Nike's Self-lacing Tennis Shoe

       Hollywood - On November 28, 2016 a Nike shoe will go on sale online.  The app will let you get the $720 self-lacing tennis shoe before it goes it starts selling in stores, in early December 2016.  See whole story, www.kcal9.com. 

Too Big or Not Too Big That is One of The Questions That Will Be Facing Hillar Clinton if She Wins

     Washington - Democrats and Republicans, alike, are opposed to the acquisition by broadband and wireless provider AT&T of Time Warner.  Time Warner also owns CNN, HBO, and Warner Bros.  See also, www.wsj.com.             

California Chrome Does Not Go The Distance

      Arcadia - At the 33rd Breeder's Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park Saturday November 5, 2016 California Chrome was upset stunningly by a relative newcomer named Arrowhead.  California Chrome's owner says, in the last 10 yards it became clear Arrowhead would win.  See whole story,  www.nbc4.com.      

1893 Experiment Becomes 1904 Official Game

        Cleveland -  In 1903 the Boston Americans won the Pittsburgh Pirates five to three.  In an effort to end a two-year rivalry and promote unity in baseball, the already established National League and newly established American League, decided to settle it with a new kind of season finale. 
          Nine years earlier, in 1894, the two top teams in the National League played an 'experimental' post-season championship, in which Boston beat Pittsburgh five games to three.  Then, in 1903, both teams (now in separate leagues) competed against one another in the first official  World Series. See also, www.espn.com.    

2016 NA LCS Summer Split: Moments and Memories

League of Legends World Finals

        San Francisco - Various stages have been held in cities across the United States, they include:  Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and the finals in Los Angeles, at the Staples Center on Friday  October  28, 2016.  The top prize is over $1,000,000 per city, with the total purse being approximately $5,070,000.  See also, www.riotgames.com. 

From The Orient Back to The United States

      San Francisco - The tennis shoe industry is dependent on inexpensive labor. A new way to manufacture tennis shoes could revolutionize the tennis shoe industry.
     Traditionally, sneakers are created with the use of molds.  A Reebok innovation for  drawing in 3-D could decrease the cost of making its new Liquid Speed sneakers, decrease the time it takes to get shoes into stores, and create jobs in the United States.  Bill McInnis, head of Reebok Future, says every tennis shoe manufacturing process uses molds.  Molds are expensive, take a lot of time to create, and involve a lot of labor and shipping costs.  See whole story, www.foxbusiness.com.