Author Archives: Swashbuckler

First There Was Plant-Based Food, Now There Are Plant-Based Sneakers

January 23, 2020

Reebok has announced a range made from plants, eucalyptus tree and algae – by Alex Pierotti   We’re all trying to do our bit to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment. Even b...

What the Heck Does Luxury Mean Now?

January 23, 2020

Step out of your bubble bath, slip on your Charvet slippers and Pratesi silk robe, and settle into your antique Majorelle armchair—it is time, once again, to ask: WHAT IS LUXURY? Maybe it&rsquo...

The Paris Fashion Week Street Style That Outdressed The Parisians

January 23, 2020

From its buyers, its press, and its professional turner-uppers, fashion week has always required some effort on the wardrobe front. But Paris needs a little bit extra. As the penultimate window on th...

Extreme sports: Mont du Lac to host Ice Cross World Championship

January 23, 2020

Mont du Lac Resort in Superior will host the All Terrain Skate Cross Federation 500 on Saturday as part of the Red Bull Ice Cross World Championship series. The event is free to spectators who can vi...

Rugby: Five things we learned from rugby union’s European Cup po...

January 23, 2020

Toulouse’s French hooker Peato Mauvaka runs with the ball during the European Rugby Champions Cup rugby union match between Stade Toulousain and Gloucester Rugby at the Ernest Wallon Stadium in...

The longest winning streaks in college basketball history

January 22, 2020

Bill Russell (center) helped San Francisco win 60 straight games — the second-longest streak in Division 1 history. In 2015, Kentucky’s bid for its first perfect season since 1954 was thw...

Late Night Settles in for More Impeachment-Related Entertainment

January 22, 2020

As the Ukraine revelations keep coming, Stephen Colbert is enjoying the show.Credit…CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep &md...

Spider-Man 3: Here’s When And Where Tom Holland’s Movie Wi...

January 22, 2020

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is moving ahead with its fourth phase of projects, as May’s Black Widow will bring audiences back to the world that last year’s Avengers: Endgame made some p...

‘Bad Boys for Life’ is on pace to have the second-best ope...

January 22, 2020

“Bad Boys for Life.”Sony Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life” is dominating the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend. The movie will have brought in $68.1 million b...

How to Raise a Billionaire: Maye Musk on Where Elon Gets His Drive

January 22, 2020

Long before the world became fascinated with Elon Musk, his mother Maye Musk worked to become a star in her own right. Musk was born in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1948, one of five children, and moved w...

She Almost Lost Her Home In California’s Wildfires. Instead She Built ...

January 22, 2020

Homebound CEO Nikki Pechet and her team of 52 engineers, contractors and designers are currently rebuilding 150 homes in California. In the company’s first year of operation it had estimated re...

Jeff Bezos Is No Longer The Richest Person In The World (Again)

January 22, 2020

Jeff Bezos has slid to second place among the world’s wealthiest. ASSOCIATED PRESS Jeff Bezos is no longer the world’s richest person—for now, at least. The e-commerce titan’s...

SpaceX just launched and intentionally exploded a rocket for NASA in a...

January 22, 2020

One of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets intentionally explodes during an in-flight abort test of the company’s new Crew Dragon spaceship for NASA. SpaceX SpaceX just completed a crucial safety t...

Ocean adventurer rowing from South America to Malaysia experiences ‘a ...

January 22, 2020

Karlis Bardelis is in Papua New Guinea preparing for the final leg of the two-year row from Peru, across the Pacific, to Malaysia ‎Kārlis Bardelis rowing from Peru, across the Pacific, to Asia. P...

Aussie Adventurer Lives in 2011 Jeep Wrangler for 999 Days While Explo...

January 22, 2020

And racked up a thrilling 53,726 miles along the way. Despite what your local Jeep Wrangler owner with a 6-inch lift kit and angry-eye grille might lead you to believe, there’s more to the icon...