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Saturday Notes: Howard White, Champions League Final, NBA Finals

Howard White has been alongside Michael Jordan for every chapter of the Air Jordan story. He speaks on finding his calling as the Jordan Brand's Godfather while Manchester City and Inter Milan contest the Champions League Final in Istanbul.

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Friday Notes: Supreme court rules in favor of Black Alabama Voters, Release Day, NBA Finals and Champions League Previews

In a surprise ruling, two conservative Supreme Court justices sided with Black Alabama voters to uphold the Voting Rights Act. PSG simultaneously signals it will entertain summer bids for Kylian Mbappe, with Real Madrid ready to move.

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Thursday Notes:

Jamal Murray matched Nikola Jokic's 30-point triple-double in NBA Finals Game 3, cementing Denver's two-star dominance. The same day, Lionel Messi agreed to join Inter Miami with a landmark deal brokered around Apple and Adidas partnerships.

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Wednesday Notes: PGA x LIV, NBA Finals Game 3 Preview, Black Chefs win James Beard Awards

The PGA Tour announced a merger with LIV Golf and the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, signaling a financial takeover of professional golf. Four young Black chefs simultaneously made history as the headliners of the 2023 James Beard Award class.

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Tuesday Notes: NBA Finals, Charlie Wilson, Fear of God

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent, son of a Nigerian-born psychology professor, is inspiring a continent with his NBA Finals run. Cornel West declared his People's Party presidential candidacy the same week Apple revealed the $3,499 Vision Pro.

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Monday Notes: Apple VR Headset

Apple's long-awaited VR headset debuted at WWDC 2023 while the NBA Finals set up a clash between Nikola Jokic's Nuggets and the Miami Heat — plus the Supreme Court's race-neutral admissions ruling loomed.

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Sunday Notes: Community Policing, High School admission rates in NYC

A Brownsville two-block stretch tried running its own emergency response for five days — and only 7 Black students were admitted to Stuyvesant High School out of 762 this year.

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Saturday Notes: Gianni Lee, Picasso at the Brooklyn Museum

Gianni Lee and Dawn Richard's 'Walk In (Club Mix)' blends Club, Afro drums, and house — meanwhile critics panned Hannah Gadsby's Picasso-centered show at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Friday Notes: Burna Boy, Release Day

Burna Boy's new single samples Brandy's 1998 hit 'Sitting on Top of the World' featuring Mase — a classic flip in his signature style, alongside Meta's new return-to-office mandate.

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Thursday Notes

The Miami Heat's 103-84 blowout in Game 7 became TNT's most-watched Eastern Conference Finals game ever, with 11.9M viewers tuning in. Bob Myers also stepped down from the Warriors.

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Wednesday Notes: Yeezy Sneakers are back, NBA Finals Preview, Baby Keem x Kendrick Lamar

Adidas put over $1 billion in Yeezy inventory back on sale to move past the Kanye West fallout — on the same day J. Cole was credited with helping the Heat land Caleb Martin.

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Tuesday Notes: Stormzy on African music, AI poses a threat to humanity, NBA Finals matchup set

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind leaders signed a statement calling AI an extinction-level risk — the same day Stormzy told Dazed that the greatest music on Earth is coming out of Africa.