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Thursday Notes:

Jamal Murray matched Nikola Jokic's 30-point triple-double in NBA Finals Game 3, cementing Denver's two-star dominance. The same day, Lionel Messi agreed to join Inter Miami with a landmark deal brokered around Apple and Adidas partnerships.

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Wednesday Notes: PGA x LIV, NBA Finals Game 3 Preview, Black Chefs win James Beard Awards

The PGA Tour announced a merger with LIV Golf and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, signaling a financial takeover of professional golf. Four young Black chefs simultaneously made history as the headliners of the 2023 James Beard Award class.

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Tuesday Notes: NBA Finals, Charlie Wilson, Fear of God

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent, son of a Nigerian-born psychology professor, is inspiring a continent with his NBA Finals run. Cornel West declared his People's Party presidential candidacy the same week Apple revealed the $3,499 Vision Pro.

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Monday Notes: Apple VR Headset

Apple's long-awaited VR headset debuted at WWDC 2023 while the NBA Finals set up a clash between Nikola Jokic's Nuggets and the Miami Heat — plus the Supreme Court's race-neutral admissions ruling loomed.

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Sunday Notes: Community Policing, High School admission rates in NYC

A Brownsville two-block stretch tried running its own emergency response for five days — and only 7 Black students were admitted to Stuyvesant High School out of 762 this year.

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Saturday Notes: Gianni Lee, Picasso at the Brooklyn Museum

Gianni Lee and Dawn Richard's 'Walk In (Club Mix)' blends Club, Afro drums, and house — meanwhile critics panned Hannah Gadsby's Picasso-centered show at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Friday Notes: Burna Boy, Release Day

Burna Boy's new single samples Brandy's 1998 hit 'Sitting on Top of the World' featuring Mase — a classic flip in his signature style, alongside Meta's new return-to-office mandate.

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Thursday Notes

The Miami Heat's 103-84 blowout in Game 7 became TNT's most-watched Eastern Conference Finals game ever, with 11.9M viewers tuning in. Bob Myers also stepped down from the Warriors.

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Wednesday Notes: Yeezy Sneakers are back, NBA Finals Preview, Baby Keem x Kendrick Lamar

Adidas put over $1 billion in Yeezy inventory back on sale to move past the Kanye West fallout — on the same day J. Cole was credited with helping the Heat land Caleb Martin.

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Tuesday Notes: Stormzy on African music, AI poses a threat to humanity, NBA Finals matchup set

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind leaders signed a statement calling AI an extinction-level risk — the same day Stormzy told Dazed that the greatest music on Earth is coming out of Africa.

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Monday Notes: LVMH, Maternity and Black Mothers

New research shows most pregnancy-related deaths happen in the year after birth, not during — the same week NYC banned weight and height discrimination and LVMH's Beverly Hills hotel plans were defeated.

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Saturday Notes: Beyonce x Tina Turner, Celtics x Heat

The night after Tina Turner's death, Beyoncé transformed the Renaissance Tour into a tribute — projecting her image while the crowd chanted her name. Plus: Celtics-Heat Game 4 recap.