“This shit has to be a hit and if it’s not, I swear to God I’m going to go crazy,” Aminé says, laughing into the receiver from somewhere in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley. He’s talking about “Woodlawn,” a song named after the neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, where he was raised,
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GQ: As a middle school principal, how do you deal with somebody like Trump? JB: As a middle school principal or as a member of Congress? GQ: Being a middle school principal, I would argue, really prepares you for Congress. JB: You’re absolutely right. In my school, I would call him and his parents into
After 141 long days without NBA basketball, the league returned Thursday night with a riveting doubleheader that saw both games come down to the final second. LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert, Zion Williamson (sort of), and several other familiar faces re-entered our lives in a game-playing capacity. It was nice to see.
The extensive measures taken by the NBA to create a secure, coronavirus-free bubble in which to conclude its season have been well-documented and, so far, remarkably successful. But the process the league went through to build enough courts to host 22 teams, and make them safe, was in some ways just as complex a challenge.
Still, he’s not as sad as the photos would have you believe. “[The Phanatic] is representing all the Philadelphia fans,” he added. “So it’s quite an opportunity, but also a responsibility. The Phanatic has to do his best to make sure the team knows that the fans are still behind them.” When the league started
WASHINGTON D.C. — The announcement came on the last Sunday of 2019. “I have been in some kind of fight—for freedom, equality, basic human rights—for nearly my entire life,” John Lewis said on December 29, revealing his stage IV pancreatic cancer diagnosis. “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now.”
A couple days before the New Orleans Pelicans traveled down to the NBA’s bubble, Zion Williamson and Jeff Bzdelik were chatting after a practice. The 67-year-old associate head coach told the superstar rookie that he wouldn’t be joining the team in Florida. Instead Bzdelik, one of the NBA’s most experienced and respected teachers, would fly
This is Wait, What?, a column that explains the seemingly incomprehensible. Would you, my friend, risk your life and the lives of others in the middle of a global pandemic to see EDM duo The Chainsmokers in concert, presented by FuckJerry’s tequila line, with an opening set from DJ D-Sol (aka Goldman Sachs CEO David
Our modern obsession with presidential polling dates back, of course, to 2008, when Nate Silver’s aggregation method reassured anxious liberals that Obama really was going to win. The seeds of another obsession—critiquing the validity of said polls—also sprouted during that election, with debates about polls conducted via cell phone vs. landline (the lack of the
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16. Zion Williamson will lead New Orleans to the playoffs. The other day I found myself spiraling down a Zion highlight rabbit hole when I realized just how lucky we are to have a player who can unleash a true element of shock and awe whenever he checks into a game. There are things he
Jill Weinlein Sitting on the balcony of a marina view room at the Marina Del Rey Hotel, one can watch luxury sailboats unfurl their sails while leaving the main channel to heel in the wind. Seagulls cry overhead as fishing boats return from a day at sea. Just at that moment, guests staying at the
Not to toot our own horn, but GQ photoshoots can be pretty magical. Just ask Ramy Youssef, who collabed with GQ’s own Mobolaji Dawodu to pull together his looks for our May issue. On set, Youssef was surprised to find a confidence he didn’t usually feel on shoots—which he’s carried with him ever since. “I
Jul. 24th, 2020 As the first half of 2020 has taught us, the human tribe is resilient. We have learned that when life gives us lemons that we make lemonade and to focus on what we can do versus what we cannot. Part of that learning is our newfound appreciation of the great outdoors. To
Strong images scream at you, and Busta Rhymes is, among other things, loud. His style and aura command attention—a quality director Hype Williams emphasized in their first collaboration, the rapper’s video for “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check.” This set photo, which features Rhymes squatting in a room that matches his teal and white
In 2007, a handful of years after Michael Jordan‘s second retirement from the NBA, his longtime trainer Tim Grover started working with a new client: Kobe Bryant. Bryant had, by then, established himself as the heir apparent to MJ—a three-time champion (two more titles to come), with a remarkably similar skillset and mindset. And by
Four Seasons It’s been hard for travelers to enjoy their summer with the outbreak of COVID-19, but for golf players, there’s a little respite. With the amount of natural distance between players and the outdoor nature of the game, it’s considered one of the safest sports and activities during this pandemic. But don’t think you’re