Harvey Pollack, who reinvented the art of collecting NBA statistics from the very first season, died on Tuesday at age 93. The long-time statistics and media relations director with the Philadelphia 76ers and their predecessors the Philadelphia Warriors invented things that are now commonplace in NBA statistical fare, including the counting of blocked shots and technical fouls as well as keeping track of both offensive and defensive rebounds. “There has
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for 10 hours in an appeal hearing over a four-game ban issued after Brady’s supposed knowledge of under-inflated footballs. The controversy known as “Deflategate,” which nagged the Patriots on their way to the Super Bowl title in February, has lasted five months, stemming out of a New England victory over Indianapolis in the American Conference final. Goodell on
– Ford is recalling certain 2014 and 2015 Escape SUVs and Transit Connect vans for an instrument-panel issue. The gauge cluster and dashboard warning lights can quit working. Some 203,500 vehicles are affected. – – According to Ford, the instrument cluster, warning lights, message function, and warning chimes may not work when starting the vehicle. Affected models are Escapes built in Louisville, Kentucky, from May 19, 2014, to February 6,
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-It’s official: the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is flipping its lid. While this is perhaps near the delay of the Tesla Model 3 at the bottom of the scale of surprising automotive news, it is far more pleasing to hear. READ MORE ›› –
– There’s something about the older Aston Martins in the company’s lineup. The Vantage GT, while outclassed on paper by the Corvette Z06 and the Jaguar F-type V8, manages to retain an analog sports-car feel that’s wholly charming in its own right. And the DB9, despite 11 years in production, remains an involving, lovely thing to drive. It is, perhaps, the most idyllically Aston Martin of all the models the
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-There is strength in numbers, something you discover as a child when you commit some heinous offense against adult society and then try to blame your peers: “But everyone was doing it!” In my household, that protest was always met with the rejoinder, “If all the other kids decided to jump off a bridge, would you do that, too?” delivered by my mother with equal parts anger and sarcasm. Perhaps
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-As much as we love driving the current generation of Cadillacs—see for example our recent reviews of the ATS-V sedan and coupe, or our long-term wrap-up of our CTS Vsport—we remain frustrated and annoyed with the brand’s CUE touch-screen infotainment interface. Come 2016, however, most Cadillacs will get Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which could prove far more convenient than dealing with CUE on its own. – The Cadillac news
