• USA TODAY Sports

    Timberwolves oust reigning champion Nuggets from NBA playoffs with record rally in Game 7

    Minnesota upended Denver in their Western Conference semifinals series, ensuring the NBA will have a new champion for the sixth consecutive season.

  • Reuters

    Hopes fade as wreckage found of helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi

    Hopes are fading that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have survived a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain and icy weather, an Iranian official said on Monday after search teams located the wreckage. “We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of Iran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV. A Turkish drone identified a source of heat suspected to be the helicopter's wreckage and had shared the coordinates of the possible crash site with Iranian authorities, Anadolu news agency said earlier on X.

  • The Canadian Press

    Edwards leads Wolves back from 20-point deficit for 98-90 win over defending NBA champion Nuggets

    DENVER (AP) — Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minnesota masterpiece on Sunday night. The Timberwolves overcame a 15-point halftime deficit — the largest comeback in a Game 7 in NBA playoff history — behind Edwards, who had just four points, no rebounds and three assists at halftime but finished with 16 points, eight boards and seven assists. His impac