Culture

Mitchell & Ness and Roc Nation Launch a Reasonable Doubt 30th Anniversary Collection

Mitchell & Ness, Roc Nation, and JAY-Z launched a limited Reasonable Doubt 30th-anniversary capsule of Yankees-style jerseys ($400) and a $1,000 varsity jacket, with restocks at the July 10-12 Yankee Stadium shows.

Sports

Games to Watch — Saturday, June 27: World Cup group finales, plus Dodgers-Padres

Six World Cup group finales hit FOX and FS1 from 5 PM ET, with Argentina, Portugal, and England all closing out their groups, on top of Dodgers-Padres with Yamamoto at 8:40 PM and a full MLB and WNBA slate.

Culture

Ford Foundation Names Ursula Burns, Former Xerox CEO, Board Chair

The Ford Foundation elected Ursula Burns — former Xerox CEO and the first Black woman to run a Fortune 500 company — as the first African American woman to chair its board in the foundation's 90-year history.

Culture

Crunch Fitness Names Chequan Lewis CEO, Succeeding Jim Rowley

Crunch Fitness named Chequan Lewis CEO, effective immediately, with Jim Rowley moving to Executive Chairman. Lewis, a Howard and Harvard Law graduate who joined as president in 2024, helped grow Crunch past 550 locations.

Technology

Fisk University's $400 Million Campus Data Center Draws Community Pushback

Fisk University's $900M Quantum Leap plan includes a $400M, 30-megawatt data center on its North Nashville campus, pitched as a revenue source for the HBCU but drawing petitions and pushback from alumni and neighbors.

Technology

Asian AI Startups Launch Mythos-Like Models as Anthropic's Export Ban Drags On

With Anthropic's Mythos barred from foreign markets by a U.S. export order, China's Qihoo 360 unveiled Tulongfeng and Tokyo's Sakana AI launched Fugu — frontier models pitched as local alternatives free of export-control risk.

Culture

Google Maps and Roc Nation Launch a JAY-Z 30 Map of Reasonable Doubt's New York

Google Maps and Roc Nation launched an interactive JAY-Z 30 map of New York landmarks tied to Reasonable Doubt's 30th anniversary, anchored by the Bowery Station experience in retired subway cars at 10 Kenmare Street.

Culture

NBA-Sanctioned NINJA BASKETBALL ARMY Reimagines 16th-Century Japan Through Basketball

NINJA BASKETBALL ARMY, an NBA-sanctioned story brand from Japanese collective NINJA BASKETBALL ANONYMOUS, builds a parallel 16th-century Japan where ninja clans seek unification through basketball rather than bloodshed.

Sports

The USMNT's Path to the 2026 World Cup Final as the Bracket Takes Shape

After winning Group D, the USMNT faces Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 as the World Cup bracket clarifies the host nation's potential road to the MetLife Stadium final on July 19.

Sports

Ghana's Antoine Semenyo Urges Black Stars to Pressure World Cup Referees

Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo said the Black Stars need to be more aggressive around referees after a penalty appeal went unreviewed in their 0-0 draw with England, with coach Carlos Queiroz saying VAR 'went for a coffee break.'

Sports

Bulls' Caleb Wilson Says He Expects to Win Rookie of the Year

Bulls No. 4 pick Caleb Wilson said at his introductory press conference that he expects to win Rookie of the Year and pledged to get Chicago 'back where it was,' days after invoking Michael Jordan on draft night.

Sports

Belgium Beat New Zealand 5-1 to Win World Cup Group G

Belgium beat New Zealand 5-1 in Vancouver to win World Cup Group G after a slow start, with Leandro Trossard scoring twice and Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, and Alexis Saelemaekers also on the scoresheet.