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11:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Atlanta visits the Washington Mystics after Rhyne Howard scored 23 points in the Dream's 96-82 victory over the Phoenix Mercury

11:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Connecticut looks to break its five-game slide when the Connecticut Sun play Phoenix

11:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Golden State takes on the Dallas Wings after Janelle Salaün scored 21 points in the Valkyries' 92-81 victory over the Toronto Tempo

11:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Minnesota hosts the Los Angeles Sparks after Olivia Miles scored 28 points in the Minnesota Lynx's 108-100 victory over the Indiana Fever

9:53 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Mitch Bratt struck out nine and allowed one hit in seven innings for his first career victory, Ildemaro Vargas drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 10-4 on Wednesday night

9:23 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Julio Rodríguez and Colt Emerson hit home runs, Bryan Woo pitched seven scoreless innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2

9:16 PM on Wednesday, August 5

The Atlanta Braves faced plenty of criticism after they failed to pick up a top-line starting pitcher at the trade deadline

9:15 PM on Wednesday, August 5

New York Mets rookie Jefry Yan had an emphatic way to mark striking out the first batter he faced in the major leagues

9:07 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Riley Jackson and Ally Schlegel both scored and North Carolina downed the Denver Summit 2-0 on Wednesday night in the lone midweek match in the National Women’s Soccer League

9:01 PM on Wednesday, August 5

JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run double and scored on Iván Herrera’s ground-rule double to help Andre Pallante and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the punchless New York Yankees 3-1

9:01 PM on Wednesday, August 5

President Donald Trump is hosting an IndyCar street race in Washington, D.C., as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations

8:47 PM on Wednesday, August 5

LSU has completed a series of two meetings with top donors to outline what university President Wade Rousse has billed as a “first of its kind” revenue-generating proposal for athletics

8:40 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Natasha Cloud, Kamilla Cardoso and Jacy Sheldon each scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky used a 34-point fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 95-88

8:15 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Sonny Gray and the surging Boston Red Sox are on quite a roll together

8:04 PM on Wednesday, August 5

CJ Abrams hit a tiebreaking, two-run triple in Washington’s six-run 11th inning, pitcher Miles Mikolas drove in a run in his first at-bat since 2021, and the Nationals snapped their seven-game skid with a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies

7:52 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Utah can enforce its strict anti-gambling laws on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket under a federal court ruling

6:10 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Breanna Stewart scored 28 points, Jonquel Jones added 14 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, and the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 92-86 on Wednesday night to complete a two-game sweep

1:45 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he no longer has confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino, adding to growing pressure on the soccer leader after his abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup sparked a global backlash Carney says Infantino committed a “fatal” governance mistake by failing to consult senior advisers, including FIFA’s chief operating officer and board members

1:12 PM on Wednesday, August 5

New Oklahoma State football coach Eric Morris was busy bringing people together long before fall camp started Wednesday

12:13 PM on Wednesday, August 5

Angel Genao made a historic major league debut for the Cleveland Guardians