Sports News

7:06 PM on Sunday, March 29

Though Tatsuya Imai made more than 100 starts in eight seasons playing professionally in Japan, he admitted to having a case of the jitters Sunday in his major league debut for the Houston Astros

7:01 PM on Sunday, March 29

Sophie Shirley scored two goals to make a winner of Boston rookie goaltender Amanda Thiele in her PWHL debut, and the Fleet beat the Minnesota Frost 4-2 to clinch a spot in the postseason

6:42 PM on Sunday, March 29

Chase Elliott has outdueled Denny Hamlin at Martinsville Speedway, earning his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season

6:41 PM on Sunday, March 29

Gary Woodland is a winner again just 30 months after brain surgery

6:13 PM on Sunday, March 29

Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points, John Collins 22 and Kawhi Leonard 20 as the Los Angeles Clippers got past the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 127-113 on Sunday for their fifth consecutive win

5:58 PM on Sunday, March 29

Andrew McCutchen and Brandon Nimmo each hit their first home runs with the Texas Rangers

5:41 PM on Sunday, March 29

Christian Yelich hit a three-run homer off Seranthony Domínguez to cap a six-run rally in the eighth inning as the Milwaukee Brewers completed a season-opening sweep by beating the Chicago White Sox 9-7

5:38 PM on Sunday, March 29

Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking two-RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Houston Astros to a 9-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday despite a disappointing major league debut from starter Tatsuya Imai

5:34 PM on Sunday, March 29

Hannah Hidalgo made a little March Madness history and went deeper in the NCAA Tournament than she had in her first two years at Notre Dame

5:34 PM on Sunday, March 29

Désiré Doué scored a pair of goals and France defeated Colombia 3-1 as both teams prepare for the men’s World Cup this summer

5:32 PM on Sunday, March 29

Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the plate to hold off the New York Mets 4-3 for their first victory this season

5:28 PM on Sunday, March 29

Lauren Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help UCLA rally from a rare halftime deficit and beat Duke 70-58, advancing to the women’s Final Four for the second straight season

5:28 PM on Sunday, March 29

Joey Wiemer and Keibert Ruiz homered and the Washington Nationals earned a season-opening series win with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs

5:27 PM on Sunday, March 29

Yandy Díaz singled four times, doubled and drove in four runs, and Steven Matz notched the victory against his former team as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-7 on Sunday to avoid a season-opening sweep

5:05 PM on Sunday, March 29

Bruce Cassidy is out as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, who fired him Sunday and replaced him with John Tortorella

4:46 PM on Sunday, March 29

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled into the Final Four by overwhelming Tennessee for a dominant 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament

4:27 PM on Sunday, March 29

Izzy Daniel had a goal and an assist and the Vancouver Goldeneyes snapped a two-game skid with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Sceptres

3:26 PM on Sunday, March 29

Geno Auriemma and defending national champion UConn are going to their 25th Final Four in the women's NCAA Tournament

3:05 PM on Sunday, March 29

Munetaka Murakami of the Chicago White Sox and Chase DeLauter of the Cleveland Guardians have accomplished something in the last week that had been done only twice before

11:05 AM on Sunday, March 29

Nico Hoerner and the Chicago Cubs have finalized their $141 million, six-year contract that establishes the Gold Glove second baseman as a franchise cornerstone going forward