The White House Turned War Into a March Madness Hype Video
The NCAA tournament drew record audiences while the White House posted 'Operation Epic Fury' hype reels and a March Madness video conflating basketball with wartime triumph.
Amara Okonkwo
Bureau: Lagos
F1 Cancels Bahrain and Saudi GPs — War Guts Gulf Sports Calendar
The Iran war has forced F1 to cancel two Gulf races and shredded a regional sports calendar built on billions in sportswashing investment.
BTS: The Return — Netflix Bets the Month on Seven Men and a Homecoming
Seven men did military service, came home, and Netflix built its entire month around the reunion — 4 million Instagram likes on the trailer alone.
The Dating Recession — Gen Z Quit the Apps and Nobody Noticed
Only one in three young adults is actively dating, dating app usage is declining for the first time, and the most connected generation in history is the loneliest.
March Madness Day One — High Point Stuns Wisconsin, UNC Falls
A 12-seed from North Carolina that had never won an NCAA Tournament game beat Wisconsin 83-82 and busted millions of brackets before the first day was half over.
Gulf Sporting Ambitions in Ruins — Dozens of Events Scrapped
Formula 1 cancelled its Bahrain and Saudi GPs, the Finalissima is gone, and the Gulf's decade-long project to become the world's sporting hub has collided with the war it cannot host away from.
March Madness Women's Tournament Opens With Upsets
Day One of the women's tournament went 16-0 in favor of higher seeds, but several near-misses and Olivia Miles's historic performance signal the chaos is coming.
Netflix March Blitz — One Piece Season 2 Drops
One Piece: Into the Grand Line debuted with 16.8 million views in four days — a monster launch that is also, technically, a decline from Season 1.
Premier League Continues Amid War — The Contrast
The Premier League plays on while the Gulf's sports calendar collapses and Iran's World Cup berth hangs by a thread — normalcy is just geography.