Winwyn Marquez. Image: Doc Marlon via Instagram/@teresitassen Winwyn Marquez emerged as the candidate to watch out for at Miss Universe Philippines 2025, as she brought home nine special awards from the national tilt’s sponsors. Marquez, who represents Muntinlupa in the national pageant, bagged the Miss Jell Life, Miss Clinique de Paris, Miss Aqua Boracay, Miss Wuling, Miss New Moon, Miss Mags, Miss Wendy’s, Miss So-en, and Miss Zion Philippines. Article continues after this advertisement Heavy favorites Ahtisa Manalo of Quezon Province, and Yllana Marie Aduana of Siniloan, Laguna won four special awards, respectively. Ahtisa Manalo and Yllana Aduana also won…

Draymond Green narrowly avoided an automatic ejection in the first half of Game 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Green received a technical foul for a scuffle with Dillon Brooks in the second quarter. Minutes later, Green was involved in another controversial sequence with Rockets forward Tari Eason that led to the Warriors star getting hit with a flagrant-1, but avoiding an automatic ejection that would have come with his second technical. Eason stripped the ball from Green, and as the two players dove on the floor for…

SM Seaside City Cebu is taking wellness and community engagement to new heights with the launch of the Seaside Steps Challenge. SM Seaside City Cebu is reimagining everyday mall visits, turning them into opportunities for movement, wellness, and community connection. This initiative is a vibrant, mall-wide initiative designed to inspire visitors to stay active while earning a chance to win over ₱150,000 worth of premium prizes. The SM Active Hub Part of the SM Active Hub—SM Supermalls’ flagship fitness and wellness program—the Seaside Steps Challenge reflects the brand’s growing commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles. With 44 pickleball courts across 21…

Joaquin Niemann did it again. The Chilean won for the third time on LIV this season in terms of the league’s individual titles. Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII took home the team win in Mexico City this past weekend while Niemann stood on the podium by his lonesome. Something that is particularly notable about Niemann’s win, outside of the fact that he is playing pretty incredible golf right now, is that he officially earned an exemption for the U.S. Open. To be clear players earn exemptions for tournaments and/or majors all of the time and so that is not necessarily uncommon,…

File photo MANILA, Philippines – The trough of the low pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan Mindanao will continue to bring rains over parts of the country, the weather bureau said on Tuesday. As of 3 a.m., the LPA was located 695 kilometers east of Davao City, and is embedded along the ITCZ, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). The LPA still has a slim chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within 24 hours. READ: LPA, ITCZ to bring rains in parts of PH, but … Scattered rains…

Janae Jackson was a solid player over the three seasons she competed in Division I women’s basketball for Northern Illinois and Youngstown State. A 5-foot-9 guard hailing from Detroit, Michigan, she started in 26 of the 29 games she played in as a senior for the Youngstown State Penguins, averaging 9.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 43.3 percent from the floor. She even ranked 11th amongst all Horizon League players in PER as a senior. Jackson, multiple sources told SB Nation, entered the transfer portal last week. She is one of more than…

FINAL MOMENTS. The last bout of Marc Mateo Castillo (in red), 20, during a boxing match against an opponent at the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association National games on Saturday (April 26, 2028) in Mambajao, Camiguin. Castillo died shortly after he was rushed to the hospital. (Videograb courtesy of Val Pabillore) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The family, friends, and academic community are in mourning following the tragic death of a student-athlete shortly after participating in a boxing event in Camiguin province over the weekend. In a statement released on Monday, Occidental Mindoro State College confirmed its coordination with relevant…

The Illinois Fighting Illini will more closely resemble a European professional squad than a men’s college basketball team for the 2025-26 season. It feels like no program personifies the changing nature of college basketball roster construction than the Fighting Illini, who are going all-in on European talent for next season, with most of the key pieces already having professional experience. The Illini put a bow on their 2025 offseason haul by nabbing one of the last remaining proven wing scorers from the transfer portal. Andrej Stojakovic committed to Illinois over North Carolina and Stanford on Monday afternoon with two years…

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The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs is still underway with us having just over a week of games in the books. The first chance for series to be wrapped up is on Tuesday, with Toronto and Carolina having the opportunity to shut the door and move on. Playoff hockey and the regular season are entirely different beasts. Hockey remains the one sport where postseason success rarely, if ever, aligns with what a team did ahead of the playoffs. That means we have the perfect opportunity to dive in now and see which teams feel like they could…