This weekend, families nationwide will stand back and celebrate the Father’s Day holiday. Countless grills will be lit aflame while sports fans enjoy a veritable smorgasbord of activity. The NBA Finals forge ahead with the Heat seeking to rally against the Thunder. Tiger Woods continues his comeback at the U.S. Open. The Sprint Cup Series …
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Big Star’s Third: ‘It’s hard to nail the chaos’
‘I thought it would encounter difficulties,” says John Fry, with delicious understatement, down the phone from Ardent Studios in Memphis, which he founded in 1959. “I thought people would find it so unconventional and so unfriendly that we would have difficulties.” He’s remembering 1975, when Ardent’s promotions man, John King, and Jim Dickinson were visiting …
A trim Tribeca: Downtown NYC film festival gets more selective
The annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) has become one of the industry’s great success stories. Born of the 9/11 tragedy that struck near New York’s Tribeca neighborhood at the Twin Towers, the inaugural event launched only months after the attack. Having just completed its 11th installment on April 29, the festival, with deep-pocked sponsors galore …
Report: IOC, USOC reach money deal
International and U.S. Olympic leaders finalized a new revenue-sharing agreement that ends years of acrimony between the powerful bodies and clears the way for future American bids for the games, two officials with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday. The officials told The Associated Press the long-term deal received final approval from the International Olympic …
Amazing Manchester City seal Premier League
Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions after an incredible fightback which saw them score twice in injury time to beat QPR 3-2 and seal the title on goal difference. Manchester City’s Belgian captain Vincent Kompany lifts the Premier league trophy after their 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers in Manchester on May 13, 2012. …
Battered Bayern Munich faces Chelsea in Champions League final, Franck Ribbery says German club won’t lose in front of home fans
MUNICH – Franck Ribery refuses to even entertain the idea of Bayern Munich losing before its home fans in the Champions League final against Chelsea. After a long and taxing season, he insists the team will muster every last bit of energy Saturday to bring home a trophy that may have seemed destined for Bayern …
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/5
New corrections weaken market uptrend After the release of positive data related to the consumer price index and trade deficit, shares rebounded on both national stock exchanges last week. “However, the economy does not seem to be brighter as the ease in the index was mainly due to spending reduction, decreasing industrial production and more …
Bayern Munich left frustrated by Chelsea’s crucial double barrier
In the hands of the canniest opponents, a strength can become a weakness. Only Barcelona in Europe’s top five leagues have better possession and pass completion rates than Bayern Munich this season and so the dynamic of the game was always likely to be similar to Chelsea’s semi-final against Barcelona: Bayern had the bulk of …
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2013 Cadillac SRX looks the same, hides its high-tech secrets
Cadillac SUV can feel at home, surely it’s Manhattan. Only fitting, then, that the updated 2013 Cadillac SRX has debuted at the New York Auto Show.The revised luxury crossover has been treated to a mild facelift, but as with so many things, it’s what’s inside that counts with the new SRX. The cabin has been …