A PIECE OF THE ACTION “Fantasy sports” are hugely popular, but when fans “draft” players for their teams, they “own” only the players’ statistics. Recently, Wall Street and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs created Fantex Holdings, which will allow investors to buy actual pieces of real players–namely, rights to 20 percent of the player’s lifetime earnings (including licensing and … [Read more...] about Unholy Water and Naked Germany and People With Worse Sex Lives Than Yours
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Drunk Cops and Fake Free Trucks and Great Art
POLICE BLOTTO In some jurisdictions, a driver can be presumed impaired with a blood alcohol reading as low as .07 (and suggestively impaired at a reading below that), but according to a WMAQ-TV investigation in February, some suburban Chicago police forces allow officers to work with their own personal readings as high as .05. While officers may be barred from driving at that … [Read more...] about Drunk Cops and Fake Free Trucks and Great Art
Crazy Stereos and Love Hotels and Earless Bunnies
GENTLEMEN, START YOUR STEREOS Sophisticated automobile technology makes high-performance engines purr in relative silence, but automakers fear that their most demanding drivers are emotionally attached to the engines’ roar. Consequently, as Car and Driver reported in April, the 2012 BMW M5, with 560 horsepower tempered with sound deadeners, has installed pre-recorded engine … [Read more...] about Crazy Stereos and Love Hotels and Earless Bunnies