1. Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO in the Terracotta and Alloy colorways
    Sneakers

    Salehe Bembury x PUMA Velum 2 NITRO Drops August 31 for $160

    Salehe Bembury releases the PUMA Velum 2 NITRO on August 31 through his own site at $160, in Terracotta and Alloy. It is a new shape in the Velum line rather than a colorway of the original, with a wider PUMA launch following in early September.

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  2. Aaron Donald in a Los Angeles Rams uniform during a 2020 game against Washington
    Sports

    Aaron Donald Unretires, Signs One-Year, $20 Million Deal With Rams

    Aaron Donald is returning to the Los Angeles Rams for 2026 after two seasons away, on a one-year deal worth $20 million and up to $30 million with incentives. He joins Myles Garrett, whom the Rams acquired from Cleveland in June.

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  3. JENNIE x adidas Superstar Square Ballet in black and off white colorways
    Sneakers

    JENNIE x adidas Superstar Square Ballet Drops September 1 for $150

    BLACKPINK's JENNIE releases her first adidas Originals collaboration on September 1: a Superstar rebuilt as a ballet flat, with a squared shell toe and an elastic strap in place of laces, in two colorways at $150.

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  4. Andreessen Horowitz Machine Age Fund announcement graphic
    Technology

    Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1 Billion Machine Age Fund for AI Hardware

    Andreessen Horowitz raised $1.1 billion for the Machine Age Fund, a dedicated hardware vehicle backing the chips, memory, data centers and robots AI runs on. Hardware is now over 20% of the firm's deal flow.

    ·2 min read
  5. Roger Federer playing at Indian Wells
    Sports

    Roger Federer Inducted Into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport

    Roger Federer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on August 29, 2026, in his first year of eligibility. Broadcaster Mary Carillo went in the same night.

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  6. Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees players during the weekend series at Yankee Stadium
    Games to Watch

    Games to Watch — Sunday, August 30: Red Sox and Yankees close the series, NBC gets a doubleheader

    Boston and New York finish a four-game set at Yankee Stadium at 1:35 p.m. ET on ESPN, three games apart in the AL East and Boston favored at -141. NBC has Astros-Mets in the afternoon and Reds-Cubs at night, and the 31-8 Lynx visit Atlanta at 3 p.m. ET.

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  7. Instinct, the personal AI assistant from Spear Street Technology
    Technology

    Instinct Raises $250 Million Series B at $2.5 Billion Valuation Led by Index and Benchmark

    Instinct, the year-old personal AI assistant from 23-year-old founder Noah Shinn, raised a $250 million Series B co-led by Index Ventures and Benchmark at a $2.5 billion valuation while still in private beta.

    ·3 min read
  8. The Melbourne Cricket Ground at night, host of the 49ers-Rams Week 1 game
    Sports

    NFL Moves 53-Man Cutdown Deadline to Sunday for First Time Since 2004

    NFL rosters must be cut from 90 players to 53 by Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m. ET, the first Sunday deadline since 2004. A by-law passed in March let the league move it up 46 hours for the 49ers-Rams game in Melbourne.

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  9. Westside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 'Awesome Gods' in mixed animal print with Griselda-embossed sockliners
    Sneakers

    Westside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 'Awesome Gods' Drops August 28 at $225

    Westside Gunn's Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome Gods" arrives August 28 for $225 under style code S71047-5. The hair-on animal-print panels are cut individually, so no two pairs share the same print placement.

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  10. Drake photographed for the OVO and Authentic Brands Group partnership announcement
    Culture

    Authentic Brands Group Buys 51% of Drake's OVO as Vince Takes Operating Business

    Authentic Brands Group has acquired 51 percent of OVO's intellectual property, leaving Drake with 44 percent of the Toronto label he co-founded in 2008. Vince Holding Corp. takes 5 percent and becomes the brand's core apparel licensee.

    ·3 min read
  11. Erykah Badu & The Alchemist — Before The World Blows album cover
    Culture

    New Music Friday: Erykah Badu & The Alchemist, Fat Joe, Rod Wave — August 28, 2026

    Erykah Badu's first album in 16 years leads a stacked New Music Friday alongside Fat Joe, Rod Wave, DJ Dahi, Majid Jordan, Trippie Redd, and Sy'Rai.

    ·2 min read
  12. Westside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome God" in mixed animal prints and pink faux fur
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: Westside Gunn x Saucony Grid Jazz 9 at $225, Liverpool Host Nottingham Forest in Matchday Two, Alabama Shakes Return After 11 Years, and a Judge Voids the Pentagon's Anthropic Label — August 28, 2026

    Westside Gunn's Saucony Grid Jazz 9 "Awesome God" releases at $225, Chris Sale strikes out 11 in a 1-0 shutout to sweep the Dodgers, Alabama Shakes return after 11 years, and a judge voids the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk label on Anthropic.

    ·4 min read