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Located 40 miles south of San Francisco and featuring sharks, churning waters and massive waves, Mavericks is to many surfers what Mount Everest is to mountaineers. It’s the biggest. It’s the baddest. It’s a destination people travel halfway around the … Continue reading →

New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher was just standing there, minding his own business, during a play stoppage in Sunday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. Then: Lance Stephenson outta nowhere! The Hornets eccentric swingman — who you may remember for … Continue reading →

At a recent gathering of young professionals in the Bay Area, Scott Bryan, the chief operating officer of Imagine H2O, asked the 60-strong crowd how many were considering going into the water business Just one hand went up. About a … Continue reading →

Ohio State University’s marching band claims to the “best damn band in the land” — but what about the entire universe? The Buckeyes made a case for that label with its Nov. 1 halftime show, which was inspired by space. … Continue reading →

LONDON — Paddington Bear, the stowaway stuffed animal who charmed generations of children with his adventures in London, is being reimagined across the city from Tuesday onward. Paddington figures will be dotted around city streets until Dec. 30 to coincide … Continue reading →

The weekend’s most memorable — and emotional — sports moment didn’t come from the NFL, NBA or NHL, all lucrative and glamorous professional leagues now underway It came in a Division III basketball game during which a freshman named Lauren … Continue reading →

On the heels of Google’s new Inbox app, the company rolled out on Monday a brand new Google Calendar app that cuts down on how much you have to manually enter event details. The app — which is available today … Continue reading →

Tightrope daredevil Nik Wallenda has done it again. The extreme sportsman walked between three skyscrapers on a high-wire hundreds of feet off the ground in downtown Chicago on Sunday night. In two separate legs, the father-of-three crossed between the buildings … Continue reading →

Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers about the new season of Downton Abbey, which has started airing in the UK. If you wish to remain spoiler-free until the season starts in the United States on Jan. 4, please avert … Continue reading →

If a tech company makes an ad and doesn’t troll Apple, does the ad even exist at all? Lenovo challenges Apple to a dance-off in a new ad pitting its Yoga 3 Pro laptop against the MacBook AirMicrosoft took similar … Continue reading →