2023 NCAA Men’s Tournament

Tuesday Notes: Black Apprentices and more

Angel Reese's pose heard round the world: LSU beats Iowa in the NCAA women's championship amid a social media frenzy that revealed a clear double standard in sports media.

Kamala Harris

Monday Notes: VP Kamala Harris, WWE and more

Zambia's president called VP Kamala Harris 'a daughter of our own country' during her Africa tour — the most resonant moment in Monday's culture roundup.

Quinta Brunson

Sunday Notes: Quinta Brunson, NCAA x NIL and more

Quinta Brunson hosted SNL and called out the lack of diversity in 'Friends,' while the NCAA's new president reframes NIL rules as consumer protections for student-athletes.

Erling Haaland

Saturday Notes: Erling Haaland, Tyler, The Creator

Erling Haaland officially joins Nike, Tyler the Creator drops a new visual, and the NBA seals a landmark 7-year CBA deal — Saturday's biggest stories in one place.

Davido

Friday Notes: Release Day, Gianni Lee x Aaron Judge and more

Release Day Friday brings Davido's highly anticipated "Timeless" album, Larry June x The Alchemist's "The Great Escape," and new drops from Tyler the Creator and Chloe Bailey.

Bodega

Thursday Notes: Bodega, Wizkid, Black Thought, and more

Thursdays notes features Bodega x Nike Air Jordan 1, Black Thought, Wizkid and more.

Pink Siifu

Wednesday Notes: Pink Siifu & Ahwlee, Randall Robinson, Jim Trotter

Pink Siifu and Ahwlee, recording together as B. Cool-Aid, are channeling D'Angelo's Voodoo sessions on their new album Leather Blvd. — and talking about it exclusively with Okayplayer.

Devin Booker

Tuesday Notes: Lamar Jackson, Devin Booker and more

Three-time All-Star Devin Booker is finally getting his first Nike signature shoe — the D Book 1 — set to release in Spring 2024, as Lamar Jackson's future remains the week's biggest sports story.

Kamala Harris

Monday Notes: Kamala visits Ghana, Lebron James, Luka and Kyrie, Chuck D and more...

Kamala Harris tours a former slave port in Ghana as the US works to deepen ties with Africa, while LeBron James' I Promise School in Akron adds housing, job training, and healthcare.

Nike Air Max 1

Sunday Notes: Happy Air Max Day

Nike celebrates Air Max Day by bringing back the Air Max 1 '86 Original "Big Bubble" — a faithful recreation of the shoe that started visible Air, engineered using CT scans of surviving originals.

Friday Notes: Carl Lewis, Jack Dorsey, and more

LeBron James' Uninterrupted produces a Carl Lewis documentary, Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. vows to fight Hindenburg Research's short report, and BET's streaming future looks murky.

Metro Boomin

Thursday Notes: The State of the Black Press

In 1933, NFL owners secretly banned Black players; thirteen years later, Black journalists helped force reintegration — a history explored alongside the current state of the Black press.