Baseball’s Getting A Style Upgrade

…Obviously. But especially when it comes to the NBA. He wants Adam Silver to model international play after the World Cup model. He also wants regular-season games to be 40 minutes. 

Afrobeats has been steadily moving into the center sports stratosphere lately, from Burna Boy to Davido to Omah Lay. There’s more on the Afrobeats sports takeover here, plus a playlist to listen to while you werk. 

Micro-communities are popping up all over—offline, that is. Run clubs and knitting groups and sauna socials led by influencers are the new Facebook groups. Though, Facebook groups were the new real-life gatherings. Anyways, everyone’s meeting up IRL to do their little activities. Some of them sporty.  

In just a few weeks, our Saturdays will be blocked off for college football, but SEC fans will be busy on Tuesdays, too. The first episode of Netflix’s SEC Football: Any Given Saturday drops August 5. So yeah, Roll Tide and Geaux Tigers and Woo Pig Sooie and what have you. 

WNBA players are way more than just hoopers. Aaliyah Boston joined the all-women ownership group of NWSL Boston. And the group is giving Angel City a run for its money when it comes to star power—it includes Elizabeth Banks and Aly Raisman. That’s showbiz, baby?