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...Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Johnson clinched the top spot in The Chase, NASCAR's ten-race playoff season that crowns the overall Sprint Cup champion. Johnson, 34, became the first racer in NASCAR history to win four straight titles in its top circuit, a feat that fuels the inevitable question: is this guy the greatest racer of all-time? Johnson took a victory lap in New York City, and sat down with TIME to talk about his training regimen, his off-track driving habits, and the perception that he's way too boring. (Finding Hell on Earth...
...feat marked the beginning of the Forest Service's smoke-jumpers program, and Cooley became the group's first superintendent. His career wasn't flawless; in 1949, Cooley directed the crew battling the Mann Gulch fire in Montana, at which 12 smoke jumpers lost their lives...
People who drink black coffee do so with a certain macho pride, as if it were a feat of strength. In pop culture, black coffee has become a meme. It’s the John Wayne of caffeinated beverages—a metonym of stoicism, intensity, and general badassery. Every hack screenwriter knows that the fastest way to toughen up a character is to have him or her order a cup of black coffee. In the same way, its converse is a ready-brew instant joke. On “The Office,” Michael Scott drinks milk...
Morrison, who scored four goals in a losing effort, was 20 seconds away from single-handedly beating BU, the defending NCAA Champions. He is the first Crimson player to score four goals in a game since Chris Bala accomplished the feat...
...parlay their 15 seconds of fame into cash. Chief among them: Charlie Schmidt, who has managed to make some $20,000 from his truly ridiculous Keyboard Cat video. The graphic designer in Spokane, Wash., digitized old VHS tapes of his cat, Fatso, "playing" a keyboard, a low-tech feat achieved by manipulating the cat's paws from underneath Fatso's shirt. Since the Keyboard Cat video went viral in February, the original has had nearly 3.8 million viewings, with millions more for the remixes. (See videos that have cashed in on the YouTube effect...