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CultureNew Music Friday: YG, Key Glock, and Tierra Whack Drop New Albums June 19
June 19's New Music Friday brings new albums from YG, Key Glock and Tierra Whack, Chris Brown's 'Chocolate Edition,' a Chlöe and Timbaland project, and singles from The Kid LAROI, Tyla and FKA Twigs.
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SneakersNike's WMNS Air Force 1 'Now Accepting All Flowers' Arrives in Two Colorways for Spring 2026
Nike's women's Air Force 1 Premium 'Now Accepting All Flowers' arrives for spring 2026 in a Peony and a black makeup (IB6644-600/-001), with embroidered lilies and sunflowers, gold charm chains, and a hidden tongue message, for $120.
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SneakersOG Anunoby's Skechers SKX Nexus 'NYC Blue' PE Opens for Pre-Order in July
Skechers will open pre-orders the first week of July for OG Anunoby's SKX Nexus 'NYC Blue' PE — the Knicks colorway he wore for his Game 4 Finals tip-in — with shipping in October.
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Intelligence BriefThe Intelligence Brief: SpaceX Buys Cursor, the Knicks End 53 Years, and Ownership Becomes the Whole Game — June 20, 2026
SpaceX's $60B all-stock buy of Cursor, the Knicks' first NBA title since 1973 with Stephen A. Smith apologizing on the players' own podcast, and OTB taking 100% of Viktor&Rolf — the week ownership stopped being something you share.
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SportsNFL's New Referee CBA Creates a Practice Squad and Performance-Based Playoff Assignments
The NFL's new seven-year referee CBA, ratified May 8, creates a practice squad of up to 12 officials and replaces seniority-based playoff assignments with performance-based ones.
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SportsGames to Watch — Saturday, June 20: Sánchez and the Phillies try to even it with the Mets
An all-baseball Saturday. The marquee is Mets at Phillies on FOX (7:15 ET), where Cristopher Sánchez and his 1.82 ERA try to even a series the Mets lead 1-0. Also on: Guardians-Astros in primetime and Orioles-Dodgers in the late window.
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CultureWhatnot, Fanatics Live Face Legal Claims That Card Breaks Are Illegal Gambling
Two legal claims — a 70-customer arbitration demand and an unsealed California lawsuit — allege that live card 'breaking' on Whatnot and Fanatics Live is unregulated illegal gambling.
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SportsStephen A. Smith Apologizes to the Knicks at Brunson and Hart's Podcast Taping
A day after the Knicks' title parade, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart confronted Stephen A. Smith on their ESPN-simulcast podcast over a decade of bad Knicks takes — and the booed host apologized: 'I was beyond wrong.'
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SportsParaguay's Almirón Red-Carded for Covering Mouth Under New FIFA Rule
Paraguay's Miguel Almirón was sent off in the 93rd minute for covering his mouth during an argument — the first red card under FIFA's new rule — as Paraguay beat Turkey 1-0 to eliminate them.
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SportsKendrick Perkins Named Jackson State Men's Basketball GM
Kendrick Perkins, the 2008 NBA champion and ESPN analyst, has been named men's basketball general manager at Jackson State, joining a wave of NBA stars taking roles at college programs.
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TechnologyBernie Sanders Unveils $7 Trillion Bill for Public Ownership of AI Companies
Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to create a roughly $7 trillion sovereign wealth fund for AI — financed by a one-time 50% tax on big AI firms' stock — paying every American a dividend of more than $1,000 a year.
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TechnologySpaceX to Acquire Cursor Parent Anysphere for $60 Billion
SpaceX will acquire Anysphere, maker of the AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal announced June 16 — adding a fast-growing AI coding business to Elon Musk's xAI.