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7:49 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Skylar Diggins had 15 points to lead seven Chicago players scoring in double figures and the Sky beat the Portland Fire 101-78 to snap a six-game losing streak

7:45 PM on Wednesday, June 24

William Contreras and Jake Bauers hit back-to-back homers in the third inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep

7:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Mookie Betts backed Shohei Ohtani with his 300th career home run, three hits and slick defense, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 for a three-game sweep

7:34 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Kahleah Copper made 15 of 16 from the free-throw line and finished with 28 points, and the Phoenix Mercury beat Indiana 111-109 after Fever star Caitlin Clark left with a back injury in the third quarter

7:28 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Haiti capped its third straight loss at this year’s World Cup with a heart-warming moral victory

7:26 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Dansby Swanson had a go-ahead RBI triple and four RBIs to cap a monster doubleheader performance and help the Chicago Cubs sweep the reeling New York Mets with a 10-5 victory Wednesday night

7:07 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Natasha Howard had 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, Olivia Miles scored 10 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat the Washington Mystics 78-76

7:02 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Derek Hill hit a two-out, two-run pinch home run in the ninth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past the Washington Nationals, 5-4 on Wednesday night

6:49 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Joey Loperfido scored the tiebreaking run on Jeff Hoffman’s errant pickoff throw in the eighth inning and the Houston Astros beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth victory in eight games

6:38 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Griffin Jax pitched five strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-3

6:29 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O’Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night

6:21 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Paul Goldschmidt had two home runs and Jasson Domínguez hit a go-ahead, two-run shot in the sixth inning off Tarik Skubal, lifting the New York Yankees to a 4-2 series-winning victory over Detroit

6:00 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Duke sophomore guard Isaiah Evans has his NBA landing spot: Minnesota

5:51 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Ivory Coast found a successful home in the Philadelphia area

5:39 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Spencer Horwitz left in the fourth inning against Seattle with discomfort in his left hamstring

5:26 PM on Wednesday, June 24

An Indiana man has been charged on accusations he stalked WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and sent her threatening and explicit messages on social media

5:08 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Soufiane Rahimi and Gessime Yassine came off the bench to help Morocco rally for a 4-2 victory over Haiti and erase the Caribbean nation’s hopes of a first ever point at the World Cup

5:03 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Vinícius Júnior scored two goals, Matheus Cunha also scored and five-time World Cup champion Brazil beat Scotland 3-0, advancing to the knockout stage as the Group C winner

4:02 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The United States returns to the pitch for its final World Cup group-stage game with some decisions to make

9:16 AM on Wednesday, June 24

Bryson Graham took over the Chicago Bulls when he was hired as executive vice president of basketball operations in May