Sports Simone Biles covers Vogue Simone Biles covers the August 2020 issue of Vogue. She seems pretty excited about it – here’s what she shared on Instagram: So now it’s a bit tricky, because as you may have heard, there are a lot of people who are thrilled, like Simone, that she’s being By Lainey • Jul 13, 2020 02:43 pm
Sports Intro for July 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 10:14 am
Sports Michael Jordan and the “Man With The Iron Face” LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL If you’ve been watching The Last Dance episodes as soon as they drop, you know exactly what this is referring to. For the rest of you – newsflash: Leonardo DiCaprio showed up and instantly started trending on Twitter. Leo met Michael Jordan after the Bulls won the NBA championship By Lainey • May 19, 2020 09:56 am
TV Updates Intro for May 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, I would have watched another ten episodes of The Last Dance, it’s been such a highlight every weekend for the last month. And now that it’s over, probably a lot of us have withdrawal, not unlike the withdrawal that the NBA and basketball as a whole By Lainey • May 19, 2020 08:40 am
Sports Intro for March 25, 2020 Dear Gossips, As expected, it was announced yesterday that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The last time there was an Olympics it was just over two years ago, in 2018 in South Korea. And if you recall, two of the biggest By Lainey • Mar 25, 2020 08:53 am
Sports Intro for February 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, I can’t help it. I love Drake. And not just because he’s from Toronto but because… what else do you want in an entertainer? The Milwaukee Bucks played the Raptors in Toronto last night. The Bucks have been doing a kind of WWE-inspired pre-game routine. Given By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 09:20 am
Sports Beyoncé and Jay-Z take a seat Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and the Blue Ivy Carter were at the Super Bowl yesterday in Miami. But first, please enjoy this viz of Blue bossing on the sidelines with her phone. She’s probably playing a game. But in my mind, she’s seeing something that needs improvement and, like her By Lainey • Feb 03, 2020 11:17 am
Sports Prince Harry in the locker room Prince Harry was in Tokyo for the Rugby World Cup 2019 Final this weekend between England and South Africa. There was also time on his schedule for him to meet with local schoolchildren. This moment of him interacting with a group of girls who told him he was handsome has By Lainey • Nov 04, 2019 10:13 am
Sports Intro for October 23, 2019 Dear Gossips, Here in Toronto, the Raptors got their rings and the city got our banner last night ahead of the season opener. And then we beat the Pelicans. WORLD CHAMPS! I thought Drake would be in his seat – he wasn’t, but we’ll get to him later this By Lainey • Oct 23, 2019 08:38 am
Sports Intro for September 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, I love technology. Maybe, one day, I along with all humankind will regret loving technology, but this weekend technology made me so happy. I was locked in on TIFF red carpets during both finals at the US Open this weekend and while waiting for the arrivals, I was By Lainey • Sep 09, 2019 08:59 am
Sports Intro for September 6, 2019 Dear Gossips, Here in Canada, we have a new favourite hashtag. It’s not a new hashtag, but it’s been repurposed, slightly: #SheTheNorth “She” would be Bianca Andreescu, now the first Canadian to advance to the finals of the US Open! Bianca is 19 years old, the first teenager By Lainey • Sep 06, 2019 08:55 am
Sports Intro for August 14, 2019 Dear Gossips, A surprise announcement yesterday: the NFL is partnering with Jay-Z and Roc Nation. Under the deal, Jay will basically be co-producing the Super Bowl and other NFL entertainment during the season and Roc Nation and the NFL will work together on community activism through the league’s Inspire By Lainey • Aug 14, 2019 09:45 am
Sports Intro for August 9, 2019 Dear Gossips, Figure skating champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are so good at their jobs that they’ve become the Bella and Edward of their sport. Only, unlike Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, there was never a romantic relationship off the ice. Like Kristen and Robert though, there’s By Lainey • Aug 09, 2019 08:42 am
Sports Intro for July 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, I’m so nervous about Serena Williams’s Wimbledon final tomorrow, and I’m the asshole watching it from bed, I can’t even imagine what she might be going through. Serena, as we’ve seen, has gotten better and better with every match, which is always the By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 08:59 am
Sports Serena and Royal Meghan at Wimbledon Meghan Markle spent part of the Fourth of July at Wimbledon, watching her friend Serena Williams play her second round match. Serena eventually prevailed in three sets. Typically top seeded players and certainly world class players like Serena aren’t usually pushed to a third set in the early rounds By Lainey • Jul 05, 2019 11:17 am
Sports Intro for July 5, 2019 Dear Gossips, The week began with two unsolved mysteries. It could end with two remaining unsolved mysteries: where will Kawhi go and Zoe Kravitz’s wedding dress. Zoe hasn’t even mentioned her wedding publicly, especially not on social media. She is the opposite of Lea Michele. And pretty much By Lainey • Jul 05, 2019 09:36 am
