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How to work in sports: 3 pros share their stories of success

The sports bug is hard to shake. AUSTIN, Texas — If you've loved sports like it's your job since childhood, you've probably thought at least a few times about how to literally make them your job as an adult. It's a nice idea, but there's a big catch: With so many sports fanatics looking to break into the business, the field is a notoriously competitive one that's extra hard to crack. Some

Eavesdropping Barbie is "downright creepy," privacy advocates say

Hello Barbie is displayed at the Mattel showroom at the North American International Toy Fair, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 in New York. Mattel's new "Hello Barbie" has more tricks up her sleeve than just saying hello. With the press of a button, Barbie's embedded microphone turns on and records the voice of the child playing with her. The recordings are then uploaded to a cloud server, where

9 billion Keurig K-Cups likely ended up in landfills last year

When John Sylvan invented K-Cups in 1997, he knew they'd turn a profit. What he didn't anticipate was that 15 years later, a coffee pod machine would be sitting on the counters of an estimated 20 million American homes and Keurig Green Mountain would go on to sell more than 30 billion packs of the disposable coffee pods. Disposable is the keyword there. To withstand the brewing process,