NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle will miss the rest of the regular season with a sprained left ankle, and his availability for the playoffs — if the New York Knicks make it — is in doubt. Randle was hurt Wednesday in a victory over Miami, and the Knicks said Thursday that the All-Star ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Right after it was over, Dansby Swanson soaked in one more moment in a very special debut with the Chicago Cubs. He finally got to enjoy the victory song at Wrigley Field. "Hearing 'Go Cubs Go' is a lot better when you're on the team," the All-Star shortstop said. Swanson ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge's first swing of the season ended up just like 62 others last year: a soaring home run. In his first game as Yankees captain, Judge's solo drive in the first inning off Logan Webb started New York to a 5-0 opening-day win over the San Francisco Giants on ...

MIAMI (AP) — Brandon Nimmo broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run double, sending Max Scherzer and the New York Mets past the Miami Marlins 5-3 on Thursday. Scherzer (1-0) coughed up a three-run lead but threw six solid innings in a matchup with NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara as ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Oneil Cruz homered shortly after being helped by a pitch clock violation and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season by beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Thursday. "It was a team victory," Pirates manager Derek ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry typically speaks in a monotone, symbolic of a goaltender who when he's at his best takes a boring, almost zen-like approach to his job. It was telling earlier this week, however, when the two-time All-Star for the Pittsburgh Penguins took exception when asked ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Whether or not Boston catches the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference standings, the Celtics will have reason to feel confident if the teams meet in the playoffs for a second straight season. Jayson Tatum scored 40 points, Jaylen Brown added 30 and the Celtics ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored his NHL-leading 61st goal of the season and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Thursday night for their third straight victory. McDavid beat goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot from the slot on a short-handed breakaway ...

BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his 53rd goal of the season 41 seconds into overtime and the Boston Bruins wrapped up the Presidents' Trophy with their franchise-record 58th victory, 2-1 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night, Hampus Lindholm sent a pass to Pastrnak for the ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The hopes of American men's tennis rest largely on the talented rackets of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. But a Spanish roadblock named Carlos Alcaraz is in the way – never more illustrated by the last few days at the Miami Open. Two days after routing the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Hunter Renfroe made an amazing, no-look catch for the highlight reels on opening day. Playing his first game with the Angels, the right fielder could only grin ear to ear after robbing Jace Peterson of the Oakland Athletics with a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Johnson had 31 points, Mikal Bridges scored 12 of his 27 in the fourth quarter and the Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Houston Rockets 123-114 on Wednesday night. Johnson and Bridges came over together from Phoenix in the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Suns. Durant ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embid returned from a hotly debated one-game absence because of injury and got the 76ers to 50 wins in the fewest amount of games since 2001. Maybe like Allen Iverson and the '01 Sixers, perhaps Embiid's next step is an MVP and a trip to the NBA Finals. And if that ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Talen Horton-Tucker scored a career-high 41 points and the Utah Jazz defeated the Spurs 128-117 on Wednesday night in what could have been coach Gregg Popovich's final home game in San Antonio. Utah snapped a four-game skid to keep its fading playoff hopes alive in its ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Sorana Cirstea advanced to her first semifinal of a WTA 1000 event in a decade, beating Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-4 at the Miami Open on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Cirstea beat the highest-ranked opponent of her career by knocking off the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Immanuel Quickly scored 24 points, Quentin Grimes had 23 and the New York Knicks moved closer to a postseason berth and sent the Miami Heat closer to the play-in tournament with a 101-92 victory. Josh Hart added 13 for the Knicks, who overcame the loss of Julius Randle to a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trade deadline pickup Pierre Engvall scored, Ilya Sorokin made 28 saves and the New York Islanders took another stride toward returning to the playoffs by beating the Washington Capitals 2-1 in a shootout Wednesday night. With their second consecutive win — and first in ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jrue Holiday scored a career-high 51 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 38 points in a triple-double and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 149-136 on Wednesday night. Antetokounmpo added 17 rebounds and 12 assists to help the Bucks improve to 55-21. ...

Women's basketball seems to have found a winner with its new Sweet 16 format in March Madness and the timing couldn't be better with looming TV contract negotiations on the horizon. There were record-setting attendance at the two sites — Greenville, South Carolina and Seattle — along with ...

GENEVA (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday only eight weeks before the start of the tournament amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation. FIFA said Indonesia was removed from staging the 24-team tournament scheduled to start on May ...