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9:35 PM on Sunday, August 31

Dearica Hamby scored 20 points, Kelsey Plum had 14 of her 18 in the fourth quarter and the Los Angeles Sparks held off the Washington Mystics 81-78

9:29 PM on Sunday, August 31

Drake Baldwin broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Atlanta Braves avoided a four-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies

8:30 PM on Sunday, August 31

Justin Verlander helped the San Francisco Giants to a 13-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles

7:45 PM on Sunday, August 31

Novak Djokovic easily beat 144th-ranked qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 despite dealing with some neck issues to reach his record 64th Grand Slam quarterfinal

6:54 PM on Sunday, August 31

Buffalo Bills backup defensive tackle DeWayne Carter will miss the season after tearing his Achilles tendon, two people with knowledge of the injury confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday

6:47 PM on Sunday, August 31

Rafael Devers homered, doubled and drove in two runs to help Justin Verlander earn career win No. 265 as the San Francisco Giants beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-2 to take two of three games in their series

6:43 PM on Sunday, August 31

Will Power has been reflecting on his career with Team Penske after the IndyCar season finale

6:34 PM on Sunday, August 31

Joc Pederson homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Jacob deGrom struck out six in five scoreless innings, and the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 9-6 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series

6:24 PM on Sunday, August 31

Pinch-hitter Will Smith homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks that prevented a three-game sweep

6:13 PM on Sunday, August 31

The Philadelphia Phillies signed veteran right-hander Walker Buehler on Sunday in a bid to bolster their pitching staff for a long playoff run

6:01 PM on Sunday, August 31

Infielder Luis Urías has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers after getting released by the Athletics

6:00 PM on Sunday, August 31

Vicari Swain returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown to break open a close game, LaNorris Sellers threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Nyck Harbor, and No. 13 South Carolina beat Virginia Tech 24-11 in the opener for both teams

5:59 PM on Sunday, August 31

The New York Mets ended August with 177 runs and 53 homers, both franchise records for any month

5:06 PM on Sunday, August 31

Taylor Townsend couldn’t convert eight match points in a second set that ended with a 25-minute tiebreaker and was eliminated from the U.S. Open on Sunday with a 1-6, 7-6 (13), 6-3 loss to Barbora Krejcikova

4:13 PM on Sunday, August 31

Sandy Alcantara pitched seven strong innings, Agustín Ramírez hit a two-run homer and the Miami Marlins defeated the New York Mets 5-1 in a game that got testy

3:33 PM on Sunday, August 31

Byron Buxton set a career best with his 29th home run and Joe Ryan pitched seven scoreless innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 7-2

3:24 PM on Sunday, August 31

Julio Rodríguez drove in two runs with an infield hit and the Seattle Mariners snapped a seven-game road losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians

1:58 PM on Sunday, August 31

Virginia Tech coaching great Frank Beamer showed up for the Hokies’ season opener on Sunday against South Carolina, which is coached by son Shane Beamer, wearing Gamecocks black

12:55 PM on Sunday, August 31

Alabama hasn’t looked the same since coach Nick Saban retired

1:39 AM on Sunday, August 31

A Filipino priest who protested Rodrigo Duterte’s drug crackdown is among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize