Sports News

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 19

The Denver Nuggets host the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 19

The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Phoenix Suns to start the Western Conference first round

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 19

The Detroit Pistons host the Orlando Magic to start the Eastern Conference first round

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 19

The New York Knicks host the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series

1:03 AM on Sunday, April 19

The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series

12:04 AM on Sunday, April 19

Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 to extend its unbeaten streak to six games

Sunday, April 19

Germán Márquez threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Ramón Laureano and Fernando Tatis Jr. each drove in two runs apiece and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1

11:12 PM on Saturday, April 18

Cristian Roldan scored two goals, Albert Rusnák added a goal and two assists, and the Seattle Sounders beat St. Louis City 4-1

10:38 PM on Saturday, April 18

Tomás Chancalay scored his first goal of the season and added an assist, Kelvin Yeboah had a goal for the second consecutive game, and Minnesota United beat the Portland Timbers 2-0

10:26 PM on Saturday, April 18

Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series

10:17 PM on Saturday, April 18

Troy Johnston had a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning and finished with three hits to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night

10:14 PM on Saturday, April 18

Michigan’s Fred Richard won his second straight all-around individual crown, and Cooper Kim and Jun Iwai each won individual titles to lead Stanford to its sixth NCAA men’s gymnastics championship since 2019

10:05 PM on Saturday, April 18

Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers opened the playoffs with a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins

10:00 PM on Saturday, April 18

Lucas Sanabria and Joseph Paintsil scored late in the first half after Petar Musa scored twice to give Dallas the lead, helping the Los Angeles Galaxy rally for a 2-2 draw

9:46 PM on Saturday, April 18

Corbin Carroll hit a grand slam to break an eighth-inning tie and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory

9:43 PM on Saturday, April 18

George Kirby threw 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball and Luke Raley hit his fifth home run of the season as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 to snap a four-game losing streak

8:28 PM on Saturday, April 18

Sei Young Kim had an eight-stroke lead with five holes left Saturday at El Caballero Country Club in the JM Eagle LA Championship

6:33 PM on Saturday, April 18

Kevin Durant was ruled out of Houston’s playoff opener against the Los Angeles Lakers with a bruised right knee about 90 minutes before tipoff

5:48 PM on Saturday, April 18

The Arizona Diamondbacks activated Lourdes Gurriel Jr. from the injured list on Saturday and the outfielder had mixed results in his return to the lineup

1:00 PM on Friday, April 17

Fernando Mendoza will get a chance to learn from Kirk Cousins before the Las Vegas Raiders give him an opportunity to start