Jul 28, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher David Peterson (23) pitches against the Atlanta Braves during the third inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The New York Mets make a trip each year to Colorado but somehow the schedule hasn’t lined up for Denver…
In 1994, when Sumner M. Redstone bought Paramount Pictures for about $10 billion, the equivalent of about $22 billion today, he did more than just take over a company. He ascended a cultural throne. Studios like Paramount — founded in the 1910s, operating soundstage complexes and controlling vast film libraries — were valuable businesses on…
Jul 3, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) forces out San Diego Padres designated hitter Donovan Solano (39) at second base during the second inning at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports David Peralta hit his first home run in almost a year, helping the San Diego Padres…
Minnesota Twins pitcher David Festa throws to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth inning at Chase Field in Phoenix on Thursday, June 27, 2024. David Festa’s first start in the majors was a blur. On Wednesday night, when Festa goes to the mound for his second start since his promotion to the Minnesota Twins, the…
Dr. David Egilman, a physician and expert witness who, over a 35-year span, gave testimony in some 600 trials involving corporate malfeasance, resulting in billions of dollars in awards for victims and their survivors, died on April 2 at his home in Foxborough, Mass. He was 71. The cause was cardiac arrest, his son Alex…
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we reached peak chile crisp in the United States, but if you were to inspect my kitchen today you’d see, alongside an old jar of Lao Gan Ma — years ago, the only chile crisp I could easily find in the food shops nearby — at least a half-dozen…
Whenever I talked to David Bouley, the exacting, pioneering American chef who died on Monday at age 70, out would pour a torrent of ideas, beliefs, theories, nutritional research, probiotic preservation methods, ethnographic histories and plans for harnessing all this knowledge to improve health and save lives through restaurants. There may exist people who could…
David L. Mills, an internet pioneer who developed and, for decades, implemented the timekeeping protocol used by financial markets, power grids, satellites and billions of computers to make sure they run simultaneously, earning him a reputation as the internet’s “Father Time,” died on Jan. 17 at his home in Newark, Del. He was 85. His…
