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stanley cup ckeyJanuary 22, 2015 5:33 AM ESTAnyone who toils namelessly presenting the stars to the masses dreams of changing his field. But legendary CBS Sports producer Tony Verna, who died on Jan. 18 at age 81, was the rare man who could say he actually pulled it off. Verna now simple-seeming 1963 innovation 8211 howing a play again, just after it happenedrevolutionized the viewer experience. Before, replays came only at halftime. Thanks to Verna, fans who had missed a play could immediately catch up.Instant replay also spawned two great legacies. The technology allowed fans, particularly in football, to understand what they had just seen. Announcers and color commentators could highlight just how much choreography preceded each dozen-man mob. Linemen could shine. And instant replay facilitated official review, a process whose applications have only grown broader with time. All four of the maj
stanley cup or American pro sports now employ some form of video review; the bad calls that survive are exceptions. In a 2013 interview, Verna lamented the scarce attention he had received for his 50-year-old id
stanley cup ea. Upon further review, he changed sports forever.JACK DICKEYMore Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For the Bro VoteOur Guide to Voting in the 2024 ElectionMel Robbins Will Make You Do ItWhy Vinegar Is So Good for YouYou Dont Have to Dread the End of Daylight SavingThe 20 Best Halloween TV Episodes of All TimeMeet Yspt The Real Cost of Our Obsession With Stuff
John Legere, chief executive officer of T-Mobile US Inc., speaks during an event in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, June 1
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converse nment watchdogs on Tuesday charged T-Mobile with making hundreds of millions of dollars by turning a blind eye to a text message scam scheme known as cramming. Here what you should know about it:What is cramming Cramming happens when scammers attach hard-to-spot charges to text message services like horoscopes or trivia games. Those charges either come without your permission or at a higher rate than you expected. The fees are attached to your monthly phone bill, and your carrier often takes a cut, as it would for other forms of third-party billing-by-text. The crammers hope their charges stay hidden in plain sight on your often-c
af1 onfusing monthly phone bill.Here what a cramming charge would look like on a T-Mobile bill, according to the FTC:Is cramming legal Some states have passed anti-cramming laws, but monitoring for and responding to cramming schemes is largely the job of the FTC, the nation federal consumer watchdog, and the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees wireless carriers and other telecoms.The FTC has been successful in clamping down on cramming before: a group of companies which the Commission said were running a massive cramming scheme recently settled those charges to the tune of $10 million. The FCC, m
