Arte Moreno is out and Steve Ballmer is busted. Do they make our Bad Owner Hall of Fame?
Which owners qualified as the worst of the worst? Some were awful for moral reasons. Others were cheap, or lost a lot, or sold Babe Ruth.
Are the New York Rangers a respectable hockey club? This season will show the answer
GM Chris Drury is counting on his moves getting the backsliding Rangers back in the playoff mix. It's a bet he needs to win.
Tokyo’s Rikugien Garden announces nighttime foliage illumination event ahead of autumn
Stroll among the illuminated autumn leaves after-hours in one of Tokyo’s most popular Japanese landscape gardens for only one and a half weeks. From November 25 through December 6, one…
Japan’s 20-year Ig Nobel winning streak continues thanks to people blowing their noses
Learn the scientifically proven technique for blowing your nose efficiently. Science has tackled many a mystery for the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, from black holes to gene editing,…
Megadeth guitarist becomes voice of reason regarding tourists dancing at shrine in Japan
Tourists’ dance video at Kyoto shrine prompts angry response from Marty Friedman. There are times in life when agreeing to disagree is the most sensible thing to do, but so…
NHL rumblings: Decentralized draft stays, plus latest on Gauthier, Kucherov, Hellebuyck, more
The Hurricanes, Sabres and Mammoth remain in the hunt for Connor Hellebuyck while talks are unusually quiet on a Nikita Kucherov extension.
Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi
Following surveys of butterflies, birds, oceans, and trees, the editors at Phaidon have settled on their next topic of inquiry: fungi. This October, the publisher will release an expansive tome…
Brady Tkachuk trade a boon for Panthers, but Senators still see a Cup window
Tkachuk’s Ottawa exit touched nearly every hot-button issue in the NHL.
‘The Otherworld Is Home’ Explores Personal Reclamation, Cultural Identity, and Spiritual Passage
The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University hosts free-to-the-public exhibitions and programs inviting a journey across multiple centuries and continents titled The Otherworld is Home. Inspired by the Yorùbá…
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
New designs give us an insight into Japan’s prefectural flowers and regional gems. Travel in Japan is always an exciting journey of discovery, especially when there are 47 prefectures, each…
