Reporting on startups, founders the consumer economy for @Inc @WGAEast. Alum of @ColumbiaJournMA @BloombergTV @Business @CNN @VQR @UVA. Virginian. Wahoo.
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In the past 18 months, @xx_xyathletics has become a prominent and polarizing symbol, appearing at school board meetings, youth sporting events, and the U.S. Open.
Founder @JenniferSey says critics have helped her athletic brand grow even faster.
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Spurs led game 1 by 14 points
Spurs led game 2 by 12 points
Spurs led game 3 by 12 points
Spurs led game 4 by 29 points
Spurs led game 5 by 16 points
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I need Mariska Hargitay to livestream right now. WHERE IS OLIVIA?
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Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.
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Jun 13
I feel like the fact that Jalen's dad played for the Knicks in the finals against the Spurs back in 1999 when Jalen was just two years old is legitimately under-appreciated.
What a dope NYC story.
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Little Jalen Brunson on the floor of Madison Square Garden.
Dad Rick was on 3 Knicks teams including the 1999 Eastern Conference champs.
#Legacy #NewYorkForever
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Knicks fan? She lives in LA
Knicks fan Sydney Sweeney in San Antonio with a chance to see New York win a title 🤩
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Jun 13
It's so inspiring to see people supporting boy's sports
The use of the adjective “men’s” — U.S. men’s national team, even men’s World Cup — on the broadcast and in print is such a fitting sign of respect for the success and importance of the USWNT and the women’s game in general.
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The use of the adjective “men’s” — U.S. men’s national team, even men’s World Cup — on the broadcast and in print is such a fitting sign of respect for the success and importance of the USWNT and the women’s game in general.
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Jun 12
More than 2,000 people lined up for hours to try to snag one of these jerseys.
For more of us, who weren’t lucky enough to buy one, there’s still hope.
Mazzi Sports founder Alexander Campaz told me they plan to release more drops.
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Jun 11
Exclusive: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a limited run of affordable NYC-inspired World Cup jerseys, designed and crafted in partnership with Mazzi Sports, a family-owned apparel studio in Brooklyn. gq.visitlink.me/8zhBsh
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This was the line outside the New York CityStore this morning.
More than 2,000 people showed up buy one of the $50 World Cup jerseys made by Brooklyn sportswear manufacturer Mazzi Sports as part of a joint project with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
They sold out in less than an hour
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More than 2,000 people lined up to buy one of the NYC World Cup Jerseys made by Brooklyn manufacturer Mazzi Sports as part of a joint project with Mayor Mamdani.
Founder Alexander Campaz says he's still processing this outpouring of demand
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Jun 11
One of my favorite anecdotes from the build-up to this World Cup, which reveals so much about the collision between FIFA and U.S. cities.
The day a FIFA exec told Los Angeles that LA needed to be “put on the map.”
@TheAthleticFC
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Jun 11
Someone from their second floor apartment projects the Knicks game against the 4th Avenue-9th Street station
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It’s like watching Tocqueville live tweet Democracy in America, and I think that’s beautiful
Jun 10
This is the most “The European mind can’t comprehend this” moment of my life. One of my friends said, “Punch me five times tomorrow and I’ll still think this isn’t real.”
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Give me all the "Europeans here for World Cup enjoying America" content you can. It's the best thing I've seen on this hell site in years.
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Jun 9
I guess people wanna watch Serena Williams play tennis...
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Serena Williams after winning her 1st match back in 4 years with Vicky Mboko
"Why now? Why here? What is to come?"
Serena: "I mean, I don’t know. I had nothing better to do. I got tired of sitting at home."
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Jun 8
She deserves this
The last time the Knicks had a home NBA Finals game:
- Law & Order SVU had not debuted
- Bill Belichick was the Jets DC
- JFK Jr. was still alive
- Tarzan was the #1 movie in America
- Barry Bonds only had 417 career HRs
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Jun 8
I’m gonna break into the Louvre, knock down the moan of Lisa and put up this photo of Spike Lee
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