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5:21 PM on Thursday, April 23

JR Ritchie made a memorable major league debut for the Atlanta Braves

5:20 PM on Thursday, April 23

Amnesty International and U.S. civil rights groups have issued a “World Cup travel advisory," warning visitors about “rising authoritarianism and increasing violence" in the U.S. under President Donald Trump's immigration policies

4:32 PM on Thursday, April 23

Spencer Torkelson hit a walk-off home run and Riley Greene had two hits, including a two-run homer, to rally the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers

4:24 PM on Thursday, April 23

Wisconsin interim athletic director Marcus Sedberry says he doesn’t know how long he might have this title

4:22 PM on Thursday, April 23

JR Ritchie allowed a home run to James Wood on his first major league pitch, then rebounded to allow one more run over seven innings and lead the Atlanta Braves over the Washington Nationals 7-2 for their eighth win in nine games

4:05 PM on Thursday, April 23

Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association, faces backlash despite Argentina's World Cup win in 2022

3:36 PM on Thursday, April 23

Pushing and shoving in scrums is a rite of spring early in the NHL playoffs

3:33 PM on Thursday, April 23

Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all

3:00 PM on Thursday, April 23

2:29 PM on Thursday, April 23

As uncertainty about his future with the Portland Trail Blazers swirls, interim coach Tiago Splitter is going about the job with the same positivity that has helped carry the team through a strange season and into the NBA playoffs

2:18 PM on Thursday, April 23

Sanju Samson smashed his second century this season for Chennai Super Kings and Akeal Hosein dismantled Mumbai Indians’ top order with a four-wicket haul in a 103-run win in the Indian Premier League

2:09 PM on Thursday, April 23

Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. has agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program which his attorneys say will allow him to resolve three felony charges stemming from what police called a domestic dispute on Feb. 7 with his ex-girlfriend Rickea Jackson, a WNBA player

1:42 PM on Thursday, April 23

The slumping Philadelphia Phillies released veteran right-hander Taijuan Walker before Thursday’s game against the Chicago Cubs and recalled righty Nolan Hoffman from Triple-A Lehigh Valley

1:28 PM on Thursday, April 23

Connor McDavid has downplayed getting banged up in Game 2 of the Edmonton Oilers' first-round series against the Anaheim Ducks

12:56 PM on Thursday, April 23

Louisville and football coach Jeff Brohm have agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2033 season

12:41 PM on Thursday, April 23

AJ Dybantsa is entering the NBA draft

12:00 PM on Thursday, April 23

Sandy Koufax has won the sixth Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest

11:18 AM on Thursday, April 23

The Olympic Games could return to Paris as soon as 2030

11:44 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Oklahoma City Thunder guard/forward Jalen Williams left in the third quarter of Wednesday night’s playoff game against the Phoenix Suns with a left hamstring injury

12:25 PM on Wednesday, April 22

The Kansas City Royals are moving from Kauffman Stadium to downtown Crown Center