New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) celebrates with teammates during the first half of Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added 30, including 12 in the fourth quarter, to give the visiting New York Knicks a 118-116 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday in Game 3 of their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. OG Anunoby put up 22 points for the Knicks, who hold a 2-1 lead heading into Game 4 of the…

Draft night update: The Titans made it official. At 8:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, they selected Miami (FL) quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick. The 2025 NFL Draft gets underway at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 24, but we already know the first player that will come off the board. Unexpected things do happen, but the Tennessee Titans are expected to pick Miami (FL) quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick. Thanks to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, we can figure out the general structure of Ward’s rookie contract. He won’t sign it immediately, but…

FILE PHOTO: A road leads to an open-cut mine in the area known as the Pilbara region located in the north-west of Western Australia, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray SYDNEY, Australia — Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as nations scramble to source rare earths and coveted metals outside China. Mining superpower Australia sits on bulging deposits of lithium, nickel and cobalt — metals used in everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. Article continues after this advertisement But most of this boon is sold as raw ore to processing factories…

As the resident Dallas Cowboys person around SB Nation, I often find myself in situations wondering how I got there. That happened to me again on Wednesday. While the Cowboys have a lot of rivals — basically every human being on the internet — in modern times I would say that the Green Bay Packers are at the very top of that list. They are responsible for some of my worst memories as far as sports are concerned. Guess who got to talk to Clay Matthews on Wednesday, though!? In all seriousness, Clay Matthews was an incredible defender in the…

For many Filipino healthcare workers, the dream of starting their careers abroad comes with more than just ambition – it’s about family, stability and building a better life. OET understands the challenges these professionals face when trying to move overseas. To support them in taking the first step, OET has launched its largest sale ever. From April 1 to May 31, test takers can book the OET Test for just around PHP13,000 (AUD360). At 38% off the regular price, this marks OET’s biggest sale in the Philippines yet. The special rate applies to all June and July test dates for…

Jimmy Butler has been ruled out after suffering pelvic contusion on a hard fall during the first quarter of Game 2 of the first round series between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. Butler was undercut in the air by Rockets guard Amen Thompson while securing a rebound, and immediately exited the game. A pelvic contusion reportedly takes 2-4 weeks to heal. If Butler is out for any period of time, it’s a huge blow for Golden State and could swing the series. The Rockets took 14-point halftime lead with Butler out of the game. The Warriors took Game…

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to protect the global free trade system during Diet discussions on the tariff measures of U.S. President Donald Trump. In a parliamentary debate of party leaders on Wednesday, Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made the vow as Yoshihiko Noda, president of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, criticized economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa’s actions in trade talks with Washington as akin to diplomacy under a tributary system. Article continues after this advertisement Noda said that “the visual impression” made by Akazawa wearing a cap…

While the LPGA Tour is seeing its first major of the year kick off this week in the Chevron Championship at The Woodlands, the PGA Tour has one of its more unique offerings not too far away in New Orleans. The Zurich Classic is where the PGA Tour is stopping by this week and its team format is what separates it from any other normal event that we see across the season on an annual basis. Watching the best players in the world go at things in pairs is always fun and different. As if the event didn’t draw you…

GATHERING FORCES Speaker Martin Romualdez, in his message as Lakas-CMD president, calls on party members to help score a landslide victory for the 11-member Alyansa senatorial slate during a meeting held in Malacañang on Tuesday. —Photo from the Office of the House Speaker MANILA, Philippines — With less than a month to go before the May 12 midterm elections, the senatorial slate fielded by President Marcos is counting on the administration’s political machinery to boost its campaign down the stretch, particularly enlisting the support of allied provincial governors. A breakfast meeting in Malacañang presided over by Speaker Martin Romualdez on…

With the 2025 NFL Draft just hours away, we have yet to see a trade in the first round. This marks the longest offseason cycle in the modern draft era that we have not seen a trade, since Joe Montana was traded just five days before the 1993 NFL Draft. But that might be about to change. According to Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News, the Chicago Bears are calling the teams ahead of them in the first round, looking to move up from the tenth-overall selection on Thursday night. Leonard also notes that “six” teams ahead of…