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SportsNBA Warns Wembanyama for Skipping Postgame Media After Spurs' Game 5 Loss
The league issued a warning — no fine — after Wembanyama declined postgame media following Tuesday's 127-114 Game 5 loss in Oklahoma City. The warning lands six weeks after he won the press-bestowed Magic Johnson Award for media cooperation.
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SportsAndersen Sets Hurricanes Playoff Shutout Record in 4-0 Game 4 Win Over Canadiens
Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his fifth career playoff shutout as a Hurricane — breaking Cam Ward's franchise record — as Carolina took a 3-1 series lead and moved one win from its first Stanley Cup Final since 2006.
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CultureNYC Hotel Workers Ratify 8-Year Contract Lifting Housekeeper Pay to $61/Hour by 2034
The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council's eight-year contract — ratified 6,050-11 — lifts NYC housekeeper pay from $40/hr to $61/hr by 2034 and over $100,000 a year by year six. The deal closed ahead of the 2026 World Cup, when a strike would have crippled MetLife hosting.
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CultureLululemon Settles Proxy Battle With Founder Chip Wilson, Adds Two of His Nominees to Board
Lululemon will add two Chip Wilson nominees — former On co-CEO Marc Maurer and former ESPN CMO Laura Gentile — to its board, plus a third apparel-expertise director by October. Wilson agreed to an 18-month standstill against publicly attacking the company.
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SneakersDick's Q1 Sales Up 62.7% to $5.16B as Foot Locker Returns to Positive Comps
Dick's Q1 net sales jumped 62.7% to $5.16B in the first full quarter consolidating Foot Locker. The acquired business returned to positive comps (+0.6% overall, +6.4% US Foot Locker), 85 stores closed, and Dick's raised its full-year guidance on both segments.
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TechnologyBest Buy Beats Profit Estimates in Q1, Cuts Full-Year Guidance on Tariff Pressure
Best Buy beat Q1 profit estimates on $8.8B revenue and a 3.8% adjusted op income rate, but cut FY26 guidance — revenue to $41.1–41.9B from $41.4–42.2B, EPS to $6.15–$6.30 — citing tariff pressure on consumer electronics. Computing and tablets comp +6%.
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TechnologyTemu Fined €200 Million by EU Commission Over Illegal Products on Its Platform
The European Commission fined Temu €200M ($232M) — the second company sanctioned under the Digital Services Act — for failing to keep dangerous baby toys and unsafe chargers off its platform. Temu has until August 28 to deliver a remediation plan.
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CultureNaomi Osaka Defends "Black Party" Dinner for Tennis Players Ahead of French Open
Osaka and Taylor Townsend co-hosted a Roland Garros-week dinner for Black tennis players including Coco Gauff and Gaël Monfils. Osaka's response to the online backlash: "celebrating being Black and appreciating who we are will never be something I would consider saying sorry for."
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TechnologyCognition Raises $1 Billion at $25 Billion Pre-Money Valuation, Up 2.5x in Eight Months
Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC co-led Cognition's $1B+ raise at a $25B pre-money mark — 2.55x the $10.2B post-money valuation set just eight months ago. The Devin maker reports $492M ARR and says 10x enterprise usage growth since January.
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TechnologyGoogle Engineer Charged With Using Internal Search Data to Net $1.2M on Polymarket
SDNY prosecutors charged Michele Spagnuolo, a 12-year Google staff infosec engineer, with using internal Year-in-Search data to bet $2.7M across 25 Polymarket outcomes and net $1.2M — including the winning pick that d4vd would be 2025's most-searched person. CFTC filed parallel civil case.
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SportsManchester United Posts £37.7M Nine-Month Operating Profit Despite £16.7M Amorim Severance
Manchester United's nine-month operating profit hit £37.7M ($52.2M) — versus a £3.2M loss a year ago — even after eating a £16.7M ($22.4M) charge for sacking Rúben Amorim in January. Michael Carrick's takeover delivered a third-place finish and Champions League qualification.
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SportsTravis Kelce Buys Minority Stake in MLB's Cleveland Guardians
The Cleveland Heights native and Chiefs tight end joins the Dolan-Blitzer ownership group as a minority investor. Kelce becomes the latest active superstar — alongside LeBron James, Giannis, Cunningham, and Mahomes — to take a stake in an MLB club.