V.A.R. Check: In Premier League, Almost No One Is Happy

LONDON — England’s Premier League has long prided itself on the kind of soccer it sells to the world, a compelling product that it bills as a unique brand of high-octane, fast-and-furious soccer. So it is perhaps little surprise that the league’s introduction this season of video assistant refereeing — the game-pausing, controversy-inducing, fan-aggravating replay system in growing use worldwide — has been an uncommonly bad fit here, a case of sound and fury meeting a handbrake. The new system has dominated coverage of the first four...

Tesla Truck Snafu Joins List of Mishaps Before Memes Were Cool

New-product launches don’t always go as planned. Thursday night’s preview of Tesla Inc.’s Cybertruck was one of the more spectacular examples, when Franz von Holzhausen, the company’s design chief, unintentionally shattered two of the pickup’s windows with a metallic ball. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s reaction? “Oh my f---ing god.” Watch the Windows Get Smashed on Tesla's New Cybertruck Watch...