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Formula 1, which races on flat tracks, unlike the banked ovals of NASCAR, is one of the world's most valuable sports franchises. Internationally, its races attract 350 million TV viewers, compared with the 20 million who tune in to NASCAR's big races. Although F1 is bigger in Europe and Asia than in the U.S., the sport is seeking ways to expand in the U.S., the world's largest car market. But Schumacher's dominance is threatening that. Unlike Woods, whose earlier string of victories clearly contributed to golf's popularity, the fact that the German driver has already...
...they give to stories of neighborhood brawls or debates over political philosophy—even if tales of acids and bases aren’t quite as sexy. But if we succeed at explaining our work with clarity, we’d prefer that you don’t tune out of the conversation as soon as you hear the word “molecule...
...current undergrads began to navigate high school, “Closing Time” and a follow-up single or two made Slichter’s band positively ubiquitous, in a faceless kind of way. You’d never recognize them on the street, but it was their tune whistling in the background of countless malls and dances. Just as quickly, of course, the fickle charts dropped Semisonic, and critical acclaim could do little to keep the trio in the spotlight...
...blues guitarist who launched his career in the 1920s and who has been acknowledged by such rock greats as Eric Clapton as a major influence, once said of Presley, "He's singing the same thing I'm singing now. And he knows it. 'Cause really, the melody and the tune and the way we used to call it 'rocking the blues' years ago when I was a kid...that's what he's doing now ... rock and roll is a steal from the old, original blues." The blues, however, didn't pay as well as rock. Broonzy, late...
...stars from Britney Spears to Tim McGraw are cashing in on ring-tone royalties. The most popular phone tune at the moment: rapper 50 Cent's In Da Club...