempts to conquer waves and winds in ‘roaring 40s’ as clo...

May 23, 2018

Grant Rawlinson rowed from Singapore to Australia, cycled from the Eastern Seaboard and is now rowing across the Tasman home to New Zealand Grant Rawlinson faces huge waves and high winds as he rows ...

The Most Breathtaking Wild US Locations Every Adventurer Should Visit

May 23, 2018

There are all kinds of ways to use your vacation time. Maybe you prefer to opt for a budget European extravaganza, or perhaps your style is more beachfront oasis or even a scenic trip away from the w...

Life Stories: Ian Jackson’s love for the Canadian Arctic never w...

May 19, 2018

Ian Jackson, an accomplished scientist originally from Yorkshire, England, who died last September at the age of 82, completed his undergraduate studies in geography at the prestigious London School ...

Why the Yankees send flowers for every police officer killed in the li...

May 19, 2018

Every baseball club supports causes and charities in their own neighborhoods, but what the New York Yankees have been doing for the past three years goes above and beyond the normal scope of team gen...

iPhone Maker Foxconn Joins $7M Series A In Enterprise Blockchain Start...

May 19, 2018

(Photo credit should read PATRICK LIN/AFP/Getty Images) The venture capital arm of Foxconn has joined a $7 million Series A round in Cambridge Blockchain, a startup that specializes in helping enterp...

Everyday Hero: ‘Adventureman’ Jamie McDonald is running ac...

May 19, 2018

There’s a reason McDonald is so at ease at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital coloring with kids waiting for their appointments. It started when he was five.“I looked down at my legs and I c...

6 Classic Albums That Wouldn’t Exist Without Glenn Branca

May 19, 2018

Ebet Roberts/Redferns Glenn Branca photographed on Nov. 16, 1994. Pioneering avant-garde guitarist and composer Glenn Branca died Sunday night, as reported by his wife, longtime collaborator and ense...

An ‘absolutely incredible’ performance on the mound by Jos...

May 9, 2018

Reliever Josh Hader puts together another brilliant outing for the Brewers, striking out eight of the nine hitters he faced and walking the other as he picked up the save against the Reds on Monday n...

Feature: A life on ice: The story of Chinese figure skating pioneer Ba...

May 9, 2018

FUZHOU, May 2 (Xinhua) — Like many other Chinese born in the 1960s, a figure skater surnamed Bao has the popular given name of Zhenhua, literally meaning to revitalize China. She was lucky enou...

Australia honours ‘Black Power’ hero Norman with Olympics award

May 9, 2018

The Australian Olympic Committee on Saturday awarded a posthumous Order of Merit to Peter Norman, a record-holding sprinter who supported two Americans in their famous Black Power salute at the 1968 ...

Trump praises hero pilot of Southwest jet for ‘incredible job...

May 8, 2018

US President Donald Trump congratulates Southwest Airlines Captain Tammie Jo Shults (3rd left) during a meeting with crew members and passengers of the flight in the Oval Office of the White House in...