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7:27 PM on Saturday, March 21

LeBron James set the NBA record by playing in his 1,612th regular-season game and Luke Kennard made a 3-pointer off a pass from James with 0.6 seconds left to send the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-104 comeback victory over the Orlando Magic

7:16 PM on Saturday, March 21

The Ottawa Senators had a dominant game against their provincial rivals beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Saturday night

7:10 PM on Saturday, March 21

Duke has starting big man Patrick Ngongba II back just in time for the No. 1 overall seed’s run to the Sweet 16 of March Madness

7:02 PM on Saturday, March 21

Pius Suter and Pavel Buchnevich scored in a 1:19 span in the second period and the St. Louis Blues beat the NHL-worst Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday to end a two-game losing streak

6:57 PM on Saturday, March 21

LaMelo Ball scored 29 points and finished 7 of 14 from 3-point range to help lift the Charlotte Hornets to their third straight victory, 124-101 over the struggling Memphis Grizzlies

6:54 PM on Saturday, March 21

Archie Goodwin subbed on in the 75th minute and scored two goals — the first two in his MLS career — and Charlotte FC beat the New York Red Bulls 6-1

6:51 PM on Saturday, March 21

Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and James Harden, held scoreless in the first half, added 20 second-half points to power the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 111-106 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans

6:40 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sean Johnson had two saves for D.C. United in a 0-0 tie with Atlanta United

6:29 PM on Saturday, March 21

Texas has become the first team in five years to go from the NCAA Tournament’s First Four to the Sweet 16

6:27 PM on Saturday, March 21

Kansas freshman forward Samis Calderon has rejoined the Jayhawks after the death of his father this week, coach Bill Self says

6:00 PM on Saturday, March 21

Rick Pitino and Bill Self have racked up a combined 1,769 victories with consistent excellence at every stop in their college basketball coaching careers

5:58 PM on Saturday, March 21

Mikayla Blakes scored 23 of her 30 points by halftime as the second-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores routed No. 15 seed High Point 102-61 to open the women’s NCAA Tournament

5:50 PM on Saturday, March 21

Emanuel Sharp scored 18 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Houston rolled past Texas A&M 88-57 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to reach the Sweet 16 for the seventh consecutive year

5:49 PM on Saturday, March 21

Tom Brady started out like the GOAT of flag football before Team USA dominated the day

5:47 PM on Saturday, March 21

Virginia junior Claire Curzan finished off a sweep in the backstroke and then helped set an NCAA record in the 400 freestyle relay as the Cavaliers women polished off a sixth straight NCAA swimming and diving championship at the McAuley Aquatic Center

5:45 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sam Surridge scored three goals — his third multi-goal game this season — to help Nashville SC beat Orlando City 5-0

5:40 PM on Saturday, March 21

VCU guard Nyk Lewis will not return to the Rams’ second-round game against No. 3 seed Illinois on Saturday after spraining his right ankle in the opening minute, according to the school’s athletic department

5:14 PM on Saturday, March 21

Emerging Market galloped around the outside of four horses during the final three furlongs to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by a head over Pavlovian on Saturday, earning the Chad Brown-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown

4:49 PM on Saturday, March 21

Cameron Boozer shook off a quiet first half to finish with 19 points while No. 1 overall seed Duke shot 61.5% after halftime Saturday to pull away from TCU for an 81-58 win in a physical second-round game at the NCAA Tournament

4:42 PM on Saturday, March 21

Uche Izoje had 16 of her 23 points in the first half as ninth-seeded topped No. 8 Iowa State 72-63 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday despite 37 points from Cyclones All-American Audi Crooks