Victor Mather

4 days ago | seattletimes.com | Victor Mather

John Brenkus, creator and host of the show “Sport Science,” which explored the physics and mechanics of sports and athletes, died Saturday. He was 53. His death was announced in a statement by Brinx TV, the media production company he founded. Brenkus “had been battling depression,” the statement said. “John lost his fight with this terrible illness.”Brinx and family members did not immediately respond to requests for further details or comment.

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Victor Mather

John Brenkus, the creator and host of the show "Sport Science," which explored the physics and mechanics of sports and athletes, died on Saturday. He was 54. His death was announced in a statement by Brinx TV, the media production company he founded. Mr. Brenkus "had been battling depression," the statement said. "John lost his fight with this terrible illness."Brinx and ESPN did not immediately respond to requests for further details or comment.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Victor Mather

Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport. Sumo is Japan's national sport, steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition. But Japanese wrestlers no longer dominate sumo. So there was a sigh of relief in local sumo circles when Onosato Daiki of Japan was named on Wednesday as yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Victor Mather

A Harvard professor who has written extensively about honesty was stripped of her tenure this month, a university spokesman said on Tuesday, after allegations that she had falsified data. The scholar, Francesca Gino, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and a prominent behavioral scientist, has studied how small changes can influence behavior and been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals.

2 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Victor Mather

Morrison, the lead singer of the Doors, known for hits like Light My Fire and Riders on the Storm, died in Paris in 1971 at age 27 Victor Mather Published 21.05.25, 10:21 AM Jim Morrison’s grave at Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris. Getty Images A bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen from his gravesite in Paris in 1988 was rediscovered last week, the French police said on Monday.