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Is Kanye West's Yeezy fashion label more of a headache and not fashion at all?
Live from New York Fashion Week Sept. 14, 2016, 11:33 a.m.
New York Fashion Week has begun, and it’s already pretty clear that this is going to be a much different creature than seasons past – starting with what season, exactly, the models are wearing. Traditionally these shows have been a showcase for spring/summer collections. But this year several designers and brands, including Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger and Opening Ceremony, are mixing it up. You'll be seeing clothes and accessories available in retail stores for fall/winter '16.
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Is Kanye West's Yeezy fashion label more of a headache and not fashion at all?
Live from New York Fashion Week
Sept. 14, 2016, 11:33 a.m.
New York Fashion Week has begun, and it’s already pretty clear that this is going to be a much different creature than seasons past – starting with what season, exactly,...
Bounce the kangaroo bill from the Legislature
For decades, California banned the import and sale of all products made from kangaroos — including food and shoes, particularly high-end soccer cleats — out of concern for their conservation. The Legislature twice agreed to lift the ban on kangaroos...
Soccer apparel sales growth strikes past the competition
Soccer apparel and footwear sales increases have kicked their way past baseball and football, according to research firm NPD Group.
Soccer footwear sales in the U.S. between April 2014 and March 2015 increased 14% over the previous year to $139...
IMF chief is target of French corruption investigation
Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, was placed under official investigation Wednesday in connection with a French corruption probe that dates back to her days as France's finance minister.
In a statement after a fourth...
Legislature mulls curbs on use of aerial drones by paparazzi
When singer Miley Cyrus recently spotted a mysterious drone hovering over her Los Angeles home, she posted video of the aerial intruder on Instagram, complaining that it appeared to be a new tactic by the paparazzi.
The incident, in which Cyrus was...
Boys' basketball: Lonzo Ball in championship game of Adidas Nations
Future UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball of Chino Hills will be playing in the championship game of the Adidas Nations tournament on Monday at 6 p.m. at Long Beach City College on ESPNU.
Team Lillard will play Team Wall in the final. Making major contributions...
Boys' basketball: Adidas Nations tournament comes to Garden Grove and Long Beach
Rosters were announced on Friday for the Adidas Nations tournament, featuring top high school basketball players from around the world that will be competing at the Next Level Sports Complex in Garden Grove and at Long Beach City College, where the...
Stocks plunge on worries about interest rate increase
Wall Street's long-running bull market got a jolt Thursday from investors increasingly worried that the improving economy will push policymakers to raise interest rates sooner than expected.
Stocks have been tumbling this week, and Thursday's 317-point...
Stella McCartney to design British outfits for 2016 Summer Olympics
Stella McCartney -- the British fashion designer and daughter of rock star Paul McCartney -- has once again been selected to design her country's Olympic uniforms, according to reports in the British media.
McCartney was responsible for...
European soccer teams land lucrative sponsorship deals
The 10-year, $1.3-billion uniform deal Manchester United signed with Adidas last week is the most lucrative shirt sponsorship in soccer history. Add in the seven-year $560-million jersey deal United has with Chevrolet and, beginning next season, the...
Manchester United uniform is pricey real estate, as Chevrolet knows
Chevrolet was once as American as baseball, hot dogs and John Cougar Mellencamp. Which was fine when it sold the majority of its cars and trucks in the U.S.
But two years ago more than 60% of its sales were overseas. And baseball, it turned out, wasn't...
Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway, Brie Larson don drag for music video
Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway and Brie Larson are now in the music video business and make some pretty stellar (and kind of creepy) drag kings.
The "Twilight" alum, 24, "Les Misérables" star, 31, and "Community"...
Roundup: CIA writing manuals, Instagram TV and alien phone chargers
I'm officially out this week (enjoying the sauna that is New York), but there's always time for a roundup. And it's got all kinds of weirdness, from a CIA writing manual to the attempt to save a brutalist building by Paul Rudolph to stories about...
Uruguay's Luis Suarez could be suspended for bite by FIFA on Thursday
Luis Suarez could be hit with a harsh suspension Thursday when FIFA announces the findings of its investigation into charges the Uruguay striker bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the left shoulder during Tuesday's World Cup game in Natal.
Moments...
Ten-year-old sets world record at New York track meet
In case you missed it over the weekend, Jonah Gorevic ran a 5:01.55 mile at the Adidas Grand Prix meet in his home state of New York.
It might not seem like a big deal, given that the world record for that distance is 3:43.13. But...
World Cup 2014: Spike Lee, Fernando Meirelles get their game on
The World Cup tends to see plenty of artistry on the pitch. But this is also that quadrennial time when Madison Avenue reaches beyond its usual precincts and ensures we’re likely to see some dazzling creativity during commercial breaks too. Four years...
Sepp Blatter appears to shrug off widespread concerns about FIFA
— FIFA President Sepp Blatter predicted Tuesday that the World Cup will be "a great event" for Brazil which can unite the world. But he didn't mention the country's difficulties preparing for the tournament, the protests over the $11 billion the...
U.S. men's soccer team arrives in Brazil
The U.S. team arrived in Sao Paulo on Monday, a week ahead of its World Cup opener with Ghana, and got right to work.
A police escort that included a helicopter hovering overhead guided the team on the morning trip from the airport to its downtown hotel....
'This Is Not a Ball' spins art project into views of soccer
The soccer documentary "This Is Not a Ball" revolves around an art project by its co-director, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, who creates artwork using unconventional materials like chocolate and sugar. Here he orchestrates two identical...
World Cup: The 10 best teams of all time
The World Cup has been held 19 times in 16 nations on five continents. And eight countries have won soccer's ultimate prize, five of them more than once. But those numbers can't answer one question: which teams were the best? Here's one man's list of...