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Big names like Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe are still leading the pack, but an exhilarating cohort of homegrown talent—from 20-year-old Learner Tien to 22-year-old Alex Michelsen—is emerging right behind them.

Vintage dealers and T-shirt designers weigh in on the key differences between a good graphic tee and a bad one.

He showed up last season as a teenage rookie with a big grin, lots of hype, and plenty to learn. Yet, somehow, in his sophomore year, the kid known as Kimi is leading the title race, and getting his elbows out on track — including against his own teammate. But can he hang on?

It was supposed to be an exhibition of freedom without restraint: a bombastic birthday boy (the President), fourteen uncontrollable athletes (courtesy of the UFC), and a South Lawn build-out that was piss-your-pants patriotic (dive-bombing bald eagles). But what united onlookers, in the end, was the sudden realization that American machismo had hit a hard limit.