May Day, May Day, You Need To Buy This Now (Not Clickbait)

…March Madness is expanding to 76 teams. And listen, I know, change is scary. Thankfully, our pal Rodger Sherman is here to walk you through what this will look like. Hey, maybe my Oregon State Beavers will make it now. 

I love a will-they-won’t-they in a romcom. In a golf league? Not so much. Especially when they are doing said dance with themselves. After their Saudi funding fell through, we thought it would be kaput for the alt pro golf league, LIV, but apparently the league might find life on its own.

The European mind can’t comprehend that you can’t walk to New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. I understand their confusion, because I believe you should be able to walk there (and any arena). But I understand making fun of them for that thought, because they spent all week on X insisting we don’t have bread in America. 

What’s in a name? The horses of the Kentucky Derby can tell you. The Derby is this weekend, and The Ringer’s Tyler Parker ranked the best names ever. Plus, for my visual learners, we’ve got charts! 

Is it just my colleague, Dan, or is the Met Gala over? Maybe I am being hyperbolic — plenty of regular folks will still kick back in their best pair of sweatpants and critique the fashion of the elites this year, but there is reason to believe it won’t have the same effect as usual. New SportsVerse here! 

Every now and then I love to put you onto my favorite art, fits, and products of the moment. Mainly because I know I love when people recommend stuff that I might love (so maybe you do, too) and also because if you buy it, I don’t have to. That’s how this works, right? 

Buckle up, because boy have I got links and links and links for you. 

For the classy fans. Anne Hathaway’s chicness can’t be copied, but we can find inspiration in it nonetheless. She wore a Knicks-colored pocket square on The Tonight Show, and it got me Googling. Now I’m eyeing these kitschy pop art sports pocket squares. The Chiefs fan in me needs this one. 

For the accessory-loving fans. In my household, we have a resolution to start wearing more bracelets. I will be getting my husband and I both some sporty but chic bracelets. Like this one. And you stack it with this one. And you know what? Why not these?

For the fans who are redecorating. I’m probably going to pull the trigger on a vintage tennis racquet mirror like this one. What if our apartments matched? Could be fun. 

For the studious, the readers, the cultured. Print magazines. Portland Tennis Courterly is a banging tennis mag that I highly recommend. I’m biased about this one because it’s mine, but we just released our Issue 09 cover and theme so, it’s also timely, ok? 

For the F1 fans. I’ve wanted this Nik Bentel Studio RC Car purse (yes, you read that right) for about a year, but I don’t do leather, so I need someone else to buy it for me and send me videos. 

For fans in the Sooner State. You better get one of Joshua Boydston’s shirts, Sooner rather than later. And when it was announced the Trail Blazers wouldn’t get playoff shirts, I asked Josh to make a Blazers version of this shirt, and he did. I guess you can just ask strangers for stuff like that and it works! 

For the hotties. A Coco Cultr jersey dress and unreal WNBA nails with incredible nail tech Ameya Okamoto. Her books are closed now but stay on it!! Oh, also this!

For the old heads, the day ones, the true to this, W fans. I need a Mitchell & Ness retro WNBA jersey, and so do you. Any will do. 

For the Jalen Hurts-type man. Thank you for being you. We need more men carrying big old bags. This is a good place to start. 

And speaking of bags, blind all your haters with a Bling it to the Game bag. 

For the hosers. Yeah, I know Canadian slang. What’s better than some NHL vintage pins? Literally nothing. 

Ok, I’m cutting myself off. Let me know what you buy! 

Natasha Lee-Craig grew up going to race tracks every weekend. Both of her parents raced (her mom was always the only female driver in the bunch), so it’s in her blood at this point. But she’s also a natural on-camera. “Milkshake is the voice giving F1 a makeover,” she says of her platform. She’s covering F1 for female fans, so it’s not surprising to hear she got the name for her brand from the Kelis’ song, which she says celebrates what makes women special.

To understand Milkshake, imagine your best friend breaking down tire strategy and each driver’s sprint race points and then also sending you fit pics of her race day fits. When I asked her which content creators inspired her, she told me she couldn’t think of many, and then insouciantly dropped detailed descriptions of at least nine women whom she admires, including the likes of Morgan Riddle, Lissie Mackintosh, Bella James, Liv Blankson, to name a few. 

Her content is educational but never dull, because above anything else, she wants to help broader audiences understand and connect with F1 on the track and off of it. It’s just as much fashion and WAG interviews as it is technical race recaps. I’m a sports fan who enjoys the proverbial X’s and O’s just as much as the outfits, so I really resonate with someone like that. 

She’s definitely for the (gender-neutral) girlies, but she says everyone is welcome. Follow her here.

Go to your old high school like Timothée Chalamet. 

Apologize to Lexie Brown for believing she had something to do with Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson’s breakup. 

Grab this High Noon spin on golf’s favorite cocktail and hit the links.