Rusty game. Ailing knee. Double-teams. Anthony Edwards battled through it all, lifting the Timberwolves with his competitive spirit.

“It definitely uplifts me. I feel like I can’t let him down." — Julius Randle

www.nytimes.com/athletic/721...

Excited to share some good news for Illinois families — we’ve reached over 100,000 children in our state receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Let’s keep reading.

There was a goose on the field at Wrigley, they played on

Are Trump's tariffs really dead? Here's what's happening behind the scenes Importers of European cheese, a sleeping bag company for infants and a ceramics business are pushing for and against potential new tariffs.

A reminder that when Donald Trump threatens tariffs, he's threatening a tax on working families.

He already owes Illinoisans $8,679,261,600 from his last round — and now he's waiting to throw in more to the pot.

April 17, 1988: Shawn Kemp grabs the rebound and takes it all the way for a slam dunk during the McDonald's High School All American Game.

Also on the floor: Christian Laettner, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Billy Owens, Alonzo Mourning, Chris Mills, LaPhonso Ellis, Darrick Martin.

Explain: Steph Curry leads season-saving comeback vs Clippers in Play-In (fixed) Explain: Steph Curry leads season-saving comeback vs Clippers in Play-In (fixed) by @EricApricot In this episode, we break down the Warriors’ late comeback against the Clippers through a sequence of Steve Kerr play calls and in-game improvisations both on offense and defense. With Stephen Curry,

From yesterday...

Explain: Steph Curry leads season-saving comeback vs Clippers in Play-In

Video analysis by @EricApricot

On re-screens and friendly fire screens and heterochromia celebrations

Brilliant!

Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865)

The television series Breaking Bad (2008-2013)

Pure art 🖼️ by 30

AL HORFORD IS ON FIRE 🔥

STEPHEN CURRY IS RIDICULOUS 🤯

MOOHAHAHAHAHAHA

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I LOVE YOU

New chain for SC30!

A PhD in Civil War Studies lasts longer than the actual Civil War.

@kerithburke.bsky.social and @montepoole.bsky.social break down the Warriors' play-in win over the Clippers on Dubs Talk Live.

WATCH HERE: bit.ly/4caZvP2

Chris Paul hilariously roasts Clippers after Warriors earn impressive 126-121 play-in tournament win Chris Paul hilariously roasted his former Los Angeles Clippers after the Golden State Warriors earned an impressive 126-121 play-in tournament win.

Chris Paul COOKED his former Clippers team after the Warriors' big win tonight 💀

This is what happens
when we come together.

When we dare together.
When we build together.
When we believe together.

We rise.
We reach.
We surpass limitations.

Sad truth: all MAGA feel this way.

April 15, 1994: The Hornets' Alonzo Mourning and Luc Longley of the Chicago Bulls are ejected for fighting in Charlotte.

Mourning was suspended for one game and fined $7,500. Longley was fined $4,000.

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It. Can. Be. Done.

April 15, 1987: Philadelphia’s Julius Erving throws in a 3-pointer off the glass while falling out of bounds.

Erving scored a game-high 26 PTS but the 76ers lost at Milwaukee, 128-95. John Lucas scored 25 PTS (10-14 FG) to lead the Bucks.

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Today we celebrate the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the #MLB color barrier with the Brooklyn #Dodgers.

His pioneering opened the door for all players to excel at the game we love.

I was thinking of cracking the slab but there's a #42 in the cert ❤️.

#cardsky #jackierobinson

April 15, 2003: This behind-the-back move by Chicago's Jamal Crawford against Philadelphia.

Crawford finished with 33 PTS/8 AST and Eddy Curry added 31 PTS (14-16 FG) in the Bulls' 115-106 win. Allen Iverson had 42 PTS/8 REB/6 AST for the 76ers.

A day on the ranch with Keldon Johnson, Spurs’ heart and soul and NBA Sixth Man favorite Keldon Johnson sat down with The Athletic on his ranch in Texas Hill Country to reflect on life on the farm and vying for the Sixth Man.

From @theathletic.com: Keldon Johnson is the favorite to win Sixth Man of the Year. He is the reason the Spurs are so full of joy. Heart and soul. That’s what every single person in the Spurs’ locker room calls him.

We spent a day with him on his ranch. nyti.ms/3QBr9fx

Opinion | The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln Retelling the story of a woman today requires a motivation to correct the historical record.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Early male writers often disparaged Mary Todd Lincoln “as an intolerable shrew or filtered her through the prism of her husband’s greatness, turning her into a nuisance at best and a national embarrassment at worst,” Lois Romano writes.

If there are tears in heaven, Saint Frances must weep for America's workers.

We carry her spirit of compassion and determination forward in the never ending fight for workers' rights.

Warriors are hopeful Steph Curry, Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford all play tomorrow night in Sacramento, giving them two games of data/reps to gear up for next Wednesday’s play-in elimination game. Horford scrimmaged yesterday.

Oh nooo he fell down twice (2 times)

Illinois owns the land the Brandon Road Project will be built on — Trump cannot just decide to give it away.

If he breaks legally-binding agreements, then Illinois will take action.