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7:05 PM on Thursday, March 26

Alex Bump and Sean Couturier scored in the first three minutes of the game and the Philadelphia Flyers used the fast start to cruise to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks

7:05 PM on Thursday, March 26

Brandon Montour scored his second goal of the game 2:47 into overtime to give the Seattle Kraken a 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night

7:02 PM on Thursday, March 26

Paolo Banchero had 30 points, nine rebounds and seven assists as the Orlando Magic stopped a six-game losing streak with a 111-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings

6:51 PM on Thursday, March 26

Zachary Bolduc scored the winner with his first goal since Dec. 23, and the Montreal Canadiens edged the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night

6:46 PM on Thursday, March 26

Shohei Ohtani led Major League Baseball’s jersey sales going into opening day for the third straight season and was joined by two Los Angeles Dodgers teammates in the top five

6:43 PM on Thursday, March 26

Kon Knueppel scored 26 points and made six 3-pointers to become the youngest player in NBA history with 250 in a season, and the Charlotte Hornets snapped the New York Knicks’ seven-game winning streak with a 114-103 victory Thursday night

6:37 PM on Thursday, March 26

Jalen Duren had 30 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons past the New Orleans Pelicans 129-108

6:35 PM on Thursday, March 26

Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes will retire on Aug. 31 after nearly 10 years in the position, the university announced Thursday

6:34 PM on Thursday, March 26

Boston College has hired UConn assistant Luke Murray as coach of a slumping men’s basketball program that has gone 17 years without an NCAA Tournament appearance

6:32 PM on Thursday, March 26

Ilya Sorokin gave the New York Islanders the type of elite goaltending they needed facing one of the NHL’s top teams while in the thick of a playoff chase, making 26 saves to beat the Dallas Stars 2-1

6:19 PM on Thursday, March 26

Paul Waring and his bold escape late in the round gave him a 63 and a bogey-free card to lead the Houston Open

5:51 PM on Thursday, March 26

Iran has banned its sports teams from traveling to countries it considers “hostile,” Iranian state TV reported ahead of Tractor FC’s scheduled soccer game in Saudi Arabia

5:48 PM on Thursday, March 26

Justin Crawford lined the first pitch he ever saw in the major leagues straight up the middle to get his first career hit out of the way in a matter of seconds

5:48 PM on Thursday, March 26

In his fourth major league plate appearance, Carson Benge connected

5:32 PM on Thursday, March 26

Michigan coach Dusty May and Alabama's Nate Oats will add a new chapter to their friendship when the Wolverines meet the Crimson Tide in the Sweet 16

4:53 PM on Thursday, March 26

Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner has agreed to a six-year contract, marking another major commitment for the franchise

3:33 PM on Thursday, March 26

Lydia Ko has a new putter and no complaints at the Ford Championship

3:24 PM on Thursday, March 26

France forward Kylian Mbappé showed no ill effects of his left knee injury when he broke free for a goal to give France an early lead on its way to a 2-1 victory over Brazil in a World Cup tuneup between two of the world’s top teams

2:27 PM on Thursday, March 26

Brady House, Joey Wiemer and Jacob Young homered for Washington on opening day, and the Nationals beat Alex Bregman and the Chicago Cubs 10-4 for manager Blake Butera’s first win with the team

1:21 PM on Thursday, March 26

Eugenio Suárez hoped to come up big again in a late-game situation while facing Garrett Whitlock