Victor Wembanyama had to ask Spurs teammate what a Flagrant 2 foul means before ejection

Victor Wembanyama had never been in this spot before. After a Flagrant 2 foul was announced following a review when Wembanyama delivered an elbow to Naz Reid’s neck midway through the second quarter of Game 4, he needed to ask Spurs teammate Harrison Barnes, “What does that mean?” And when Barnes answered Wembanyama’s question — a moment that was captured by the NBC broadcast — on Sunday, Wembanyama nodded, high-fived some teammates and walked away from the bench after getting ejected for the first time in his career. The foul occurred when Reid, Wembanyama and another Timberwolves player were fighting…

UCLA softball, seeded No. 8, will open NCAA Tournament at home

There was an upbeat tone amid a rare loss. All that mattered for the UCLA softball team was that its biggest goal remained within reach. “We’re going to hold our heads high and make sure that we go into next week just as prepared as we can be,” slugger Megan…

San Francisco plots outdoor smoking ban as locals erupt

San Francisco is rolling out a sweeping outdoor smoking ban that would snuff out cigarettes on bar patios and parklets across the city. The move has ignited outrage among local business owners, who argue the draconian measure is just the latest example of government overreach putting neighborhood bars at risk.…

New AI office leases stoking hot Manhattan market

AI might one day wreak havoc on commercial real estate, as some fear. But at least right now, it’s only adding fire to the superheated Manhattan market. The fear is that AI will lead to large employee layoffs, which of course would mean companies would need less office space —…

Packers assistant head coach Rich Bisaccia stepping away in stunner

Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia is stepping down from his post in a move that head coach Matt LaFleur said left the team feeling “disappointed.”  Bisaccia, 65, has held the role for four years after having served as the interim head coach for the Raiders in 2021.  He had…

YouTube down for over 320,000 US users, Downdetector shows

Alphabet-owned YouTube was down for more than 320,000 users in the United States on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were 321,958 incidents of people reporting issues with the social media platform, as of 8:18 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from multiple…

WNBA players offer up big CBA concessions as sides feel time crunch

The Women’s National Basketball Players Association shared another collective bargaining agreement proposal to the WNBA on Tuesday afternoon that included some concessions on several hot-button issues, including revenue share and housing, sources confirmed to The Post. The players union is requesting an average of 27.5 percent of the team and…

Red Lobster likely closing more restaurants after shuttering 130, CEO warns

Red Lobster is considering closing more locations as it continues to reevaluate its restaurant footprint in the wake of its 2024 bankruptcy. The seafood chain shuttered roughly 130 restaurants when it went through the bankruptcy process and Red Lobster CEO Damola Adamolekun told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that the company…

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