Modern cars come with a maintenance regimen recommended by the manufacturer, but some dealers will try to sell you their own more expensive plan with extra, often needless services. If you let them. Don’t. A substantial share of a dealership’s profit comes from its service department. The more it can charge for service, the more [...]
Americans have a culturally ingrained love affair with their cars, so it’s natural that when they go to sell their old set of wheels, they see its pricing potential through rose-colored driving goggles. If you’re serious about unloading your used car, you’ll have to sever those emotional attachments. It’s important to take an objective look [...]
The legendary Bulls and Lakers leader’s new book finally enlightened me to Jackson’s lifelong dedication to the game—and to the logic behind his pop-Zen mumbo-jumbo. AP / Chris Carlson Last week at a signing for his new book, Eleven Rings, The Soul of Success, a fan asked legendary Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers coach [...]
Official Photos and Info arrow For more than 20 years, BMW’s most visible coupe was sold as the 3-series. This made lots of sense, as the car is and always has been based on the 3-series sedan. Meanwhile, Audi launched the A4-based A5 coupe, and Mercedes-Benz was brazen enough to come up with a C-class–based [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors center Festus Ezeli has undergone right knee surgery to reinforce two ligaments. The team says the procedure, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on Wednesday, was necessary to reinforce the medial collateral and posterior cruciate ligaments. Ezeli sprained the knee during the regular-season finale at Portland [...]
Posted by Samantha Martin on 06/13/2013 at 1:27 PM News The Popdust Files: selena gomez, Trending Selena Gomez is clearly looking to shed her Disney sweetheart image—by shedding some layers. We already knew from her bikini-clad role in Spring Breakers that she wasn’t afraid to show a little skin, but HollywoodLife.com is exclusively reporting that [...]
Reigning queen of New Orleans bounce music Big Freedia was lowering herself in twerk position with her arms raised above her head for a nasty ponch decades before Solange got her DJ Hero on by dropping “Triggerman” at a free hipster block party in Brooklyn. Pull out your Kathy Ireland pajama short set from K-Mart and [...]
Last but not least, Sony will be closing out our first day of E3 2013 press conferences at 9PM ET, and you can tune in several different ways. Of course our liveblog is the place to be, but you can also stream the video on this page (embedded after the break) or directly through your [...]
Let’s travel back in time to November 2009. The evolution of the NFL:Take a look at how the NFL has evolved from its humble roots, and the efforts being made to ensure it continues to grow. The Pittsburgh Steelers were scrapping for their playoff lives after an overtime loss [...]
E3 2013 is nearly upon us, and this year’s press briefing lineup is an eensy bit different from past years — most notably, there are four stage presentations on Monday alone, and Nintendo’s sitting this year out. Rather than spreading out the gaming news cavalcade across one and a half days, 2013′s press briefings are [...]
Video After The Jump “MLR” consist of Matt Reeves, Lot-A-Nerv, and Reality. This is the second single called “Right 2 Live” from their debut album entitled “#AMPBMF” dropping on June 28th. This record is addressing the issues they see and go through on the quest to be successful in an ever changing industry. We all [...]
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Tom Brady’s new deal is front-loaded but gives the Patriots great value in the long run. (USATSI) As I began poring over basically every contract in the NFL, a few things leaped out at me. As I compared player value and salaries by position — an annual exercise of mine this time of year — [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin announced Wednesday that Ben Roethlisberger has gone under the knife. The team’s starting quarterback underwent what Tomlin described as “minor surgery” on his right knee Wednesday as the result of slight discomfort during the offseason. “We advised him to get the surgery done to ensure he will be completely healthy [...]
MIAMI (AP) — Other than being widely known by just the first syllable of their surnames, the coaches who will match wits in these NBA Finals may seem like polar opposites. Of course, they would probably disagree with that assertion. Miami’s Erik Spoelstra wears sharp suits and is a stats guy; San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich [...]