Olivia Miles Swag, Clever NFL WAGs & Your Fantasy Football Bag

Welcome to the Weekend Digest, which will carry us through Sunday. We’re STILL waiting for the next Kylian Mbappé shoe to drop and the NFL will be on Aaron Donald hate watch all weekend. Our editors have a serious case of fantasy football fever, Olivia Miles is certifying new WNBA sickos and Mariska Hargitay is manifesting a Jalen Brunson ‘SVU’ cameo. What’s the price of the number five? As always, OffBall is here to help you plan for Valentine’s Day.

On to the links.

Our Cover Stories

• Olivia Miles: Making Sickos Out Of Casuals One Highlight Reel At A Time (The Ringer)

• The Jayden Daniels Story Lives In The Memes (Unwrapped on Substack)

• How The FanDuel Sausage Is Made: A Joon Lee Investigation (Joon Lee on Substack)

• The Former Striker Behind Soccer’s Song Of The Summer (CBS Sports)

• Those Viral WAG Clips Are An NFL Preseason Plant (Front Office Sports)

Agenda Setters And Trends, When One Take Isn’t Enough

Fantasy Football Is So Back!!!

• Fake Football, True Love (The Arena on Substack)

• Every New Season Is A Quarter Life Crisis Cure (Living The Questions on Substack)

• There’s Still Time To Lock In Before The Season Starts (kenzbrooksbets on TikTok)

• When Did These Punishments Get So Creative? (connormarritt on TikTok)

• Your Draft Is Missing The Celebrity Cameo (Yahoo Sports)

• Fantasy Football Vs. Fantasy Fútbol: Explained (Nexvolu on Substack)

The Internet’s Best Stuff

• Start Building That Game Day Wardrobe Before Fall Kicks Off (kimberitaville on TikTok)

• Lukas Mullen Is Taking Us Back To The Golden Age Of NFL Art (lukas.mullen on Instagram)

• American Samoa Just Handed USA Flag Football Its First L In 14 Years (ifafmedia on Instagram)

• We Can’t Believe These Preseason Trophies Aren’t Photoshopped (copa90 on Instagram)

• Max Verstappen Needed A Custom Crown For His Final Home Race (verstappencom on Instagram)

More Stories, Deeper Cuts

• Everything You Need To Know About ‘Off-Campus’ Season 2 (Elle)

• Diana Taurasi Still Just Wants To Hoop (Slam)

• The Ultimate US Open Courtside Style Guide (Harper’s Bazaar)

• Can F1 Find New Lanes Without Losing Its Lap Of Luxury? (Heart of a Fan on Substack)

• We Wouldn’t Have Today’s NBA If The ABA Didn’t Shoot Its Shot (Fourth Quarter Files on Substack)