Sneakers

adidas Brings Back Billie Jean King's 1974 Signature Shoe for $110

adidas is bringing back Billie Jean King's signature tennis shoe - the 1974 model that made her the first woman with a signature sneaker - for $110, with commemorative details from her 1973 Battle of the Sexes win over Bobby Riggs.

Culture

Travis Scott's Cactus Jack Signs First-Look Deal With Paramount Pictures

Travis Scott's Cactus Jack signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures on July 22, giving the studio first refusal on his film, TV, theater, and live-entertainment projects after his narration role in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

Technology

Meshy Raises $400 Million at a $1.5 Billion Valuation in Largest AI 3D Round

Meshy raised nearly $400 million in Series B funding at a $1.5 billion valuation — the largest round to date for a company built specifically for AI-generated 3D. Revenue is growing 12x year over year across 12 million users.

Culture

Primary Wave Closes Kobalt Acquisition to Form a $7 Billion Music Company

Primary Wave completed its acquisition of Kobalt Music on July 7, buying the publisher and its AMRA collection society from Francisco Partners in a reported $1.5 billion deal that creates a combined $7 billion independent-music company.

Culture

Aimé Leon Dore's Spring/Summer '26 Jewelry Adds 10 Pieces From $350 to $6,000

Aimé Leon Dore's Spring/Summer 2026 season adds 10 pieces to its jewelry line — from $350 crest earrings to a $6,000 Portrait Link Bracelet — inside a 36-piece 14kt gold category handmade to order in New York.

Sports

Games to Watch — Wednesday, July 22: Dodgers-Phillies rubber game, doubleheaders at Yankee Stadium and Fenway

The Dodgers and Phillies split the first two games in Philadelphia and settle it Wednesday at 6:40 ET, with Aaron Nola on the mound and LA priced at just -120. Rainouts force doubleheaders at Yankee Stadium and Fenway, and the Aces visit Washington at 7:30.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Victor Solomon's Nike 'Trophies' Pack Drops at $250 to $350, Skubal Carries 60% Trade Odds Into MLB's Deadline, Future Lands His 12th No. 1, and a Judge Approves Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement — July 22, 2026

Victor Solomon's blacked-out Nike Trophies pack hits SNKRS at $250 to $350, Tarik Skubal enters MLB's August 3 deadline with 60% trade odds, Future's The Real Me debuts at No. 1 with 131,000 units, and a judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement.

Sports

Commonwealth Games Open in Glasgow July 23 With 10 Sports and a £114M (~$153M) Budget

Glasgow stages the 2026 Commonwealth Games from July 23 to August 2 with about 3,000 athletes, 10 sports and four venues on a roughly £114m (~$153m) budget, a fraction of Birmingham 2022's £778m (~$1.04bn), after Victoria, Australia quit as host in 2023.

Sneakers

Air Jordan 1 High OG "Royal" Returns October 10 for $185 After Nine Years

Jordan Brand brings the Air Jordan 1 High OG Royal back on October 10 for $185, nine years after the 2017 retro. The return turns on the one spec the sources still disagree on: smooth leather or tumbled.

Technology

Alibaba Leads Extension Bringing PixVerse Maker AIsphere's Series C to $439 Million

Alibaba led an extension round that brought AIsphere's Series C to $439 million, valuing the Chinese company behind AI video app PixVerse above $2 billion. It is the second AIsphere round Alibaba has led in under a year.

Sneakers

Nike Air Foamposite Pro "Green Camo" Returns August 14 for $260, First Retro Since 2013

Nike retros the Air Foamposite Pro “Green Camo” on August 14, 2026 for $260 (IM5204-001) — the woodland-camo shell's first return since its 2013 debut, with Volt accents, chevron pull tabs and a gum outsole.

Sports

Games to Watch — Tuesday, July 21: Wheeler faces the Dodgers, Brewers host the Mets

Zack Wheeler and the Phillies host the Dodgers at 6:40 PM ET on TBS, with Philadelphia a -131 favorite one night after Trea Turner's 200th career homer. The Brewers, who own the best record in baseball, host the Mets at 7:40.