• How Converse and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turned the Weapon into a lifestyle sneaker

    Outside the entrance of Converse’s global headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, the newest ad from the oldest footwear brand in basketball history hangs. The life-sized poster features Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who’s been the face of Converse in the NBA since 2020. In the brand’s latest campaign, mirror images of SGA stand

  • 10 sweet treats to gift for Valentine’s Day this year

    Sure, we don’t need a Hallmark-mandated holiday to remind us to make declarations of affection for our loved ones. Still, Valentine’s Day is an opportune time to hand out a token or two of romance, especially since we’ve rounded up some of our favorite Love Day-themed products from Black-owned brands and beyond to celebrate. Estelle

  • The loss of NFL players’ collective voice

    LAS VEGAS — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes put his signature on the season and his stamp on posterity Sunday, as he led the Chiefs to their second consecutive Super Bowl victory, a 25-22 win in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers. At age 28, Mahomes has won three championships and established himself as

  • How 2024 will be the Year of the Black Quarterback again

    Patrick Mahomes did it again. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback orchestrated a 13-play, 75-yard touchdown drive in overtime of Super Bowl LVIII to lead his team to a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers, the team’s second title in as many years and third since the 2019-20 season. Mahomes’ performance — 333 passing yards,

  • Patrick Mahomes cements place in NFL history with third Super Bowl victory

    LAS VEGAS – During the dark days of December, when the Kansas City Chiefs appeared broken beyond repair, superstar quarterback Patrick Mahomes finally snapped for all the world to see. Uncharacteristically, the NFL’s best player lost his cool in the final moments of Kansas City’s second confounding loss in as many weeks, directing his rage

  • Camp Valid: Southern University students let the good times roll on and off campus

    Welcome to Andscape’s new video series Camp Valid, which spotlights students’ favorite spots on and around historically Black colleges and universities. In this episode of Camp Valid, host Diane Isom returns to her alma mater, Southern University in Louisiana, shows viewers around campus with the help of some fellow Jaguars and visits local spots The

  • ‘Family Business’ is the perfect song from an imperfect Kanye West

    Five days before Christmas last year, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The confirmation wasn’t shocking. That particular doctor’s appointment bookended nearly a two-year-long, emotionally draining process of never-ending tests, neurologist visits and waiting. So much waiting. What I couldn’t prepare myself for was the emotional weight of it all. Even when you know what’s

  • Twenty years after ‘The College Dropout,’ we miss the Old Kanye

    The afternoon Kanye West walked across my boss’s desk was somewhere in the final months of 2003. At the time, his unreleased debut album was titled Drug Dealing. It would later be etched into history as The College Dropout, the inception of a spectacular and most maverick five-album run. Imagine hearing Kanye’s “Jesus Walks” live

  • Upcycling sportswear isn’t new, especially for Black designers

    Reworking an existing garment, designer print or athletic jersey, known in fashion as upcycling, is what Black people have always done: use what we had to get what we want.  The National Football League is now licensing logos to designer Kristin Juszczyk, the wife of San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, to use on her

  • Andscape Roundtable: The case for Doug Williams in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

    Andscape senior editor Erik Horne talks with writer-at-large William C. Rhoden and senior NFL writer Jason Reid, who are in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII, about pioneering quarterback and Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams and why he should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite not having the statistical profile of

Load more