While George Steinbrenner's $200 million Yankees crashed and burned in the first round of the baseball postseason, the White Sox, a team devoid of brand-name superstars, rolled into and through the World Series.
The superstar rapper rolled out a slew of goodies on the new streaming service on Friday including a music video, single, interview with Zane Lowe and news of his own Beats 1 Radio show.
Small, round and beatific, Mr. Ondar was a superstar in Tuva — "like John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and Michael Jordan kind of rolled into one," in the words of "Genghis Blues" (1999), an Oscar-nominated documentary about throat singing in which he figures prominently.
The Yankees rolled out a star-studded tribute to retiring superstar Derek Jeter on Sunday, including appearances from former teammates, family and friends.
Klay Thompson made seven three-point shots and scored 27 points and the Golden State Warriors rolled into the second round of the playoffs without injured superstar Stephen Curry, thoroughly embarrassing the Houston Rockets, 114-81, on Wednesday night in Game 5 in Oakland.
Confirmation of the names of the dead rolled in slowly, but by Friday, the conference attendees knew they had lost at least one superstar.
He's kind of like the Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Lee Iacocca all rolled into one for Japan, a place that they're not really all that used to having superstar corporate executives.
Next, we rolled up to the iron gates of Fantesca Estate & Winery, which turns out bottles from wine world superstar Heidi Barrett (her first project since leaving Screaming Eagle in 2006).
Interviewed from an adjoining car as he rolled through the German countryside Friday morning on a training ride before a long individual time trial, he said with a laugh, "I'm not a superstar, I'm a regular guy".
Then, when New Year's Eve rolled round, his celebratory 24-carat gold-glazed, Cristal-and-ube mousse-flavoured doughnut caught fire on Instagram, and a colourant superstar was born.
