NEW YORK — The New York Yankees’ bats were the story of the team’s franchise-record nine-home run day against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Then came the discussion about the actual bats used by some players in the 20-9 win. The uniquely shaped lumber is the result of two years of research and experimentation with…
The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine was the kitchen appliance America didn’t know it needed. When it arrived in the mid-1990s, Food Network and food blogging had just been born. Martha Stewart was redefining home entertaining, and Richard Simmons had made low-fat fun. Salsa was outselling ketchup for the first time, a…
File Pic: AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter AB de Villiers believes that Virat Kohli didn’t necessarily step away from the franchise’s captaincy reins but rather supported the franchise’s long-term call to hand over the leadership to Rajat Patidar.Speaking at the Star Sports Press Room ahead of…
Junior Bridgeman, who followed a strong N.B.A. career with a remarkable run as an entrepreneur, acquiring hundreds of fast-food restaurants, a Coca-Cola bottling business and a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks, his team for a decade, died on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky. He was 71. The cause was a cardiac event, a family spokesman…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane attributes his success in the Indian Premier League and domestic Twenty20 matches to playing “fearless cricket” while maintaining composure. At a strike rate of 164.56, the 36-year-old scored 469 runs, including five half-centuries, to top the batting rankings in the previous edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali…
Five years ago Italian researchers published a study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. that detailed how one victim of the blast, a male presumed to be in his mid 20s, had been found nearby in the seaside settlement of Herculaneum. He was lying facedown and buried by ash on a wooden…
In the Wichita courtroom, Hanes offered his only public reflection on the bank collapse. Wearing a gray suit, he walked up to the lectern, glancing nervously at his former friends in the gallery. “I’m sorry,” he told the judge. Until the very end, he explained, he thought he was involved in a legitimate business deal….
A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fuelled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 19,000 people. The Hughes fire about 50 miles (80 km) north of Los Angeles further taxed firefighters in the…
Durban’s Super Giants haad coach Lance Klusener (Video grab) Durban’s Super Giants faced another setback in the ongoing SA20 League, suffering a 58-run loss to defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape at Kingsmead on Friday. The defeat marked their second consecutive loss at home, leaving head coach Lance Klusener visibly disappointed with his team’s performance. “We…
Sriram Krishnan is an Indian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and technologist, widely recognised for his influential roles in some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies. Born in Chennai, India, in 1984, Krishnan has built a remarkable career that spans leadership positions at major firms such as Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and Snap, before moving into venture capital…