Games to Watch

Games to Watch — Tuesday, September 1: Brewers at Cubs headline a 15-game MLB slate

Milwaukee visits Chicago at 7:40 PM ET on TBS, Cubs -124 with a total of 10, in a series the Cubs need to dent a seven-game NL Central deficit. Fifteen MLB games in all, including Mets at Rays and Cardinals at Dodgers at 10:10 PM ET on ESPN.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: JENNIE x adidas Superstar Square Ballet at $150, Navone Upsets Djokovic, Coyote vs. Acme Opens to $15.5M, Pentagon Adds ChatGPT Mil — September 1, 2026

JENNIE's first adidas Originals collaboration releases today in Korea at $150, Mariano Navone put Novak Djokovic out of the US Open in the first round, and Coyote vs. Acme opened to $15.5 million three years after Warner Bros. shelved it.

Sneakers

Foot Locker Comparable Sales Fall 3.6% as Dick's Cuts Its 2026 Outlook

DICK'S Sporting Goods reported a 3.6% proforma comparable sales decline at Foot Locker against 4.9% growth in its core business, and blamed fewer sneaker launches and weak retro product. DKS shares fell about 31% on the news.

Technology

DeepSeek Nears $7.4 Billion Funding Round at $74 Billion Valuation

DeepSeek is finishing a roughly $7.4 billion raise at a $74 billion pre-money valuation, with CATL, Monolith and Shixiang returning. Investors get direct equity for the first time ahead of a targeted 2027 Shanghai STAR Market listing.

Sports

Mariano Navone Beats Djokovic in Five Sets in the US Open First Round

World No. 49 Mariano Navone beat Novak Djokovic in five sets on Arthur Ashe Stadium, ending a 4-hour-36-minute match that gave Djokovic his first Grand Slam opening-round exit since the 2006 Australian Open.

Games to Watch

Games to Watch — Monday, August 31: Brewers open four at Wrigley, 11 more MLB games

The Brewers, 85-52 and the best record in baseball, open four games at Wrigley against the 77-60 Cubs at 7:40 ET, and Vegas has it as a coin flip. Eleven other MLB games fill out the Monday slate.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO at $160, Aaron Donald Returns to the Rams, and Amazon Closes Mechanical Turk — August 31, 2026

The Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO releases today at $160 in Terracotta and Alloy, Aaron Donald unretires on a one-year, $20 million deal with the Rams, and Amazon closes Mechanical Turk on September 30.

Technology

Amazon Shuts Down Mechanical Turk on September 30 After 21 Years

Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026, after 21 years, along with SageMaker Ground Truth and Amazon Augmented AI. The platform listed over 500,000 workers across 190 countries and paid cents per task.

Sneakers

Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO Drops August 31 for $160

Salehe Bembury releases the PUMA Velum 2 NITRO on August 31 through his own site at $160, in Terracotta and Alloy. It is a new shape in the Velum line rather than a colorway of the original, with a wider PUMA launch following in early September.

Sports

Aaron Donald Unretires, Signs One-Year, $20 Million Deal With Rams

Aaron Donald is returning to the Los Angeles Rams for 2026 after two seasons away, on a one-year deal worth $20 million and up to $30 million with incentives. He joins Myles Garrett, whom the Rams acquired from Cleveland in June.

Sneakers

JENNIE x adidas Superstar Square Ballet Drops September 1 for $150

BLACKPINK's JENNIE releases her first adidas Originals collaboration on September 1: a Superstar rebuilt as a ballet flat, with a squared shell toe and an elastic strap in place of laces, in two colorways at $150.

Technology

Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1 Billion Machine Age Fund for AI Hardware

Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for the Machine Age Fund, a dedicated hardware vehicle backing the chips, memory, data centers and robots AI runs on. Hardware is now over 20% of the firm's deal flow.