Top Reads BTS, Bieber, and Speed Many of the football purists hated the existence of the first ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show and the performance itself didn’t change their mind. On the other side of that conversation, there are people who watched the event just for halftime. And still others who argue that By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 11:18 am
Sports Intro for July 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, The men’s World Cup final is Sunday, between Spain and Argentina, it promises to be a great game, with Lionel Messi in his third World Cup finals. It’s been a great tournament for Messi, but also for soccer, and yes, here I am calling it soccer By Sarah • Jul 17, 2026 09:09 am
Simone Biles Olympians at the ESPYs The ESPY Awards, the most prestigious participation trophy in the world, were last night, bringing out superstar athletes across many disciplines and countries, but most especially Olympic standouts, gold medalists Simone Biles, Alysa Liu, and Eileen Gu. I’m going to start with Eileen Gu, because she wore Guo Pei, By Sarah • Jul 16, 2026 03:16 pm
What Else The Viking Baby Mochi There’s a lot of synergy happening between BTS and the World Cup on the European leg of their Arirang World Tour. The tour kicked off a couple of weeks ago in Madrid, when Spain was playing Uruguay. The following week they were in Brussels performing when Belgium played that By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 04:18 pm
David Beckham David Beckham’s three anniversaries The World Cup is the major story in sport around the world right now and, as one of England’s most famous footballers who also played in the United States and is an MLS team owner, of course David Beckham has been super visible over the last two weeks since By Lainey • Jun 30, 2026 09:53 am
Naomi Osaka Intro for June 30, 2026 Dear Gossips, Earlier this year, to kick off the tennis season, Naomi Osaka served one of the most high fashion looks through the tunnel at the Australian Open, in a custom collaboration design by Robert Wun x Nike. As I wrote at the time, she was doing the tournament a By Lainey • Jun 30, 2026 09:12 am
What Else Lewis goes for four I don’t know how Lewis Hamilton spent his week but I can say pretty confidently that he was probably having a great time after finishing first at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix last Sunday for an all-British podium, his first win in 41 races, his first win in By Lainey • Jun 19, 2026 04:24 pm
What Else Captain Benson is on the float Captain Olivia Benson has been protecting New York for 27 years, going on 28. On this historic day in the city, of course she is there. Mariska Hargitay is not only a longtime Knicks fan, she has special status with Jalen Brunson – his #1 celebrity among all celebrities. At this By Lainey • Jun 18, 2026 04:11 pm
Sports Intro for June 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, By the time you’re reading this, the Knicks parade will be happening in NYC. The ticker-tape parade was invented in New York City, it’s become a New York City tradition, along the Canyon of Heroes, and today the city’s basketball team will be celebrated By Lainey • Jun 18, 2026 09:44 am
Top Reads Courtside Hierarchy Before the gossip, a word on OG Anunoby – because there are a lot of us here in Toronto who are thrilled for him. OG already has an NBA championship with the Raptors, and was a key contributor during the regular season, but he sat out our historic playoff run in By Lainey • Jun 11, 2026 10:45 am
What Else Taylor at the big game? Page Six reported just after 12noon ET today that they’d learned exclusively that Taylor Swift, who was just in LA last night for the Toy Story 5 premiere, will be at game four of the NBA Finals tonight with the Knicks up two games to one in the series By Lainey • Jun 10, 2026 04:01 pm
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton: Back-to-back and a plus one Lewis Hamilton did not podium once during the 2025 Formula One season, the first time in his entire career. It was a major disappointment, and he didn’t try to sugarcoat it. In fact, he was completely dejected at the end of the year, and the way he was talking By Lainey • Jun 08, 2026 11:10 am
Sports Timmy: A second row sweep I was just saying in my post yesterday about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in Cleveland for game three of the NBA Eastern Conference that the Knicks are on a tear – at the time riding a 10-game win streak through the playoffs, after a previous series sweep, and now By Lainey • May 26, 2026 11:45 am
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton’s good luck charm The 2026 Formula 1 season is now five races deep, and while the biggest non-race related gossip in the paddock continues to be Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with Kim Kardashian, we’ve yet to see her in the Ferrari garage. Depending on how you feel about the Kardashian-Jenners, By Lainey • May 25, 2026 11:34 am
What Else Vroom vroom boys The Canadian Grand Prix is happening this weekend in Montreal, and honestly, I think one of the sexiest things about Canada is that Montreal hosts a Formula 1 race. I don’t really care about Formula 1, in practice, but in the abstract, it’s super sexy. It’s fast By Sarah • May 22, 2026 04:06 pm
Timothee Chalamet Timothée Chalamet: The Comeback Haircut Like many people who play sports and follow sports, I have sports superstition. It’s like Crash Davis said to Annie in Bull Durham, “A ballplayer on a streak has to respect the streak! They don't happen very often. You know how hard this game is? If you By Lainey • May 20, 2026 11:34 am
