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10:03 PM on Saturday, March 14

Nicolas Fernández scored twice in the first half and Talles Magno scored late in the second to propel New York City FC to a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids at Yankee Stadium

9:56 PM on Saturday, March 14

Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey called the NCAA language covering tampering rules “archaic,” but stopped short of urging the oversight body to halt tampering investigations, the way the Big Ten did earlier this week

9:49 PM on Saturday, March 14

Simon Holmstrom scored twice and the New York Islanders raced to an early lead and held on to beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Saturday

9:46 PM on Saturday, March 14

Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov each had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night

9:05 PM on Saturday, March 14

Igor Shesterkin made 46 saves and Vladislav Gavrikov had a goal and two assists as the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild

8:51 PM on Saturday, March 14

Warm up the espresso machine and chill the wine, Italy is heading to the World Baseball Classic semifinals

8:48 PM on Saturday, March 14

Brayden Burries scored 21 points and hit a pair of clinching free throws with 8.3 seconds left, sending No. 2 Arizona to a 79-74 victory over No. 5 Houston on Saturday night in the Big 12 Tournament title game

8:45 PM on Saturday, March 14

Hany Mukhtar scored four minutes into second-half stoppage time — the 25,000th goal in MLS history — and Brian Schwake earned his second clean sheet in his fourth MLS start as Nashville SC beat the Columbus Crew 1-0

8:36 PM on Saturday, March 14

MJ Collins Jr. scored 20 points to lead No. 1 seed Utah State past No. 2 seed San Diego State 73-62 on Saturday to win the Mountain West Championship

8:35 PM on Saturday, March 14

Neemias Queta had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Boston Celtics withstood a late charge to beat Washington 111-100 and send the Wizards to their 11th straight loss

8:30 PM on Saturday, March 14

Igor Chernyshov’s return to the San Jose Sharks lasted less than 30 seconds

8:12 PM on Saturday, March 14

No. 23 Princeton wins the Ivy League Tournament with a 63-53 victory over Harvard, led by Fadima Tall and a late push from Olivia Hutcherson

8:09 PM on Saturday, March 14

Kaemyn Bekemeier scored 16 points, Lainie Douglas had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Missouri State shut down Louisiana Tech 43-38 in the championship game of the Conference USA Tournament

8:08 PM on Saturday, March 14

Erin Condron scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and No. 2-seed UC San Diego took control in the second and beat Hawaii 60-48 in the Big West Conference championship

8:06 PM on Saturday, March 14

Wide receiver Calvin Ridley has agreed to restructure his contract with the Tennessee Titans coming off a season where injuries limited him to seven games, according to a person with knowledge of the decision who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the revision and terms have not been announced

7:52 PM on Saturday, March 14

Incredibolt has won the Virginia Derby by four lengths and jumped to the top of the Kentucky Derby points race

7:39 PM on Saturday, March 14

Ludvig Aberg started with a two-shot lead and now leads by three going into the final round at The Players Championship

6:36 PM on Saturday, March 14

Darius Acuff Jr. scored five of his 24 points in overtime and No. 17 Arkansas held off Mississippi 93-90 to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game for the first time since 2017

6:21 PM on Saturday, March 14

France has won back-to-back Six Nations titles after beating England 48-46 on a last-second penalty kick by Thomas Ramos in a thriller for the ages in Paris

12:18 PM on Saturday, March 14

Ireland kept alive its Six Nations title hopes and buried Scotland’s in a familiar-looking 43-21 victory in Dublin to launch the final round