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5 Things to Know About Kim Ng, the MLB’s First Female, Asian-American General Manager

Ng is the first woman to hold this position or an equivalent one for a professional men’s sports franchise….

Friday quickly became a landmark day for women in sports, as longtime baseball executive Kim Ng was named general manager of the Miami Marlins. “When I got into this business, it seemed unlikely a woman would lead a major league team, but I am dogged in the pursuit of my goals,” said Ng, who is also the MLB’s first Asian-American general manager, in a statement.

Ng is the first woman to hold this position or an equivalent one for a professional men’s sports franchise, and the significance of her appointment can’t be overstated. Below, find 5 things you likely didn’t know about the 51-year-old sports icon.

  1. She has a long and storied career in baseball. Ng started as an intern with the Chicago White Sox, going on to managerial posts with the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers before taking on the position of Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball in 2011.

  2. She’s got some very ardent fans. No less a sports authority than Derek Jeter hired Ng to her current role, saying, “Her leadership of our baseball operations team will play a major role on our path toward sustained success.”

  3. Her interest in baseball dates back to her childhood in Queens, where she grew up playing stickball and learning about sports from her father.

  4. Baseball isn’t the only sport she loves. Ng is an avid golfer, although her busy schedule doesn’t allow her much time on the green.

  5. She’s likely got some good wine on tap to celebrate this moment. Ng’s husband, Tony Markward, is the co-owner of Silas Wines in Oregon.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

A$AP Rocky at South by Southwest 2019
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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

Quavo photographed in 2019
Photo: Finish Line / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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