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Orlando Magic guard Anthony Black (0) drives around Charlotte Hornets guard Coby White (3) during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Magic rout Hornets 121-90 in play-in game, advance to face Pistons in 1st round of playoffs

10:53 PM on Friday, April 17

Paolo Banchero scored 25 points and the Orlando Magic built a 35-point lead in the first half on the way to a 121-90 rout of Charlotte Hornets in a play-in tournament game on Friday night and advanced to a first-round playoff matchup against the Detroit Pistons

Montreal Victoire's Nicole Gosling, right, celebrates after her winning goal with teammate Maggie Flaherty (91) during overtime PWHL hockey game action against the Boston Fleet in Laval, Quebec, Friday, April 17, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Gosling scores on OT power play to lift the Victoire past the Fleet, 3-2

10:25 PM on Friday, April 17

Nicole Gosling scored on a power play 38 seconds into overtime to give the PWHL-leading Montreal Victoire a 3-2 victory over the Boston Fleet on Friday night

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Ranger Suarez reacts during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Pinch-hitter Yoshida delivers RBI single in the 10th as green-clad Red Sox beat Tigers 1-0

10:16 PM on Friday, April 17

Pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida singled over a drawn-in, five-man infield, scoring Jarren Duran from third base with one out in the 10th inning, as the Boston Red Sox beat Detroit 1-0 on Friday night, snapping the Tigers’ six-game winning streak

Sei Young Kim hits from the fifth tee during the first round of the LPGA's JM Eagle LA Championship golf tournament at El Caballero Country Club, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Sei Young Kim shoots second straight 65 to take LPGA Tour lead in Los Angeles

10:09 PM on Friday, April 17

Sei Young Kim shot her second straight 7-under 65 on Friday at El Caballero to take a one-stroke lead in the JM Eagle LA Championship, the final event before the first women’s major of the season

New York Yankees' Ryan McMahon hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Friday, April 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

McMahon comes off bench and busts out of slump with big homer for Yankees in 4-2 win over Royals

10:08 PM on Friday, April 17

Ryan McMahon came off the bench and broke out of his season-long slump with a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning as the New York Yankees beat the skidding Kansas City Royals 4-2

As the grounds crew works around him, Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Santiago Espinal tosses a snowball at a coach while warming up to face the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game after a spring storm blanketed the intermountain West with a light covering of snow Friday, April 17, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Surprise mid-April snow coats Coors Field as Dodgers-Rockies series gets off to frosty start

10:02 PM on Friday, April 17

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies faced an unusual challenge in April as snow blanketed Coors Field

Marlins 3rd baseman Graham Pauley leaves game against Brewers with right oblique discomfort

9:54 PM on Friday, April 17

Third baseman Graham Pauley has left the Miami Marlins' game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort

FILE - Members of the Los Angeles Police order fans to disperse on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, Oct. 27, 2020, after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the baseball World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

LA to pay $11.8 million to man blinded by police projectile during Dodgers celebration

9:53 PM on Friday, April 17

The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a 27-year-old who was blinded by a projectile fired by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win

Pittsburgh Pirates' Brandon Lowe follows through on his swing driving in two runs with a double off of Tampa Bay Rays' pitcher Yoendrys Gómez eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

Cruz hits 2-run HR, Chandler gives up 1 run in 6 innings, Pirates beat Rays 5-1

9:47 PM on Friday, April 17

Oneil Cruz hit a two-run home run, Brandon Lowe went 3 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Tampa Bay 5-1 to snap the Ray’s six-game win streak

San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)

Ramos hits 3-run homer, Webb works six innings as the Giants beat the Nationals 10-5

9:46 PM on Friday, April 17

Heliot Ramos hit a three-run homer, Logan Webb struck out six in six solid innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 10-5 on Friday night

Atlanta Braves' Martin Perez pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Austin Riley homers twice in the Braves’ 9-0 romp over the Phillies

9:38 PM on Friday, April 17

Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the second inning and a solo shot in the ninth, Martin Perez pitched six innings and the Atlanta Braves’ routed the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0 on Friday night

Baltimore Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson (82) is congratulated by third base coach Buck Britton, left, after hitting a three tun home run off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Connor Brogdon during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Jeremiah Jackson hits 3-run homer in 8th inning as Orioles rally for 6-4 win over Guardians

9:35 PM on Friday, April 17

Jeremiah Jackson’s three-run homer capped Baltimore’s six-run outburst in the eighth inning against Cleveland’s bullpen, sending the Orioles to a 6-4 win over the Guardians

Aliyah Boston gets extension with Fever under WNBA's new provision for exceptional performance

9:20 PM on Friday, April 17

Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston is cashing in on the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement

Mariners reinstate Refsnyder from paternity list, righty Bryce Miller to start rehab assignment

9:10 PM on Friday, April 17

The Seattle Mariners reinstated infielder/outfielder Rob Refsnyder from the paternity list on Friday and placed outfielder Patrick Wisdom on the 10-day injured list

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole throws 4 1/3 innings at Double-A in his first minor league rehab start

8:53 PM on Friday, April 17

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole gave up three runs over 4 1/3 innings for Double-A Somerset in his first minor league rehabilitation start since Tommy John surgery sidelined him for the entire 2025 season

FILE - Inductee Oscar Schmidt, of Brazil, speaks during the enshrinement ceremony for this year's class of the Basketball Hall of Fame, at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass., Sept. 8, 2013. Schmidt, whom his Brazil compatriots know as the “Holy Hand,” died. Friday, April 17, 2026. He was 68. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Oscar Schmidt, Basketball Hall of Famer from Brazil, dies at 68

4:06 PM on Friday, April 17

Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., left, and left fielder Ramón Laureano celebrate after the Padres defeated the Seattle Mariners 5-2 in a baseball game Thursday, April 16, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego Padres are nearing a whopping sale, AP source says

2:08 PM on Friday, April 17

The family of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler is nearing a sale of the team, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press

FILE - Fans play with a ball outside the Metlife Stadium prior to the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

$13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey

1:15 PM on Friday, April 17

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring

FILE - Los Angeles Angels' Garret Anderson watches the ball after hitting a two-run homer against the Toronto Blue Jays in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery, File)

Garret Anderson, the talented outfielder and Angels career hits leader, dies at 53

12:52 PM on Friday, April 17

Former Angels outfielder Garret Anderson has died

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