worth $330 million, including an NFL record $250 million of it guaranteed, making him among the league’s highest-paid players.
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said earlier Thursday that Towns’ availability would be a game-time decision.Towns had carried the Knicks to their lone win in the series by scoring 20 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter of Game 3. On Thursday, he followed Jalen Brunson’s strong start by scoring 12 points while playing the entire second quarter.
The Knicks stuck with their starting lineup that debuted in Game 3, with Towns moved to forward and Mitchell Robinson starting at center. Robinson replaced forward Josh Hart in the first unit, with the Knicks hoping his rebounding and defense would help slow down the Pacers.The Knicks hadn’t really started well in either of the first two games with the big lineup and gave up 43 points in the first quarter of Game 4. But Indiana barely surpassed that in the first half Thursday, when New York led 56-45, as the Knicks finally avoided the early holes they’ve been falling into.“I mean, we knew we had to do something,” Brunson said. “I mean, we had to. It’s win or go home.”
Robinson finished with six points, six rebounds and two blocks.LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of the virtuosic guitarist
prolific career has been characterized by a sludgy, almost primal, intensity. But his 16th LP crystalizes a new, less-aggressive era for the indie rocker, as he trades in his additive synths for strings and horns — all while maintaining his singular garage-psych.
“Possession” isn’t Segall’s first album to reel in his trademark heaviness. Following the release of his 2021 record “Harmonizer” — the apex of ahandles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the first words he said to the world as pope: “Peace be with you all!”
The @Pontifex – Pope Leo XIV post featured some of the photos that have documented the first days ofThe Vatican said it was archiving the posts from
’ 12-year papacy. On X, the new account didn’t appear to be active Tuesday.The Vatican launched the @Pontifex handle in 2012 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. It now comes in nine languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Arabic, and Latin -- and counts a combined 52 million followers.