- Apple holds an invite-only "Welcome Home" event in Tribeca, New York, at 9 a.m. ET today to unveil a smart home hub code-named J490, an updated HomePod mini, and a new Apple TV box, all built around Siri AI.
- The Tampa Bay Rays host the Cleveland Guardians for ALCS Game 2 tonight on TBS, with Tampa Bay's Drew Rasmussen expected to start after the Rays took Game 1 at home.
- Nike's Air Jordan 1 High OG "Royal" returned to retail this week for $185, its first re-release in nine years.
- Dhar Mann, Advertising Week New York's first "Chief Creator Officer," says he has lined up $100 million in pledged creator-brand sponsorship deals and unveiled a four-acre "Creator City" production campus opening in Los Angeles for Super Bowl weekend 2027.
Apple's long-delayed smart home push lands today, the Rays and Guardians play ALCS Game 2 on TBS, a nine-year-old Jordan 1 colorway is back on shelves, and Dhar Mann is staking a claim on brokering creator-economy money. Here's where Tuesday, October 13, stands across sneakers, sports, culture, and tech.
Sneakers
The Air Jordan 1 High OG "Royal" went back on sale this week, retailing for $185 in its original black-and-royal-blue colorway after a nine-year absence from Jordan Brand's lineup. The shoe keeps the standard high-top silhouette rather than the '85-style cut Jordan Brand has used for some recent OG re-releases. It's the latest in a string of Air Jordan 1 returns this fall — Uristocrat covered the Air Jordan 1 Low OG "Howard University" re-release on October 1 and the "Garden" colorway honoring Michael Jordan's last Madison Square Garden game in late September. Jordan Brand's October calendar isn't done: the Air Jordan 12 "Egg Nog" is expected October 17, with Halloween-themed Air Jordan 5 and Air Jordan 1 Low colorways following before Halloween, and the Air Jordan 14 "Forest Green" closing the month on October 31 at $215.
Sports
The ALCS resumes tonight with the Tampa Bay Rays hosting the Cleveland Guardians for Game 2, airing on TBS at 8 p.m. ET. Tampa Bay took Game 1 at home on Monday behind Drew Rasmussen, who's expected to get at least two starts in the series; Cleveland ace Gavin Williams likely won't pitch in either of the first two games after starting Cleveland's deciding Game 5 ALDS win over the Chicago White Sox. The Rays swept the Yankees in the ALDS, while the Guardians rallied back from 0-2 against the White Sox to reach this series. On the National League side, the Dodgers and Brewers are off today after splitting the first two games of the NLCS in Milwaukee; the series shifts to Dodger Stadium for Games 3 and 4 on October 14 and 15. (Just Baseball)
Culture
Dhar Mann, who holds the title of Advertising Week New York's first "Chief Creator Officer," told Digiday he has already secured pledges totaling $100 million in creator-brand sponsorship deals from CMOs he declined to name, with none yet signed as official contracts. Mann, better known on YouTube for his parable-style videos, says brands plan media budgets a full quarter or more ahead, so the money won't move overnight — the bet is that relationships formed during Advertising Week convert into campaigns later. He also unveiled Creator City, a four-acre production campus in Los Angeles with five soundstages built for video, podcast, and live-event work, which Dhar Mann Studios is positioning as a physical home base for the creator economy. The campus is set to open during Super Bowl weekend in February 2027; Mann also holds the NFL's "Chief Kindness Officer" title. It's a bet that the creator economy's next leverage point is infrastructure and brand access, not just audience size. (Tubefilter)
Technology
Apple is holding an "Apple Experience" in Tribeca today at 9 a.m. ET — not a traditional keynote, but a coordinated web launch paired with an in-person media event — to introduce its first new smart-home product line in years. Marketing chief Greg Joswiak teased the date on social media with a "Welcome Home" message. The centerpiece, code-named J490 in Bloomberg reporting, is a roughly six-inch square smart display that can sit on a counter or mount to a wall; it has no battery, so it stays plugged in, and a single front-facing camera but no rear camera. It's designed to recognize individual household members by voice or face and show each person their own calendar, messages, and app layout, with a visitor mode to hide personal data. Apple is also expected to announce the first HomePod mini update since 2020 and the first new Apple TV box since 2022, both built around Siri AI and tvOS-based software. All three products were reportedly delayed from an earlier 2024 target while Apple reworked Siri's AI features. (Macworld)
Today on Uristocrat
Anthropic's investors are reportedly discussing a $2 trillion valuation ahead of an October 14 meeting, a number that would put the AI lab in rarefied company among the world's most valuable private companies. On the sneaker side, the adidas Megaride S2 x Hellstar "Red/Black" collaboration landed October 10 at $200. For sports, our Games to Watch guide flagged Monday's Dodgers-Brewers NLCS Game 2 as the marquee matchup. And yesterday's Daily Roundup covered the Guardians' ALDS-clinching Game 5 win and Drake's "Iceman" topping the Billboard 200.
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