Sports

WNBA All-Star Game Ratings Drop 36% Without Caitlin Clark

The WNBA All-Star Game without Caitlin Clark drew 2.19 million viewers on ABC, a 36% drop from last year's record 3.44 million — a stark look at one player's effect on league ratings.

Sports

College Sports Commission Relaxes NIL Collective Restrictions Following Legal Pressure

Under legal pressure, the College Sports Commission agreed to treat NIL collectives more like standard businesses — potentially reopening a major loophole in the House settlement's revenue-sharing framework.

uristocrat

Wednesday Notes for July 23rd, 2025

Barkley L. Hendricks gets a deserved spotlight, Betaworks closes $66M for AI builders, the WNBA All-Star Game loses steam without Clark, and the Uristocrat Job Board launches today.

Art

Barkley L. Hendricks: Revolutionizing Black Portraiture in Contemporary Art

Explore the revolutionary work of Barkley L. Hendricks, whose life-sized portraits of Black Americans redefined contemporary portraiture and challenged traditional art historical narratives

Technology

Betaworks Fund 3.0

Betaworks announced the close of its $66 million Fund 3.0 — a pre-seed and seed vehicle dedicated to AI-native founders, continuing a lineage that began with Fund 1.0 in 2016.

Sneakers

Nike Kobe 4 Protro "FC Barcelona"

Nike's Kobe 4 Protro honors Kobe Bryant's love of football with the 'FC Barcelona' colorway — blaugrana tones on one of the most beloved sneaker silhouettes in basketball history.

Music

Universal Music Group Files for US IPO

Universal Music Group filed a confidential draft registration with the SEC for a proposed US IPO — the music titan behind Drake, Rihanna, and Kendrick Lamar makes its move into public US markets.

Culture

Inside Joe Budden's $20 Million Podcast Empire: How One Creator Broke the Traditional Media Model

When Joe Budden accidentally leaked his Patreon earnings to 1.7 million Instagram followers, the internet erupted. The New York Times then pulled back the curtain on his $20 million independent podcast empire — built without a network.

Ted Lasso Season 4 Officially Begins Production: First Look at the Return to Richmond

Apple TV+ confirmed that Ted Lasso Season 4 is officially in production — more than two years after Season 3, Jason Sudeikis and the full cast are back in Richmond.

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Tuesday Notes for July 22nd, 2025

Trump releases 230,000 pages of MLK Jr. FBI documents, a judge sentences a former Louisville officer in the Breonna Taylor raid, and UNDEFEATED announces its Air Jordan 4 20th-anniversary drop.

Culture

Trump Administration Releases FBI Documents on Martin Luther King Jr.

The Trump administration released over 230,000 pages of classified FBI documents on MLK Jr.'s assassination — one of the most significant government disclosures about the civil rights leader in decades.

Culture

Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison

A federal judge sentenced ex-Louisville officer Brett Hankison to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights — openly rejecting the DOJ's recommendation for no prison time.