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10:40 PM on Thursday, March 19

The Women’s Pro Baseball League was in Fort Myers for a two-day event hosted by the Red Sox and held an intrasquad scrimmage Thursday, marking its first chance since last summer’s open tryouts to bring players together and continue shaping the league’s on-field product ahead of the start of its inaugural season on Aug. 1

10:37 PM on Thursday, March 19

Connor Bedard scored a goal and defenseman Alex Vlasic made a game-saving stop as time ran out as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 to snap the NHL’s longest active point streak for one team against another

10:25 PM on Thursday, March 19

Houston Astros left-hander Bennett Sousa will begin the season on the injured list, manager Joe Espada said Thursday

10:19 PM on Thursday, March 19

Brady Tkachuk scored with 11.1 seconds left to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night

10:04 PM on Thursday, March 19

Adam Fantilli scored twice, including an empty-net goal with 2:54 remaining, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Thursday night, keeping their playoff hopes alive

10:04 PM on Thursday, March 19

Reserve Coby White had 27 points and led a 3-point barrage by the Charlotte Hornets in a 130-111 rout of the Orlando Magic

10:02 PM on Thursday, March 19

Anna Moesch won the first NCAA individual title of her career in the 200-yard freestyle at the women’s swimming and diving championships to help Virginia add to its team lead

9:59 PM on Thursday, March 19

Laura Stacey scored twice and had an assist and the Montreal Victoire beat the Seattle Torrent 4-1 on Thursday night to tie Minnesota and Boston atop the PWHL standings

9:50 PM on Thursday, March 19

Hyo Joo Kim is the leader of the Fortinet Founders Cup

9:46 PM on Thursday, March 19

Lukas Reichel had a goal and an assist in his Boston debut, Jeremy Swayman made 22 saves and the Bruins beat the Winnipeg Jets 6-1 on Thursday night to end a two-game losing streak

9:42 PM on Thursday, March 19

Jalen Duren had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons never trailed in a 117-95 victory over the Washington Wizards, their first game since All-Star guard Cade Cunningham was ruled out for at least two weeks with a collapsed left lung

9:35 PM on Thursday, March 19

Jaylia Reed scored 16 points, DeMya Porter had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Southern closed the game on a 14-2 run to beat fellow No. 16 seed Samford 65-53 in the NCAA Tournament

9:20 PM on Thursday, March 19

Siena flirted with pulling off an all-time shocking upset in March Madness when it faced No. 1 overall tournament seed Duke

8:41 PM on Thursday, March 19

Mauricio Pochettino earned just over $5 million during his first seven months as coach of the U.S. national team, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation’s tax filing

8:19 PM on Thursday, March 19

WNBA players are having information sessions over the next day or two to learn more about the new collective bargaining agreement that was agreed to in principle early Wednesday morning

8:10 PM on Thursday, March 19

Members of Iran’s national women’s soccer team were greeted with a welcome ceremony upon their return to the Islamic Republic after several of the players sought asylum in Australia

8:00 PM on Thursday, March 19

St. John's has won the last two Big East regular-season titles and conference tournaments

7:56 PM on Thursday, March 19

Cleveland star Donovan Mitchell missed the Cavaliers’ game Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls because of a bruised left eye

6:47 PM on Thursday, March 19

Carson Cooper matched his career high with 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Michigan State routed North Dakota State 92-67 to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the 22nd time in 28 consecutive appearances under coach Tom Izzo

6:41 PM on Thursday, March 19

Venezuela’s 3-2 win over the United States in the World Baseball Classic championship game was seen by 10,784,000 viewers on Fox and Fox Deportes, nearly double the 5.4 million who watched Japan defeat the Americans in the 2023 final on FS1, Fox Deportes and the network’s streaming service