Sue Bird Told Us Not To Be Afraid

…for Sydney Sweeney, who will play boxing legend Christy Martin in the biopic Christy. The first-look photos are making the rounds, and she’s obviously a knockout but she’s also an athlete, folks!  

After having partnered with the NBA, the WNBA, and USA Basketball, it felt like it was only a matter of time before Skims continued their domination of the sports sphere. Next stop? Volleyball! The shapewear megabrand owned by Kim Kardashian announced a new partnership with LOVB. All aboard, women’s sports fans.

This week’s SportsVerse is all about how Stone Island has maintained its cult following in sports for decades. And how they’re smart to never want it any other way. They see the niche community vision.

The brotherly love (and brotherly competition) between Amen and Ausar Thompson is palpable in this SLAM feature on the twins. They also talk short shorts, who has the nicer house, and who wins one-on-one (spoiler: Amen says Amen wins, and Ausar says Ausar wins).   

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is signing all the budding soccer stars in Africa. HOV’s agency has big plans of taking prospects from Africa and getting them to the—shall we say—Holy Grail, aka the big leagues in Europe.