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10:37 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Trey Murphy added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame an early 18-point hole to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-109

10:34 PM on Wednesday, March 18

RJ Barrett scored 23 points, Brandon Ingram had 18 and the Toronto Raptors pounded the Chicago Bulls 139-109 for their third consecutive win

10:16 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Alex Ovechkin scored his 922nd goal and Cole Hutson scored his first to lead the Washington Capitals past the Ottawa Senators, 4-1

10:14 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Deni Avdija scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half and Donovan Clingan added a career-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off the hard-charging Indiana Pacers 127-119

10:12 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-92 for their 10th straight win

10:06 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Grace Zumwinkle and Kelly Pannek scored 11 seconds apart during a four-goal first period and the Minnesota Frost routed the Ottawa Charge 5-0

9:50 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Jaylen Brown scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half and the Boston Celtics rolled to a 120-99 win over the Golden State Warriors

9:46 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Jack Hughes and Connor Brown each had goal and two assists to help the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory

9:31 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Britt Prince scored 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting, Nebraska opened the third quarter with a 17-0 run, and the Cornhuskers beat Richmond 75-56 at the NCAA First Four

9:30 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Virginia won the first two relays at the women’s swimming and diving championships Wednesday night to begin its quest for a sixth straight NCAA title

9:09 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Kelsie Whitmore stood near third base at JetBlue Park and looked around at her new norm

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Dontae Horne scored 25 points and Cory Wells had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Prairie View A&M earned its first NCAA Tournament victory, 67-55 over Lehigh in the First Four

9:05 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi got a milestone

8:09 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The New York Islanders have signed one of their most NHL-ready prospects to his entry level contract

7:45 PM on Wednesday, March 18

The Indianapolis Colts signed two more free agents, reuniting linebacker Akeem Davis-Gaither with defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo and adding Nick Westbrook-Ikhine to the team’s receiving group

7:37 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami’s CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville on Wednesday night

7:29 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Chicago Bulls guard Collin Sexton has returned to the lineup after being sidelined for four games because of a lower left leg contusion

6:51 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Houston eventually could play a rematch of its national championship game loss to Florida in the South Regional final just a few miles from campus, but the Cougars are keeping keep their focus on the first round of the NCAA Tournament

6:01 PM on Wednesday, March 18

South Florida’s Bryan Hodgson’s celebrated homecoming comes with both deeply painful and joyously uplifting reminders of the full-circle journey in preparing to make his NCAA Tournament coaching debut not far from his Jamestown, New York, roots

3:59 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Quarterback Andy Dalton is heading to the Philadelphia Eagles to provide depth behind Jalen Hurts, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday