Sports News

1:09 AM on Sunday, March 22

Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists to take the NHL scoring lead from Edmonton star Connor McDavid in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 5-2 victory over the Oilers on Saturday night

1:01 AM on Sunday, March 22

Beau Leroux scored in first-half stoppage time and Daniel De Sousa Britto made it stand as the San Jose Earthquakes cooled off Vancouver with a 1-0 victory, ruining the start of a five-match homestand for the Whitecaps

12:41 AM on Sunday, March 22

Ryan Rollins had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Kyle Kuzma scored 20 before leaving with an injury and the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 108-105

12:39 AM on Sunday, March 22

March Madness wasn’t for mid-majors this year

12:19 AM on Sunday, March 22

VJ Edgecombe had 22 points and 13 rebounds and Quentin Grimes scored 26 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 126-116 victory over the Utah Jazz

12:14 AM on Sunday, March 22

Hugo Lloris finished with two saves for Los Angeles FC in a record fifth straight shutout to begin a season, and Brad Stuver stopped the only shot he faced for Austin FC in a scoreless draw

12:11 AM on Sunday, March 22

Darius Acuff Jr. had 36 points and six assists to help No. 4-seeded Arkansas survive a scare from 12th-seeded High Point with a 94-88 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night

12:01 AM on Sunday, March 22

On the night Kevin Durant passed Michael Jordan for fifth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, the 37-year-old was already looking ahead

11:50 PM on Saturday, March 21

Cearah Parchment scored 21 points as seventh-seeded Illinois beat No. 10 seed Colorado 66-57 on Saturday night in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament

11:49 PM on Saturday, March 21

Corey Camper Jr. finished with a triple-double, Elijah Price posted a double-double and Nevada used a late 11-0 run to beat Liberty 73-63 in the second round of the NIT

11:36 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sveindís Jónsdóttir broke the club record with three goal contributions, leading Angel City to a 3-1 win on the road Saturday over California rival Bay FC

11:31 PM on Saturday, March 21

Darius Garland scored a season-high 41 points, Kawhi Leonard added 34 with a tying bucket late in regulation and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Dallas 138-131 in overtime

11:24 PM on Saturday, March 21

Logan Farrington scored two goals in the first 14 minutes and then picked up an assist on Petar Musa’s winner in the 86th as FC Dallas rallied last in a wild 4-3 victory over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night

11:06 PM on Saturday, March 21

Defenseman Nikita Zadorov broke a tie at 9:42 of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Saturday night in an Eastern Conference wild-card showdown

11:05 PM on Saturday, March 21

Mitchell Mesenbrink and Levi Haines each won their second individual championship to help Penn State win its fifth consecutive team title at the NCAA men’s wrestling championships

10:58 PM on Saturday, March 21

Marcel Hartel had the lone goal of the second half, and St. Louis City spoiled New England’s first trip to Energizer Park with a come-from-behind 3-1 victory over the Revolution

10:32 PM on Saturday, March 21

Andrej Stojakovic scored 21 points and No. 3 Illinois beat 11th-seeded VCU 76-55 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons under coach Brad Underwood

10:25 PM on Saturday, March 21

Cole Caufield scored three goals to push his season total to 43 and added two assists to help the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 7-3 on Saturday night

9:37 PM on Saturday, March 21

Oklahoma State beat Princeton 82-68 and gave coach Jacie Hoyt her first March Madness win at the helm

8:15 PM on Saturday, March 21

Forty games into the NCAA Tournament, fans hoping to fill out a perfect bracket were a respectable 2 for 26,587,885