Zach Borst, a 26-year-old filmmaker from Long Island, N.Y., wrote, produced and assembled a one-minute ad about a graduate getting a Chevrolet Camaro as a gift for a Chevrolet competition. When you see it, you’ll realize why Chevy picked it to air in the upcoming Super Bowl to an audience of 110 million people.

Borst may be a homegrown filmmaker, but he’s been shooting video since he was seven, and has several quality commercials online. He’d also won a previous Chevrolet competition at the Tribeca film festival; knowing what the client wants does usually help in advertising. For the “Happy Grad” ad, Borst used friends for actors, camera help and locations.

“Happy Grad” — filmed by Borst and company in four hours — beat out 198 other video submissions and 400 scripts in the contest. To air, Chevy will spend at least $3.5 million for 30 seconds of air time.

A compilation of the most awesome bicycle, snowboard, ski, snowmobile, parkour, diving, rallycar and skate sports clips of 2011.

Apple could be set to rush soccer broadcasting into a new era with a revolutionary, multi-billion dollar bid for television rights to the English Premier League.

The technology giant is interested in acquiring exclusive rights to screen EPL games in England when the next package (for the 2013-2016 seasons) is tendered. The Cupertino, Calif., company is set to wade into a bidding war with established television heavyweights such as Rupert Murdoch-owned Sky Sports, ESPN and Al Jazeera.

This is would of course be a major push for its platform of Apple TV, which costs less than $100 which allows users to stream internet content on their television screens. The company already showcases properties from Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association. But this is way different.

By going for the full British television rights to the EPL, one of the most lucrative sports products in the world, Apple could be signaling the start of an assault on true broadcast television.

Apple’s interest was first revealed by Charles Sale of London’s Daily Mail newspaper and was confirmed to Yahoo! Sports by Apple sources this week. The company is still in the early stage of formulating its bidding plans, but is keen to expand its sports packages and it sees soccer as a valuable way to gain a stronger footing in the British market.

The flurry of excitement surrounding the Apple news was further intensified due to the ongoing rumors in the technology field of a new, secret Apple television product that may be released at some point over the next two years.

Franky Zapata uses a flyboard to zoom in and out of the water and leap through the air, kind of like a dolphin. Report by Jeremy Barnes.

Quite a few Apple HDTV rumors have been talked about today, although this time it comes from renowned Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, who took to the stage at IGNITION: Future of Media conference this morning. According to his predictions, Munster is certain that there will be an Apple TV launching next year. He basically told everyone in the audience that if they were thinking of purchasing a new TV to wait, as it’s going to be amazing. Sounds awesome!

The NBA and the Players Association have reached a tentative agreement to end the five-month old lockout and start the league’s 2011-12 season on Dec. 25.

After 16 hours of negotiations Friday, the two sides reached a handshake agreement a little after 3 a.m. ET in New York. Both sides must still get a majority vote from the 29 owners and 450 players to finalize the agreement – as well as negotiate a series of smaller issues like a drug testing policy.

The owners made “significant moves” toward the players on several important system issues that long separated the two sides, although we hear there’s still some tweaking to be done.

Free agency and training camps will start on Dec. 9, Stern said. Under the current agreement, the regular season would have a 66-game schedule that begins on Christmas Day with three games: Boston Celtics at the New York Knicks; Miami Heat at the Dallas Mavericks; and Chicago Bulls at the Los Angeles Lakers.

Back in a February 2005 exhibition the two tennis superstars Andre Agassi and Roger Federer traded ground strokes 700 feet above Dubai’s Jumeirah beach on the helipad on the roof of the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel.

Earlier this year, Pius Heinz was deciding whether to play cards full-time –> Now that the 22-year-old German has won the $8.72 million prize at the World Series of Poker, he can steer his life in pretty much whatever direction he wants.

“Honestly I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the money,” Heinz said early Wednesday after winning the main event in a marathon session of Texas Hold `em. “Probably my family is going to get a couple gifts.”

Heinz won with an ace high, just nine hands after using the same hand to boost himself from a nearly insurmountable disadvantage against 35-year-old Martin Staszko.

Heinz called an all-in bet from Staszko with an ace and a king. Staszko held a seven-10 of clubs.

The board was a five of clubs, deuce of diamonds, nine of spades, jack of hearts and four of diamonds, helping neither player but cementing Heinz’s win in the $10,000 buy-in tournament that started in July.

Staskzo won $5.43 million for second place, a nice consolation prize, but it comes without a bracelet—the prize given to WSOP event winners and coveted by all serious card players.

“Have you ever worn it?” Heinz asked 2010 title winner Jonathan Duhamel as Duhamel handed him the bracelet.

“It’s got to be the happiest day of my life,” Heinz said. “But I can’t believe what happened—it’s unreal.”

The Whole Memorial:

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PART ONE

60 Minutes‘s interview with Walter Isaacson, the authorized biographer of Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, aired on CBS News. The above and below segments appeared two-and-a-half weeks after Jobs’s passing, and less than 24 hours before Isaacson’s biography hits bookshelves. It’s out Monday 24th, 2011 and we’ve ordered six copies from Amazon.

You may order your copy HERE.

PART TWO

Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs true biography is due to hit e-readers and bookshelves and mailboxes (if you pre-ordered the old-fashioned way on Amazon) on October 24, and its gathering up the kind of pre-release press and enthusiasm usually reserved for one of Jobs’ product launches. According to one Simon & Schuster insider, “it’s definitely going to be the biggest nonfiction book of the year.”

When news of Jobs’ death came out, Amazon pre-orders of the book were just warming up, but 24 hours later, preorders had shot it to the top of the Amazon best-list, and it hasn’t budged since. Within days, Sony bought the movie rights to the book.

Amanda Knox broke down in tears as she spoke to the public for the first time during an emotional homecoming in Seattle.