Our garden has gone gray and silent. The first frosts have arrived, and our trees have been stripped bare by the gusty north winds. Only the wintergreen hedge is still dark green, although even the foliage has been dulled by the cold.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Only two months had passed, so there was no way Bill Belichick had already forgotten the Patriots had hoisted their second Lombardi Trophy in three years when New England opened minicamp in April.
Chris Long spent the NFL season playing for nothing - but a second Super Bowl ring in as many seasons would be more than adequate compensation for the hulking Philadelphia Eagles defensive end.
ORLANDO, Florida - Phoebe Schecter struck gold at the Women's Careers in Football Forum last year as one of 22 women who found jobs or internships in American football, which is often viewed as a notoriously macho world.
In 1993, Michele Tafoya was a 28-year-old sports talk radio host in the heart of US college basketball country.
When you talk about China's contributions to human development, the first response of many is gunpowder and paper. Or, maybe mobile payment channels and high-speed trains in the modern age. But is that all?
Boonie Bears, one of China's most successful animation franchises, is seeking to expand in overseas markets.
As the father of an 8-year-old boy, Wang Lei has often sat alongside his son as he watched television cartoon programs.
Aamir Khan was in China last week to promote his latest Hindi film Secret Superstar. During his weeklong stay, first in Shanghai and then in Beijing, the Indian actor also found out that he has become a major celebrity in a country where Bollywood's reach has been traditionally limited.
"I rarely shave, except during my holidays. But for this role, it's perfect to keep my beard," Placido Domingo says at a recent interview at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
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