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12:28 AM on Friday, March 13

Nick Davidson scored 17 points, and Clemson nearly allowed an 18-point second-half lead to slip away before holding on to beat No. 19 North Carolina 80-79 on Thursday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals

12:27 AM on Friday, March 13

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record for consecutive games with 20 points or more, scoring 35 points in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 104-102 win over the Boston Celtics

12:23 AM on Friday, March 13

Darryn Peterson scored 24 points in a season-high 37 minutes and No. 14 Kansas beat TCU 78-73 in the last quarterfinal of the Big 12 tournament Thursday night at T-Mobile Center

12:13 AM on Friday, March 13

Connor Bedard scored off a rebound off a post at 3:57 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night

12:08 AM on Friday, March 13

Oklahoma Nijel Pack hit four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points, Derrion Reed had 15 points and 10 rebounds ,and No. 11 seed Oklahoma beat sixth-seeded Texas A&M 83-63 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive

12:01 AM on Friday, March 13

11:57 PM on Thursday, March 12

Nikola Jokic had 31 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists, Jamal Murray scored 39 points and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat San Antonio 136-131 on Thursday, snapping the Spurs’ five-game winning streak as Victor Wembanyama sat out with an injury

11:26 PM on Thursday, March 12

Top-ranked Duke had to play with an injury-altered lineup to hold off Florida State in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night

11:10 PM on Thursday, March 12

Alexis Lafreniere had a goal and an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets

11:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

Travis Konecny scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night

11:05 PM on Thursday, March 12

Donovan Dent had 12 points, 12 assists and a career-high 10 rebounds — the first triple-double in the history of the Big Ten Conference Tournament — to help sixth-seeded UCLA beat No. 14 seed Rutgers 72-59 in the third round

10:57 PM on Thursday, March 12

Jason Robertson had two goals and two assists to tie a career high in points and Jamie Benn also scored twice as the surging Dallas Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-2

10:41 PM on Thursday, March 12

Purdue guard Braden Smith has moved into second on the NCAA career assists list with another smooth performance for the Boilermakers

10:37 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Tennessee Titans have a new coach in Robert Saleh for the upcoming season and are opening a new enclosed stadium in 2027

10:18 PM on Thursday, March 12

Bam Adebayo’s encore performance: 21 points

9:27 PM on Thursday, March 12

Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds as No. 6 UConn cruised past Xavier 93-68 in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, bouncing back from a costly loss last weekend in the regular-season finale

7:25 PM on Thursday, March 12

Erik Spoelstra had a very clear message to those who didn’t like how the final minutes of Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game played out

6:58 PM on Thursday, March 12

Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka — the world’s top-ranked men’s and women’s tennis players — both won quarterfinal matches in straight sets during an eventful Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open

4:59 PM on Thursday, March 12

The San Francisco 49ers are bringing back linebacker Dre Greenlaw for a second stint, agreeing to a one-year, $7.5 million contract with their former star after he was released by Denver

2:55 PM on Thursday, March 12

AL Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz’s contract was renewed by the Athletics, and shortstop Elly De La Cruz’s deal was set unilaterally by the Cincinnati Reds for the second straight season