Sports News

1:25 AM on Thursday, April 30

LeBron James didn’t get overly excited when his Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a shocking 3-0 series lead over the Houston Rockets despite playing without their top two scorers

1:02 AM on Thursday, April 30

The New York Knicks look to clinch the Eastern Conference first round over the Atlanta Hawks in game six

1:02 AM on Thursday, April 30

The Boston Celtics look to clinch the Eastern Conference first round over the Philadelphia 76ers in game six

1:02 AM on Thursday, April 30

The Minnesota Timberwolves look to clinch the Western Conference first round over the Denver Nuggets in game six

12:21 AM on Thursday, April 30

Ashley Sanchez scored in the 76th minute and the North Carolina Courage rallied in the second half for a 2-2 tie with the Boston Legacy, preventing the National Women’s Soccer League expansion team from winning its first match

12:14 AM on Thursday, April 30

James Harden garnered the most attention for the series of moves the Cleveland Cavaliers made near the NBA trade deadline

11:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Nkosi Tafari headed in Son Heung-Min’s free kick in second-half stoppage time and LAFC beat Toluca FC 2-1 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal

11:52 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 points, Tari Eason added 18 and the Houston Rockets avoided playoff elimination for the second straight game with a 99-93 victory over the Lakers in Game 5

11:41 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Lawrence Butler hit a three-run home run, Luis Severino gave up one run and struck out eight in seven innings, and the Athletics beat Kansas City 5-2 to snap the Royals’ four-game win streak

10:41 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Nathan Church is making a habit of stealing home runs

10:18 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Another home loss in the playoffs has the Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink of an early vacation again

10:06 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer, Ildemaro Vargas extended his hitting streak to 25 games, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2

9:32 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Rookie Nathan Church ended the game by robbing Nick Gonzales of what would have been a walk-off, two-run homer by making a leaping catch at the left-field wall, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates

9:26 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Dennis Schroder scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Evan Mobley hit a pair of pivotal 3-pointers in the final period and finished with 23 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 125-120 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 5 of their first-round series

9:07 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Cam York scored in overtime, sending the Philadelphia Flyers to the second round for the first time in six years

8:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Alexandre Texier broke a tie 1:06 into the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round series

8:55 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Matt Olson hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen, ruining a dominant performance by Tarik Skubal and rallying the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers

8:32 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Austin Reaves returned from a nine-game injury absence Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Lakers attempted to finish their first-round playoff series with the Houston Rockets in Game 5

8:02 PM on Wednesday, April 29

On the heels of his team blowing a 12-point, second-half lead, Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic has bigger problems as the Raptors look to stave off elimination

4:16 PM on Wednesday, April 29

Kenyan marathon record-breaker Sabastian Sawe received a hero’s welcome home complete with a water cannon salute for the aircraft he was aboard