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6:59 PM on Saturday, April 4

Freddie Freeman hit two-run doubles in the first and second innings and Andy Pages added a three-run homer in the fifth to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-5 rout of the Washington Nationals

6:57 PM on Saturday, April 4

Joel Embiid, who will not play the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, said Friday night he was angry at Philadelphia 76ers management for not allowing him to play in Washington on Wednesday

6:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Diego Luna scored his first goal of the season in the fourth minute, 19-year-old Zavier Gozo added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1

6:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Dawn Staley won a national title nine years ago in her first trip as a coach to the NCAA championship game

6:24 PM on Saturday, April 4

Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the Miami Heat will be in Phoenix to watch his sister Gabriela play for the national title with UCLA

6:06 PM on Saturday, April 4

Lauren Price has won a bloody and bruising fight against unbeaten Stephanie Pineiro to retain her WBC, IBF and WBO welterweight belts in Cardiff

6:05 PM on Saturday, April 4

Martin Necas broke a scoreless tie midway through the third period, Nathan MacKinnon added an empty-netter and the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche took a big step toward home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars

5:53 PM on Saturday, April 4

Austin Reaves will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season with a Grade 2 oblique muscle injury

5:53 PM on Saturday, April 4

The middle game of the weekend series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians was postponed on Saturday night, two hours before the scheduled first pitch

5:38 PM on Saturday, April 4

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 32 points before dashing out to fly to the NCAA women’s basketball title game, Kel’el Ware finished with 24 points, 19 rebounds and seven blocks, and the Miami Heat rolled past the Washington Wizards 152-136

5:29 PM on Saturday, April 4

South Carolina battered and bruised UConn in the women’s NCAA Tournament semifinals, ending the Huskies’ undefeated season while sending their coach to the end of his rope

5:22 PM on Saturday, April 4

Kelly Pannek had two goals and two assists to pad her league-leading points total and help the Minnesota Frost hold off the Vancouver Goldeneyes 6-5, snapping a three-match losing streak and clinching a spot in the postseason for the two-time defending champions

5:15 PM on Saturday, April 4

Garrett Mitchell hit a two-run double and a three-run homer to help the Brewers beat the Royals 5-2 to open their split doubleheader

5:15 PM on Saturday, April 4

Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer and Colson Montgomery followed with a solo shot in Chicago’s three-run sixth inning as the White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 for their second straight victory

5:07 PM on Saturday, April 4

Cheryl Miller and other women’s basketball trailblazers, including Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman and former UCLA standout Ann Meyers Drysdale, spoke about the state of college sports at “The AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience."

3:42 PM on Saturday, April 4

Maria Jose Marin of Colombia has won the Augusta National Women's Amateur

2:06 PM on Saturday, April 4

Justin Verlander’s long-awaited return to Comerica Park as a member of the Detroit Tigers has been put on hold

1:44 PM on Saturday, April 4

Lens has been overwhelmed by northern rival Lille 3-0 and lost ground in the Ligue 1 title race

1:19 PM on Saturday, April 4

Barcelona has come from behind away from home to beat 10-man Atletico Madrid 1-0 in La Liga

9:40 AM on Saturday, April 4

Second-tier Southampton has caused a huge shock by beating Premier League leader Arsenal in the FA Cup quarterfinals