Key Points
- FC Barcelona x Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro releases September 4 for $200.
- Nike KD 19 "Candy Paint Black" drops today at $155, style code IH1117-002.
- Milwaukee beat Seattle 22-0, matching the modern-era record for biggest shutout.
- Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street.
Sneakers
The FC Barcelona x Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro arrives September 4 for $200 in Black/Metallic Gold/Electro Purple, built into Barcelona's 26/27 away collection. Bryant's documented support for Barcelona is the stated basis for the pairing — a European football club's identity on a signature basketball line, which is not a route Nike has taken with the Kobe series before.
Today's actual drop is quieter. The Nike KD 19 "Candy Paint Black" releases August 19 at $155 under style code IH1117-002 — an all-black glossy molded shell with Stadium Green branding on the insoles as the only color. It is a general release at Nike Basketball retailers.
Two more worth tracking: Supreme's Nike Air Force 1 "Camo" releases August 20 at $118 through Supreme online and in-store as part of the FW26 Week 1 drop, and Brazilian label CARNAN's ASICS GEL-Cumulus 16 "Path II" releases August 19 through CARNAN's website and flagship store, the ASICS Brazil site, and select ASICS retail locations.
Sports
Yesterday we flagged the Mariners' visit to the MLB-best Brewers as the game to watch. It was not competitive. Milwaukee won 22-0, matching baseball's modern-era record for the largest shutout — since 1901 the only other 22-0 results were Pittsburgh over the Cubs on September 16, 1975 and Cleveland at the Yankees on August 31, 2004, per ESPN. Christian Yelich, David Hamilton and Luis Lara each hit three-run homers; the Brewers scored nine in the eighth off position player Leo Rivas. It is the worst loss in Mariners franchise history. Elsewhere: Toronto took 10-5 at Tampa Bay on 17 hits, the Yankees edged Baltimore 3-1, and the Dodgers survived Coors 7-6 over Colorado, per the ESPN scoreboard.
The Premier League returns this weekend. Defending champions Arsenal open at home against newly promoted Coventry City on Friday, August 21 at 8 p.m. BST, and Saturday leads with Hull City hosting Manchester United at 12:30 and Brentford–Tottenham at 5:30 p.m., per the full opening-weekend schedule. The transfer window stays open until August 31, so the sides that take the field Friday are not the sides that finish the month.
NFL preseason attrition continues. Saints running back Alvin Kamara left Tuesday's joint practice with the Cowboys early with an apparent knee injury, and Jets running back Breece Hall is expected to miss two to three weeks, according to Yahoo Sports.
Culture
Bidding closes August 25 at 10 a.m. PT on Eminem's 117-pair signed sneaker auction, the largest single-sale collection of Eminem material ever offered publicly. The headline lot is a signed Air Jordan 3 "Slim Shady" player exclusive made for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show — 45 pairs exist and none have previously been sold to the public. XXL reports bidding on the Jordan 3s had already reached $25,000. Per Billboard, 100 percent of proceeds go to the Marshall Mathers Foundation and its work with at-risk youth in Detroit and surrounding communities.
On the release side, Ayra Starr put out her third studio album, Starr Girl, on August 14 — her first since 2024.
Technology
Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street — the trading firm that bought and deployed Etched's first shipped rack. As TechCrunch notes, that doubles the $10.3 billion mark set weeks earlier in July.
Elsewhere: Cursor is going after GitHub directly, launching a rival code hosting platform — the AI editor moving from where you write code to where you keep it. Apple overhauled its EU App Store fees and loosened the rules around alternative app stores. And Relativity Networks raised $22 million to put faster fiber inside data centers.
Today on Uristocrat
The Barcelona Kobe 3 Low puts a European football club's identity on Kobe Bryant's signature line for the first time, with the club's 26/27 away palette — Black, Metallic Gold and Electro Purple — carried onto the Protro.
In sneakers, we covered the FC Barcelona x Nike Kobe 3 Low Protro, releasing September 4 for $200 as part of the club's 26/27 away collection.
In sports, our Games to Watch slate for Tuesday, August 18 previewed the Mariners–Brewers matchup that turned into the 22-0 rout, along with Yankees–Orioles and Blue Jays–Rays.
In technology, we covered Etched's $700 million round at a $21 billion valuation, led by the trading firm that deployed its first shipped rack.
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