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4:57 PM on Saturday, April 4

Timaya Lewis-Eutsey scored 14 of her 27 points in the first quarter and Marshall beat Illinois State 66-41 to claim the Thundering Herd’s first WNIT championship

4:13 PM on Saturday, April 4

Ryan Hartman scored twice to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday

4:01 PM on Saturday, April 4

Avalanche defenseman Brent Burns became the second player in NHL history to appear in 1,000 consecutive games when Colorado faced against Central Division rival Dallas on Saturday

3:55 PM on Saturday, April 4

Xzayvier Brown scored 21 points to lead Oklahoma to an 82-69 victory over Baylor in the semifinals of the College Basketball Crown

3:41 PM on Saturday, April 4

Josh Sargent had the go-ahead score after notching his first assist in a three-goal second-half run and Toronto FC rallied to beat the Colorado Rapids 3-2 in a match that saw three red cards issued

3:22 PM on Saturday, April 4

Failing to score until there were 32 seconds left, the Detroit Red Wings lost an important game in their pursuit of a playoff spot, 4-1 at the New York Rangers

2:37 PM on Saturday, April 4

Fiorentina goalkeeper David De Gea has starred in a 1-0 win against Hellas Verona and helped his team move away from the Serie A relegation zone

1:54 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Milwaukee Brewers apparently have a quirky new mascot, a tortoise named Bobby Jr_ During a pregame interview Friday, manager Pat Murphy pulled out the tortoise as a joke instead of his usual “pocket pancakes.”

1:43 PM on Saturday, April 4

The Toronto Blue Jays placed two-time All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a dislocated and fractured left thumb and recalled catcher Brandon Valenzuela from Triple-A Buffalo

1:16 PM on Saturday, April 4

Milwaukee Brewers prospect Cooper Pratt believes the security that comes from signing a long-term contract while in the minor leagues should take pressure off him as he works his way to the majors

12:53 PM on Saturday, April 4

Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year

12:06 PM on Saturday, April 4

Lennart Karl has scored in the ninth minute of added time to complete a dramatic comeback 3-2 win for Bayern Munich over Freiburg in the Bundesliga

12:01 PM on Saturday, April 4

Medium-pacer Tushar Deshpande has held his nerve bowling the last over to give Rajasthan Royals a thrilling six-run win against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League

2:03 AM on Saturday, April 4

Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma’s coaching rivalry reached a dramatic peak Friday night

1:13 AM on Saturday, April 4

The New York Yankees stealing five bases in their home opener against Miami extended a troubling trend for Marlins catcher Liam Hicks

12:47 AM on Saturday, April 4

Cooper Flagg scored 51 points to become the first teenager to reach the 50-point mark in an NBA game

12:25 AM on Saturday, April 4

Haley McCutcheon scored two late goals and the Orlando Pride handed visiting Angel City its first loss of the season with a 2-1 victory on Friday night

9:28 PM on Friday, April 3

UConn’s Geno Auriemma was not a happy man

8:21 PM on Friday, April 3

Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year

12:55 PM on Wednesday, April 1

FIFA raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales after the 48-team field for this year’s tournament was finalized