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9:47 PM on Friday, April 3

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

9:44 PM on Friday, April 3

Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson opened the ninth inning with back-to-back home runs, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks

9:40 PM on Friday, April 3

Lawrence Butler hit a three-run homer and an RBI single, Max Muncy followed Butler’s fourth-inning drive with a solo shot after his earlier two-run double, and the Athletics pounded the Houston Astros 11-4 for a victorious home opener

9:25 PM on Friday, April 3

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

9:18 PM on Friday, April 3

Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar place, reaching the NCAA championship game for the fourth time in five years

9:07 PM on Friday, April 3

Madison Booker has led the Texas offense all season, so it was little surprise that she hit a jumper less than a minute into the game to give the Longhorns an early two-point lead

9:01 PM on Friday, April 3

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto left Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants in the first inning with right calf tightness

8:59 PM on Friday, April 3

Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas for a 51-44 win to reach the women’s NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time

8:23 PM on Friday, April 3

Wendell Carter Jr. scored 28 points and the Orlando Magic beat Dallas 138-127, overcoming a 51-point showing from rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their 14th consecutive loss at home

7:59 PM on Friday, April 3

Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd was ejected after just one technical foul and forward Naji Marshall was tossed moments later from the bench after getting his second tech in a game against Orlando

7:52 PM on Friday, April 3

RJ Barrett scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram had 17 points and seven rebounds and the Toronto Raptors built a first-half lead, extended it in the third and coasted to a 128-96 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night

7:49 PM on Friday, April 3

Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets won their fifth straight game by beating the Utah Jazz 140-106

7:39 PM on Friday, April 3

Sandra Abstreiter made 39 saves her first PWHL shutout, Kaitlin Willoughby scored twice and the Montreal Victoire beat the Ottawa Charge 3-0 on Friday night to take the league lead

7:33 PM on Friday, April 3

The Minnesota Twins have a lot of work and winning to do to begin to win back their fan base

7:25 PM on Friday, April 3

Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 23 and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks

6:59 PM on Friday, April 3

Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s healthy and wants to play even as the Milwaukee Bucks continue to say the two-time MVP is too injured to take the floor

6:59 PM on Friday, April 3

CJ McCollum had 25 points and seven assists and the surging Atlanta Hawks routed the Brooklyn Nets 141-107 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory and 18th in 20 games

6:28 PM on Friday, April 3

UConn’s Geno Auriemma was not a happy man

6:12 PM on Friday, April 3

Ta’Niya Latson scored 16 and Agot Makeer added 14 points and South Carolina played stifling defense to beat UConn 62-48 on Friday night, ending the Huskies’ 54-game winning streak and advancing to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game

3:28 PM on Friday, April 3

Portland, which is welcoming a WNBA team back in the city after 24 years, selected veteran forward Bridget Carleton with the first pick in the league’s expansion draft on Friday