Brandin Podziemski’s strong March is key to Warriors’ future – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

SAN FRANCISCO – March only sprinkled more salt on the Warriors’ many wounds as the clouds opened and the sun began to shine in the Bay Area.

Steph Curry missed a second straight month to runner’s knee, and Moses Moody sustained a devastating torn patellar tendon in his first game back after missing the previous 10 from a sprained wrist. A great win against Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets was followed by a four-game losing streak that included back-to-back, gut-wrenching losses to the lowly Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls. The month included a three-game losing streak, a four-game losing streak and twice as many losses (10) as wins (five).

So, where’s the good news aside from beating the Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards? We can promise it wasn’t all doom and gloom.

The biggest positive, by far, was Brandin Podziemski. From the outside, Podziemski has become a polarizing figure among Dub Nation. Between the lines, Podziemski enjoyed the best month of his young NBA career.

“You always look for silver linings when guys are out and other guys step up,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Tuesday after practice. “Whether it’s the minutes for Gui [Santos], for example, allowing him to take another step in his game, or BP having more responsibility handling the ball and seeing more reps, it’s like anything else: You just need to do something over and over and over again to learn the little nuances, to learn what you can and can’t do.

“The more reps, the better. And these reps this last month have been great for BP.”

Podziemski played all 15 of the Warriors’ games and averaged 33.5 minutes per game, the most for a month in his three-year NBA career. The month was full of career bests for Podziemski. He averaged his most points per game for a month (17.7) and made his most threes for a month (38), while his 21.3 usage percentage also was his highest ever for a month.

In a month where he scored at least 20 points in eight of the 15 games he played, other facets outside of scoring also stood out. Podziemski grabbed 10 rebounds in three games and averaged 6.3 rebounds per game, as well as 4.1 assists per game with twice as many assists (61) than turnovers (30).

“Well, No. 1, he’s a competitor,” Kerr says. “He’s there. He’s played every single game, knock on wood. That’s a really hard thing to do, to be there for your team every single game, every practice. He’s a competitor, he loves this. He just wants to be great.”

Podziemski’s final game in March, a frustrating blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets, was his fourth straight 20-point game, dropping 23 on 8-of-14 shooting and 5 of 8 from deep, on top of having five rebounds, two assists, two steals and one blocked shot. He says his scoring surge isn’t top of mind, but instead the result of letting the game come to him.

“Not really thinking about that, honestly,” Podziemski told reporters Sunday night in Denver. “Just playing my game, taking opportunities when they’re there and letting the results fall where they may. Fortunately, the result has been looking pretty good as of late for me.”

Growing pains still have been visible, including last game when Kerr outwardly was upset Podziemski tried to dribble past Christian Braun and forced a runner with an open Kristaps Porziņģis calling for the ball at the right wing. Porziņģis was 5 of 5 on threes, and the mistake flipped the game in the Nuggets’ favor. Podziemski missed four fourth-quarter free throws in that ugly loss to the Utah Jazz three weeks ago, but then shot 84.2 percent on free throws the rest of the month.

Podziemski recently addressing comments he made at the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, when he said he would be the white Shohei Ohtani if he still played baseball, and that he wants to be even better than Steph Curry, was another sign of growth, development and maturity. Podziemski knows confidence is a strength of his, and he knows he should have chosen his words more wisely for the betterment of the team.

“I think the growth, you saw it the other day where he admitted, ‘Hey, I shouldn’t have said what I said at the beginning of the year.’ I thought that was great to have the self awareness that, OK, I made a mistake, I got to learn from that,” Kerr said.

“It’s all encompassing really when you think about a young player developing. It’s on the floor, it’s off the floor. It’s recognizing patterns and nuances within the game itself, and then it’s recognizing the emotional side of the team and what the team needs from you. The best teams click in a certain way, and every player has to play a role within that to help the team click. I think he’s really learning that.”

Whenever Curry inevitably returns in the near future, he’ll go back to being the sun that the Warriors orbit in their solar system. And Podziemski, like the rest of the Warriors, will benefit the second Curry steps on the court. He has shown that he can play with Curry, and now is when Podziemski needed to prove he can be relied on to produce without him.

Podziemski is one of only four players under contract who will enter next season healthy. He’s rookie contract extension eligible, though that’s on the Warriors’ back-burner for now. Maybe he can be a solid trade chip, too.

That’s all speculation. Sticking to reality, the Warriors will be without Jimmy Butler the majority of next season. Who knows if Moody will be able to play at all. Asking Curry to play 70 games next season like he did last season seems like an impossible request.

Even as Podziemski has learned to slow his roll and trust the process, the best month of his career confirmed tossing him the keys can keep the Warriors from spiraling out of control and stay on the right track in conjunction to his personal and professional growth, development and maturity as he remains Golden State’s youngest player.

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CBS, NBC & ABC Evening News Ratings Show Big Swings

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All three major evening news programs—ABC, NBC, and CBS—saw week-over-week declines in both total viewers and the key demo.
ABC World News Tonight maintained its lead in both total viewers and the 25-54 demo.
CBS Evening News continued to lag behind its competitors, experiencing the largest weekly declines in both total viewers and the demo.

The evening news ratings are in for the first full week of May, and it was a week of declines across the board for CBS, NBC, and ABC.

According to AdWeek, citing national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir held onto the top spot in both total viewers and the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic for the week beginning May 4.

The show averaged 8.183 million total viewers and 976,000 demo viewers. This was down 1 percent in total viewers and down 3 percent in the key demo compared to the previous week. However, numbers were up year over year, with a 13 percent increase in total viewers and a 1 percent rise in the demo compared to the same period in 2025.

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas remained in the No. 2 spot, averaging 6.125 million total viewers and 903,000 demo viewers. Compared to the week before, the show was down 2 percent in total viewers and down 3 percent in the demo. However, much like World News Night, the program was up from 2025, with a 9 percent increase in total viewers and a 14 percent bump in the demo.

Meanwhile, CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil trailed its competition, averaging 3.702 million total viewers and 473,000 demo viewers. The show was down 4 percent in total viewers and down 13 percent in the key demo compared to the week prior.

Evening News, which has made headlines in recent weeks for dropping below 4 million viewers, was up 2 percent among total viewers compared to the same period last year. However, the program dropped 6 percent in the 25-54 demo.

Dokoupil took over as Evening News anchor on January 5 after he was promoted from CBS Mornings by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

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Britney Spears’ ‘Ruff’ Dinner Turns Heads at L.A. Restaurant

8:21 AM PT — A rep for Britney tells TMZ … “This is completely blown out of proportion. Britney was enjoying a quiet dinner with her assistant and bodyguard. She was simply telling the story about how her dog was barking at the neighbors.”

They continue, “At no point did she put anyone in danger with a knife. She was cutting her hamburger in half. This constant attack on everything that she does and this is exactly what happened 20 years ago when the media tried to depict Britney as a bad person. This is ridiculous and it needs to stop now.”

Britney Spears enjoyed a night out with friends at a Los Angeles area restaurant … but TMZ has learned things got erratic fast — with barking, yelling and even a knife involved.

Here’s the deal … sources tell us the Princess of Pop grabbed a corner table with a man and a woman at Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks Wednesday night … and quickly started causing a scene.

We’re told Britney was raising her voice, screaming, and even barking at times … with witnesses describing the vibe as chaotic and “kind of sad” … though she still looked cute.

At one point, a restaurant patron tells us Britney walked by their table holding a knife, sparking fear she might accidently stab someone. The witness says they believe Britney may have simply forgotten to put it down at her table.

We’re also told the singer lit a cigarette inside near the door … prompting staff to intervene and ask her companion to have her put it out.

As for food, we’re told Britney ordered a burger and fries but barely ate, mostly picking at the fries. Plenty of food was left behind, along with what appeared to be orange juice.

We’re told Britney and the man she was with were feeding each other and she told him, “I love you” … though it’s unclear whether she meant it or was just being playful.

The aftermath wasn’t pretty either … one guest said the area under her table looked “like a toddler had been there.”

TMZ obtained a photo from the table after Britney left … showing a crumpled, folded-up menu left behind amid the messy scene.

Despite all the commotion, we’re told most diners didn’t even realize it was Britney until after she left — at which point it became the talk of the restaurant, with people saying it was something that would “only happen in L.A.”

Our sources say Britney was taken home by her security.

As you know, it was less than 2 weeks ago Britney got her March DUI charge dropped after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors, which allowed the charge to be reduced to a “wet reckless.” In her deal, she agreed to be on probation for 12 months and only possess drugs she is prescribed.

She’s also ordered to continue with mental health and substance abuse treatment, including meeting with a psychologist once a week and a psychiatrist twice a month.

We broke the news — the pop superstar went to rehab at Borden Cottage in Camden, Maine, a rural facility that provided her with substance abuse and mental health services following her DUI arrest.

She has since announced she is on a “spiritual journey” which has her learning how to be kind to herself.

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Does Angelina Pivarnick Have a Baby? Fertility Journey Updates

Jersey Shore: Family Vacation returned with its final MTV season on May 7, and Angelina Pivarnick dropped a bombshell on Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. She revealed that she was single and having unprotected sex with multiple men.

“I would definitely welcome a pregnancy in my life right now,” Angelina admitted. “It’s something I always wanted in my life. I always wanted to be a mom, and I want to start my own family because I don’t have my own family.”

In fact, Angelina was so ready for a pregnancy, that she even purchased donor sperm and began the early consultation stages for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). The episode ended with Angelina taking a pregnancy test in the bathroom of Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s daughter’s first birthday party, and a previous Jersey Shore preview showed her holding up a positive pregnancy test.

This episode was filmed more than a year ago in March 2025. So, did Angelina have a baby? Scroll down for everything we know.

Does Angelina Pivarnick have a baby?

No, Angelina has seemingly not had a child. She has given no indication that she had a baby and did not appear to be pregnant in photos from after the March 2025 episode was filmed.

In September 2025, Angelina posted photos on her Instagram Story that appeared to be taken at a doctor’s office or fertility clinic, which seems to hint that she continued with her fertility journey, but a pregnancy and/or baby have not been confirmed at this time.

Angelina also confirmed in another Instagram post that she “became pregnant” at some point, but did not specify what happened with this pregnancy. She also revealed that Vinny Tortorella was not the father of that baby.

There will likely be updates on Angelina’s pregnancy and fertility journey on this season of Jersey Shore, so keep checking back for more.

Are Angelina Pivarnick and Vinny Tortorella back together?

Angelina and Vinny seemingly got back together in spring 2025. He began posting photos and videos of her on Instagram again in May, and in December 2025, she shared a photo dump with images of them in Salem. There have been no relationship updates since then, but the two still follow each other on Instagram.

The pair got engaged in November 2022, but she confirmed their breakup during the Season 7 Jersey Shore reunion in January 2025. The split was seemingly quite brief, as they were back together just months later.

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