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The San Antonio Spurs Kicked Off Their Playoff Run in Matching Black Suits

The San Antonio Spurs Kicked Off Their Playoff Run in Matching Black Suits

While the suit-with-sneakers look doesn’t always work—we here at GQ are particularly against the combo at weddings—if there was ever a place to try it, I suppose it’d be before a basketball game. In any event, the threatening pregame uniforms did their job: The Spurs dusted the Blazers in a relatively painless 111-98 win, with Wemby supplying 35 points in his first taste of the playoffs. We’re choosing to believe sharpshooter Julian Champagnie’s shimmering chain, sensible handbag, and stylish loafers were more responsible for the victory than his teammates’ casual footwear. Michael Gonzales/Getty Images Rookie guard Dylan Harper, all of 20 years old, was one of the players who laced up his sneakers with the AMIN threads. In an entrance video captured by the NBA, a smirking Harper revealed that he had not put on a suit since getting drafted in June. Here’s to hoping it won’t be his last time either, as a well-tailored rig is a sight for sore eyes in the modern NBA. The only questions left are whether Olynyk, who’s made …

What I Learned After Getting Kicked Out of Alix Earle’s Beverly Hills Pop-up

What I Learned After Getting Kicked Out of Alix Earle’s Beverly Hills Pop-up

The line outside Leora curled around the block—slick ponytails and ALO Yoga sets. These queued-up loyalists were there to see Alix Earle, who, to them, is the living embodiment of “realness.” Earle was hosting a pop-up for her skin-care brand, Reale Actives, at the TikTok-famous cafe in Beverly Hills on Thursday. The brand’s four products sold out within 10 hours when it launched on March 31, so some of Earle’s girlies were waiting in line to get second dibs. I was there for a completely unrelated meeting with the chief of staff at Klutch Sports (they have smoothie at Leora named after the agency’s founder Rich Paul) when I noticed some fuss brewing in the back. I walked over to try and take some photos, but Earle’s team immediately came over, told me to stop, and swiftly denied my request for an interview. Outside, the energy among those waiting in line for skin care was less retail, more rally. “I just love how open and honest and real she is about stuff…. You can just …

J.Press and Alex Mill Just Kicked Off JFK Jr. Summer

J.Press and Alex Mill Just Kicked Off JFK Jr. Summer

J.Press has the juice right now. For generations, the century-old American institution has outfitted guys in crisp Oxford shirts, boxy sack suits, and heirloom-grade Shetland sweaters, and rarely has it strayed from that heritage. But thanks to an injection of fresh energy courtesy of creative director Jack Carlson—bolstered by, y’know, a new cohort of JFK Jr. wannabes—the preppy stalwart has found itself once again at the center of the menswear discourse. Case in point: a just-dropped link-up with the next-gen prepsters at Alex Mill, whose reliably cheery menswear riffs on the exact type of wholesome Americana J.Press perfected decades ago. You know those collaborations that scan like shameless cash grabs with no real regard for either party’s legacy, let alone their actual customers? This ain’t one of them. Instead, the duo’s second effort picks up right where the first left off, remixing J.Press catalog classics in a kaleidoscope of sun-drenched spring hues. We’re talking garment-dyed chore coats cut from hardy recycled cotton blends, beefy rugby shirts in a Crayola’s box of colors, and at least …

Student filmmaker was ‘surrounded and kicked on floor before being stabbed’ | UK News

Student filmmaker was ‘surrounded and kicked on floor before being stabbed’ | UK News

A student filmmaker allegedly stabbed to death at a popular north London viewpoint was surrounded and kicked on the floor before he died, a court heard. Finbar Sullivan, 21, died after the alleged attack at Primrose Hill on 7 April. The Old Bailey was told Mr Sullivan entered the park with a friend before he is said to have been surrounded by a group of suspects. He was punched and pushed to the ground just after 6.30pm, prosecutor Zara Brawley told the court on Wednesday. One suspect is said to have kicked and stamped on his head, before Mr Sullivan was then stabbed by another man at “least twice”, including a fatal injury to his thigh, the court heard. Image: The scene at Primrose Hill on 8 April. Pic: PA In total three men have been charged with murder over the death, with one appearing in court on Monday and two more charged on Tuesday. Alexis Bidace, 25, of Edmonton, and Ernest Boateng, 25, of Enfield, north London, were arrested earlier this week and have since …

Iran striker Azmoun kicked off national team for disloyalty, say reports

Iran striker Azmoun kicked off national team for disloyalty, say reports

March 20 : Sardar Azmoun, one of Iran’s top soccer players, has been expelled from the national team for a perceived act of disloyalty to the government, Iranian media has reported, making it unlikely he will play any part in the World Cup. Iran’s participation in the World Cup as a whole is under a cloud because of the ongoing conflict with the United States, who are co-hosting the June 11-July 19 tournament with Mexico and Canada. If Team Melli do turn up for their opening-round group matches, they will undoubtedly be weakened by the absence of striker Azmoun, who has scored 57 goals in 91 internationals since making his debut as a teenager in 2014.   Azmoun, who plays his club football in the United Arab Emirates for Shabab Al-Ahli, upset the Iranian authorities this week by posting a picture on his Instagram feed of a meeting with Dubai’s ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Iran has launched rocket and drone attacks on the UAE following air strikes by the United States and Israel, which …

Mom Heartbroken Her Toddler Was Kicked Out Of Daycare For Banging Her Head During Fits

Mom Heartbroken Her Toddler Was Kicked Out Of Daycare For Banging Her Head During Fits

After her 2-year-old was kicked out of daycare, a mother took to Reddit’s “r/Parenting” subreddit seeking advice on what to do next while also throwing blame at the daycare. She’s a first-time parent and claims to be “heartbroken,” but explained the situation in full detail, even updating the post with a bunch of information to fix the narrative commenters were creating. To start, she talked about the behavioral issue her 2-year-old daughter has been struggling with. Her 2-year-old was kicked out of daycare because she bangs her head during fits. The first sentence of her post explained that her 2-year-old daughter is prone to fits. “For a long time, she would pretty aggressively headbang in frustration (usually against the floor). She has gotten a lot better this past year as her communication has improved.” Krakenimages.com | Shutterstock RELATED: Psychotherapist Sees More Toddlers Needing Therapy Than Ever & Says There’s One Clear Reason Why Toddlers often become frustrated when they lack the ability to express their feelings. Toddler are at that in-between stage when their language is …

The moment that kicked off the AI revolution

The moment that kicked off the AI revolution

Lee Sedol faced AlphaGo in 2016 AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon/Alamy The first time that AlphaGo revealed its full power, it prompted a visceral reaction. Lee Sedol, the world’s greatest player of the ancient Chinese board game Go, had grown visibly agitated at the artificial intelligence’s prowess. The hushed crowd in downtown Seoul, South Korea, could barely contain its gasps. It was quickly dawning on Lee, and the tens of millions watching at home, that this AI was different to those that had come before. It wasn’t just beating Lee, but it was doing so with an almost human-like aptitude. “AlphaGo actually does have an intuition,” Google co-founder Sergey Brin told New Scientist in 2016, shortly after AlphaGo went 3-0 up. “It makes beautiful moves. It even creates more beautiful moves than most of us could think of.” The series ended with Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo system winning 4-1. Lee said he was “in shock”. It is now a decade since this defining moment for AlphaGo and AI at large. Marvelling at AI is a commonplace experience with …

Representative Jasmine Crockett Claimed I Wasn’t Kicked Out of Her Rally. Here’s the Audio.

Representative Jasmine Crockett Claimed I Wasn’t Kicked Out of Her Rally. Here’s the Audio.

I was not expecting Representative Jasmine Crockett’s team to call me a “top-notch hater”; kick me out of her rally in Lubbock, Texas; and march me to the side of a county road to wait for a ride. But I was much more surprised by what the congresswoman said later. A CBS reporter on Wednesday asked Crockett about a report that I had been ejected from her rally and that her campaign had called the Capitol Police on a CNN journalist, alleging that he had trespassed by attempting to visit a campaign office. “It’s silly season,” Crockett said. “There is a specific journalist who is, she has a history of being less than truthful, and frankly there’s no evidence of anything that she’s talking about.” The Democrat from Texas continued to riff: The journalist in question had been previously and successfully sued for defamation, she claimed. “It is sad that there is any news outlet that actually would have her on staff when,” Crockett said, “the one thing that matters most is truth.” I agree …

Mine. Mine. Mine. How One Corrupt Billionaire Kicked Off the Global Cobalt Spree

Mine. Mine. Mine. How One Corrupt Billionaire Kicked Off the Global Cobalt Spree

Meanwhile, global demand for cobalt and copper was accelerating as battery-powered devices, like cell phones, became a necessity for modern life, and yet Congo remained poor and conflict-wracked. Many American firms, wary of corruption and instability, decided to stay away from business dealings in the region. During this same period, however, China, which was intensifying its quest to build electric cars to reduce pollution in its cities, jumped at the opportunity to get a handle on the supply chain. Beijing hammered out deals with Kabila to build roads and hospitals in exchange for mining rights. “Twenty-five years ago we did not look over a horizon to say, ‘China’s going to become an economic power whose interests are not aligned with ours,’ ” Sanderson, the US diplomat, reflected. A lust for cheaper goods, cheaper electronics, had blinded Washington to Beijing’s increasing control throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s. That’s not to say everyone ignored the opportunity to make a buck in one of the world’s poorest countries. Among the deployers of foreign capital eager to invest …

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” kicked off the ragebait era

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” kicked off the ragebait era

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” didn’t invent being nasty online. The theorem that online anonymity breeds rude behavior was commonplace well before Black’s parents paid Ark Music Factory a few thousand dollars to craft a song and music video for their daughter to record. And the message-board-born concept of a “lolcow,” a gullible user who can be goaded into making a fool of themselves on a regular basis, definitely predated the music video. Even outside of dank subforums, internet denizens had laughed at unfortunate uploads of the “Star Wars Kid,” a 15-year-old who spun a fake light saber to online infamy in 2003, and Britney Spears’ mega-defender Cara Cunningham. Comedian Daniel Tosh even parlayed a desire to gawk at the web’s inept and unaware into a vicious update of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” that aired on Comedy Central for years.  But the internet was a somewhat separate place from the real world in 2011, and the utopian glow of the web hadn’t quite been snuffed out completely when Black uploaded her viral-for-all-the-wrong-reasons music video to YouTube 15 …