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After a historic Super Bowl performance and a record-breaking career, veteran kicker Jason Myers is ready to help the Seattle Seahawks defend their title.

The NFL season starts with an exciting Super Bowl rematch, and Filipino American kicker Jason Myers, in his 12th NFL season, looks to carry the Seahawks’ championship momentum forward.  He served as the sole player to score points through the first three quarters of Seattle’s 29-13 victory, ultimately setting a single-game championship record by connecting on all five of his field goal attempts alongside two extra points.

Now 35 years old, Myers has established an impressive tenure with the Seattle Seahawks, highlighted by elite production and major professional awards. Over his career, he has earned selection to two Pro Bowls and finished twice as the NFL scoring leader. His historic Super Bowl performance crowned a campaign where he became the first player in NFL history to score over 200 points in a single season including playoffs.

His professional journey began unconventionally after going undrafted out of college.  Myers caught his first professional break in 2014 by playing in the Arena Football League for the San Jose SaberCats and Arizona Rattlers.  The following year he entered the NFL signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.  Through 38 games in Jacksonville he converted 81% of his field goals, before eventually being released mid-way through the 2017 season.

After spending a brief offseason stint with the Seahawks, he was claimed off waivers by the New York Jets in 2018.  During his lone season in New York, Myers had a breakout year – earning a Pro Bowl selection after making 33 of 36 field goals, setting a franchise record with seven field goals in a single game, and nailing an NFL-record five makes from 55 yards out or further.

Myers returned to Seattle to find a permanent home, cementing himself among the league's most reliable legs.

Before reaching the pros, Myers built his foundation playing college football as a four-year letterman for the Marist Red Foxes, handling both kicking and punting duties.  Growing up, he was a multi-sport athlete at San Diego’s Mater Dei Catholic High School.

With the new season underway, Myers is once again locked in as he looks to help the Seahawks defend their crown.

After two decades in the industry, Công Trí has helped bring luxury Vietnamese designs to international runways and A-listers closets.

The fashion industry has been noticing one Vietnamese designer in recent years as his looks have appeared on some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

His name is Công Trí and he was born in Da Nang, Vietnam. He grew up with seven siblings and began to show an interest in art at a young age, eventually leading him to study Industrial Fine Arts at the University of Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City. While at university, Công Trí won the New Idea award at the Vietnam Collection Grand Prix and received recognition at fashion competitions across Asia. This gave him the confidence to pursue fashion professionally and after graduating in 2001, he established CONG TRI and turned it into a luxury fashion house.

Over the next decade, Công Trí became known for his detailed construction and meticulous handwork, leading his designs to be worn by Vietnam’s most influential entertainers. He incorporates local materials and craftsmanship into his pieces, turning traditional Vietnamese clothing into modern fashion that’s capable of competing on runways.

Công Trí’s work began to catch eyes overseas after the release of his “Em Hoa”, or “Little Flowers” collection, which was inspired by Vietnamese flower sellers. The collection appeared at Tokyo Fashion Week and Rihanna’s stylist ended up requesting several pieces. Rihanna wore one of them in a photoshoot campaign, exposing Công Trí to the extraordinary list of celebrities that wore his designs after. His gowns have become popular choices for award shows, red carpet events, and many other high-profile moments in American pop culture. In recent years, you can find Công Trí’s designs on A-listers including Michelle Obama, Ariana Grande, Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus, and Beyonce.

In 2019 Công Trí became the first Vietnam-based designer to present a collection at New York Fashion Week, taking luxury Vietnamese fashion to one of the world’s most powerful runways. For over two decades, Công Trí has proven that Vietnam can also export original luxury design and creative direction. What began as one designer building his brand in Vietnam has evolved into a name seen on international stages and Hollywood red carpets, placing Vietnamese fashion in front of the world.

Zheng Qinwen and Jessica Pegula drive deep into the US Open, Jayden Maiava sets a USC passing record, and MLB pitchers deliver stellar late-season performances.

The U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows has delivered elite tennis competition throughout the tournament.  Zheng Qinwen and Jessica Pegula both advanced to the quarterfinals, continuing their strong runs in New York.

Zheng, who entered the tournament through qualifying after an elbow injury derailed her 2025 season, defeated Iga Swiatek in two sets after falling behind 0-5 in the first set.  It marked the second straight round in which Zheng erased a 0-5 deficit against a former Grand Slam champion.  She will face No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals.

Pegula, the No. 3 seed, defeated No. 16 Sorana Cirstea to reach the quarterfinals for the third time in four years.  Still in search of her first Grand Slam win, she will face Emma Navarro.

Naomi Osaka’s tournament ended in the fourth round with a loss to Rybakina.  Though Osaka was unable to match Rybakina’s serving and groundstroke game, her appearance this tournament will be remembered for her fashion tribute to Allen Iverson.

Alexandra Eala’s run ended in the third round, with the Philippine star falling to Iva Jovic.

In USC’s second game, quarterback Jayden Maiava continued his hot streak throwing for 349 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-0 shutout of Fresno State.  His 92% completion rate set the highest single-game mark by a USC quarterback since at least 1995 with a minimum of 25 attempts.

BYU opened its season with a dominant 63-7 win over Utah Tech.  Thai American quarterback Bear Bachmeier accounted for four touchdowns, throwing three before halftime and adding a rushing score.

Eastern Michigan QB Noah Kim struggled in a 27-21 loss to San Jose State, with a QBR or just 12.8, with one touchdown and one interception.  The former Michigan State quarterback will return to East Lansing next Saturday when Eastern Michigan faces the Spartans.

On Sunday, Bryan Woo delivered one of the week’s best pitching performances, allowing only one hit and striking out nine over eight scoreless innings in Seattle’s 2-0 win over Oakland.

Shota Imanaga earned the win in Chicago’s 6-1 victory over Miami, allowing one run on three hits over six innings.  With the playoffs approaching, the Cubs maintain in control of a Wild Card spot.

After being injured most of the season, Yusei Kikuchi picked up his first win after throwing six scoreless innings with six strikeouts in the Angels’ 6-1 victory over Pittsburgh.

The Mets’ Jonah Tong earned his second win of the season, striking out seven over five innings as the New York beat Miami 9-4.  His first start since June, Tong’s promising return earned him a return to the Mets’ rotation.

From a recent Broadway revival to upcoming animated Netflix projects, Stephanie Hsu continues to show why she’s one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors.

Stephanie Hsu is an Oscar-nominated actress whose dynamic career spans theater, television, and film.  She stars in the upcoming animated Netflix series Dang!, playing Ruthie, a high-achieving older sister who disrupts her siblings’ lives in New York City.

Before diving into her newest screen project, Hsu returned to her stage roots earlier this year, starring in the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 54. 

She made her mark on Broadway early in her career by originating high-profile roles, including Karen the Computer in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical from 2016 to 2017 and Christine Canigula in the cult hit Be More Chill from 2015 to 2019.

On the small screen, Hsu made regular appearances on MTV’s comedy series Girl Code from 2013 to 2015, spanning 56 episodes.  She went on to play Joy Armstrong in 19 episodes of the Hulu drama The Path from 2016 to 2018 and earned widespread acclaim for her recurring role as Mei Lin on Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from 2019 to 2023, appearing in 14 episodes.

Hsu achieved major film stardom and an Academy Award nomination for her dual role in 2022’s Everything Everywhere All at Once.  Her notable movie credits also include 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, 2023’s Joy Ride, and 2024’s The Fall Guy.

The 35-year-old Chinese American actress was raised by a single mother in Torrance, California.  Her maternal grandmother fled mainland China for Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, and her mother later immigrated to the United States.  Hsu moved across the country to study acting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2012 with a bachelor of fine arts in drama.  Following graduation, she spent the next few years breaking into the industry through New York’s experimental theater and comedy circuit before transitioning to mainstream screen and stage roles.

Anchored by her comedic timing and voice acting talents, projects like Dang! highlight the next exciting phase of her evolving screen career.  As one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood today, fans can also look forward to her upcoming role voicing Margot in the animated musical fantasy comedy film Steps, scheduled for release on November 20th.

Kent Yu and Dr. Julie Chung reinvented an overlooked household appliance into a modern beauty essential, building a market for luxury hair tools.

In today’s market, a $200 curling iron seems like your typical luxury styling tool, but when Kent Yu and Julie Chung launched T3 over two decades ago, hair tools were still treated like household appliances rather than high-end beauty products.

Dr. Julie Chung is a Korean American ophthalmologist who attended medical school in San Francisco where she met her husband and business partner, Chinese American entrepreneur Kent Yu. Chung loved beauty and skincare and was always willing to invest in expensive, high quality make up and face products, yet she was using a hair dryer that did not reflect that same standard. Back then, there was an open space in the hair tool market due to shoppers only having the option between a cheap drugstore hairdryer or a bulky professional model.

Being raised by two hairstylists, Yu began working on a dryer that would create salon-looking blowouts, while remaining lightweight and efficient. In 2004, the couple perfected the prototype, naming it the T3 Featherweight. The T3 was priced at $200, which is almost eight times more than an average hairdryer, so the initial feedback Yu and Chung received warned them about customers being unwilling to pay such a premium.

However, T3 became the first electrical hair-tool brand sold at Sephora and as soon as it hit the shelves, customers flocked to invest, generating $3 million in sales during its first year. But it wasn’t until around 2016 when the tool started getting into the hands of beauty blogs and professional hairstylists. Positive reviews and viral videos then helped establish the tool as an industry must-have.

Yu and Chung have since expanded T3 into curling irons, flat irons, and multi-stylers, all designed for simplicity and hair health. Now more than 20 years later, the couple still owns and operates 100% of the company out of Los Angeles, with an estimated annual revenue of $5.3 million a year.

By treating a hair dryer with the same care as prestige skincare and makeup, Yu and Chung changed how styling tools were designed and sold, allowing T3 to successfully compete with global brands.

Japan has spent centuries turning everyday writing tools into innovative stationery instruments built around precision and personal expression.

When walking down your average office-supply aisle here in the States, you’ll find your typical selection of supplies, black ballpoint pens, bright yellow highlighters, and college ruled spiral notebooks. But in a Japanese stationery store, you can find pens with disappearing ink, mechanical pencils that rotate their own lead, and adorable collectible erasers shaped like your favorite foods.

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type of content. type of content that I want to make is focused on systems and it's focused on first principles. These are very, very boring things and I don't really believe in making sensational sound bites to get people hyped and ready to work out or whatever.

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Sustainable, and in fact, you are working towards the ideals of someone else rather than internalizing. So

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If you are a father of four and work 80 hours per week, then well you're probably going to look like a father of four that works 80 hours per week. And unfortunately, life has found a way, has life has created the conditions where health and fitness are no longer things that one can prioritize.

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And to a certain extent, I I did see this character's point. In a lot of ways, the shape of the body is going to resemble the shape of the soul.

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an older brother of an ex-girlfriend of mine, where he was a very big football fan. He would sit on his bed, and watch football for hours on end, almost every day of the week. And then he would always complain about how he had a round belly and how it was hard for him to keep weight off after turning 30.

And around this time he was around thirty-eight or so. And because I was relatively fit, he always asked me, what is the best way to burn belly fat, etc, etc. And of course he never truly listened to any of my advice, you know, eat less, walk more, et cetera, et cetera.

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If we think back to what I said earlier in this conversation, I said that your body is going to reflect the sum total of your habits. And if the sum total of your habits is drinking sugary drinks, eating chips, and watching football all day, then the body is simply going to take the shape that is most adept at accomplishing those tasks. a six-pack is not needed to watch football and drink.

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Eats out. He enjoys eating out. He enjoys drinking sugary drinks from Starbucks. He enjoys watching sports and playing video games for six to eight hours a day. And he's just simply attempting to bolt on extraneous behaviors to a faulty foundation.

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My fitness level is directly tied to my personal values and my core principles, which is why the podcast is titled Getting Fit by First Principles.

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So what did I do? I took everybody's empty bottles and I hiked two miles downhill and I hiked two miles back uphill to deliver water to everyone. And I could only do that because I was fit.

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Building on acclaimed performances in Halo and The Survivors, Korean Australian breakout talent Yerin Ha delivered in the spotlight as the Bridgerton season 4 romantic lead.

Korean Australian actress Yerin Ha has rapidly captivated global audiences, securing a major breakout role in season 4 of Bridgerton.  Across eight episodes, this year she delivered a compelling central performance starring as Sophie Baek alongside Benedict Bridgerton in their Cinderella-inspired romance, firmly establishing her as a rising international star.

Before entering the Regency era, Ha earned widespread recognition through Netflix’s mystery drama The Survivors in 2025, starring in all 6 episodes.  She also accumulated notable screentime from the Steven Spielberg-produced Halo series.  Based on the hit video game franchise, the show featured her in a main role as Kwan Ha in 17 episodes from 2022 to 2024.  Her feature filmography includes the 2022 Australian horror comedy Sissy, which premiered at the SXSW festival.  On television, Ha has appeared in the crime drama Troppo, the Stan miniseries Bad Behaviour, and the sci-fi prequel series Dune: Prophecy.

Born in Sydney, the 28-year-old actor was raised in a family deeply immersed in the performing arts.  Her parents met while studying acting, and her grandmother Son Sook is a prominent South Korean stage and screen veteran.  Driven to pursue a professional career, Ha moved to South Korea at age fifteen to train at the Kaywon High School of Arts in Seoul, where she spent three years undertaking rigorous daily performance courses.  She then returned to Australia to complete a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2018. Shortly after finishing her studies, she made her professional stage debut with the Sydney Theatre Company in a 2019 adaptation of Lord of the Flies.

Yerin Ha’s budding career has built high-profile partnerships with luxury and beauty brands including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Charlotte Tilbury.

Her strong classical training, diverse cultural influences, and dynamic versatility continue to expand her footprint across film, television, and theatre worldwide.

Blending high-energy stage stunts with a massive catalog of crossover hits, Steve Aoki remains a legend in electronic dance music.

DJ and producer Steve Aoki is globally renowned for his electrifying, high-energy performances. Fans attending massive festivals like EDC and Tomorrowland expect his signature wild stunts: live acrobatic crowd surfing, launching sheet cakes directly into fans’ faces, spraying champagne bottles across the audience, and riding inflatable rafts right over the dance floor.

Over his extensive career, Aoki has released nearly a dozen studio albums, shaping the modern electronic landscape through high-profile collaborations and crossover hits.  His massive catalog features heavy-hitting tracks like his 2012 remix of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness,” which stands as his most streamed single on Spotify.  One of his most recognizable songs is the 2013 club and stadium anthem “Boneless,” which also spawned a vocal version “Delirious” with Kid Ink.  Aoki was one of the first American artists to collaborate with BTS during their mainstream explosion in 2017.   Their track, “MIC Drop” remix has gathered over 1.6 billion views on YouTube.

Aoki grew up in Newport Beach, California and attended UC Santa Barbara where he graduated in 2000 with two bachelor’s degrees – one in women's studies and the other in sociology.  The Japanese American DJ is the son of Rocky Aoki, the visionary founder of the Benihana restaurant chain.  His musical journey began in his teens deeply immersed in the hardcore punk scene.  Playing in various punk bands, writing zine reviews, and hosting legendary concerts in his college apartment living room laid the foundational community spirit that led him to found his own independent label, Dim Mak Records, in 1996.

Today, a full three decades later at age 48, Aoki is an international EDM force and remains one of the biggest festival DJs.

From dynamic wide receivers to premier QB play, Asian American standouts are defining the 2027 college football recruiting class with high-profile commitments to major programs.

The 2027 college football recruiting class features several dynamic rising stars making waves across the nation, led by an elite group of Asian American standouts.

Wide receiver Blake Wong has quickly established himself as one of the premier offensive playmakers in the country.  Hailing from Norco, California, the consensus four-star prospect put together a staggering high school resume, hauling in 84 receptions for 1,470 yards and 20 touchdowns during his junior season.  Known for his exceptional body control and physical play in traffic, Wong drew massive attention from elite programs.  After narrowing his choices down to a final five, he officially committed to BYU, choosing the Cougars over notable powerhouse offers from Ohio State, Oregon, UCLA, and Utah.  With BYU featuring standout Thai American quarterback Bear Bachmeier on campus, Wong’s commitment sets the stage for a high-ceiling Asian American connection in Provo.

At quarterback, Furian Inferrera has emerged as an elite gunslinger in the 2027 cycle.  Originally from Santa Ana, California, the pro-style quarterback spent time at powerhouse program Mater Dei before transferring to Mission Hills High School in San Marcos for his senior season.  Standing at an imposing 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, Inferrera possesses a powerful arm and high-level accuracy.  The Korean American received numerous Power Four offers, including Nebraska and Pittsburgh, initially committing to Boston College before ultimately flipping to the University of Minnesota.

Three-star Vietnamese American wide receiver Braxton Huynh burst onto the scene for Peoria, Arizona’s Liberty High School during a stellar sophomore campaign where he led his class locally with 65 receptions for 1,094 yards and 11 touchdowns, playing a vital role for an open-division state champion.  Recognized for his precise route running and reliable hands, Huynh committed to San Diego State after securing notable Division I offers from programs such as Arizona, Kansas, and Colorado State.