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8:26 PM on Sunday, April 5

Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a two-game skid by beating the Sacramento Kings 138-109 to improve their playoff positioning

8:08 PM on Sunday, April 5

Kevin Overton had 26 points, Tahaad Pettiford scored 24 and Auburn took advantage of a late 5-second violation in regulation to beat Tulsa 92-86 in overtime and win its first NIT championship

7:29 PM on Sunday, April 5

Iván Herrera’s two-run single capped a four-run fifth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers

7:23 PM on Sunday, April 5

Cooper Flagg scored 45 points and the Dallas Mavericks ended their longest home losing streak in 32 years at 14 games with a 134-128 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Lakers

7:18 PM on Sunday, April 5

Desmond Bane scored 27 points and the Orlando Magic overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half in a 112-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans

7:07 PM on Sunday, April 5

Jacob Markstrom made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season and the New Jersey Devils beat Montreal 3-0 on Sunday night, ending the Canadiens’ eight-game winning streak hours after they clinched a second straight playoff spot

6:59 PM on Sunday, April 5

The WNBA and its players’ union agreed to start free agency on Monday, the league announced Sunday

6:53 PM on Sunday, April 5

Charlie Lindgren allowed eight goals on 32 shots as the defense melted down in front of him, and the Washington Capitals blew a major opportunity to keep pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race by losing to the already-eliminated New York Rangers 8-1

6:41 PM on Sunday, April 5

LaMelo Ball scored 35 points and Miles Bridges added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the surging Charlotte Hornets in a 122-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves

6:32 PM on Sunday, April 5

Chet Holmgren scored 21 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 20 and the Oklahoma City Thunder posted a season-high point total to defeat the Utah Jazz 146-111

6:09 PM on Sunday, April 5

Brent Rooker homered twice and had a career-high six RBIs, including a three-run shot in the bottom of the 10th inning that gave the Athletics a 12-10 victory over the Houston Astros

6:01 PM on Sunday, April 5

Lauren Coughlin made sure victory was never truly in doubt Sunday in the Aramco Championship in rolling to a five-shot win over Nelly Korda and the rest of the star-studded field

5:48 PM on Sunday, April 5

Pinch-hitter Graham Pauley had a go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins held off the Yankees 7-6 to stop New York’s four-game winning streak

5:41 PM on Sunday, April 5

Honor Huff made eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 38 to propel West Virginia to an 89-82 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown Tournament

5:29 PM on Sunday, April 5

Stephen Curry is back and healthy at long last for the Golden State Warriors, and everyone at Chase Center celebrated the magnitude of the moment right along with him

4:14 PM on Sunday, April 5

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are finished for the rest of the regular season due to injuries, and the Los Angeles Lakers could finish anywhere from third to fifth in the Western Conference playoff race

3:34 PM on Sunday, April 5

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3:25 PM on Sunday, April 5

UCLA women's basketball has won its first NCAA national championship with a 79-51 blowout of South Carolina

1:21 PM on Sunday, April 5

Two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler has brought his entire family to Augusta National

10:48 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pete Fairbanks was given a rare start by the Miami Marlins to allow the closer to get home for the birth of his child