Sports News

7:04 PM on Sunday, April 12

Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game on the power play with 1:45 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators

6:54 PM on Sunday, April 12

Tom Slingsby and his Flying Roos have won the SailGP event in Rio de Janeiro, regaining the top spot in the series standings

6:35 PM on Sunday, April 12

Facts and figures from Sunday at the Masters

6:32 PM on Sunday, April 12

Diego Rossi scored late in the second half to rally Columbus to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City after the Crew lost Wessam Abou Ali to a first-half injury

6:15 PM on Sunday, April 12

Tyrell Hatton can’t wait to see his soon-to-be born daughter in white Masters coveralls next year at Augusta National

6:00 PM on Sunday, April 12

RJ Barrett scored 26 points, Scottie Barnes had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his ninth career triple-double and the Toronto Raptors clinched their first playoff berth in four seasons by beating the Brooklyn Nets 136-101 in the regular-season finale for both teams

5:58 PM on Sunday, April 12

Baylor Scheierman scored a career-high 30 points, Luka Garza added 27, including a key 3-pointer with 31.6 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics’ reserves defeated Orlando 113-108, sending the Magic into a road play-in tournament game

5:56 PM on Sunday, April 12

Mark Kastelic scored with 9:38 remaining and the Boston Bruins snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Columbus 3-2, that moved them into the first Eastern Conference wild-card spot while virtually eliminating the Blue Jackets from playoff contention

5:51 PM on Sunday, April 12

Tanner Murray hit his first major league home run, Colson Montgomery also connected and the Chicago White Sox outlasted the Kansas City Royals 6-5 after the first pitch was pushed back 3 hours because of rain

5:47 PM on Sunday, April 12

San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta has been forced from a 7-2 win over Colorado in the fourth inning by stiffness in his pitching elbow

5:44 PM on Sunday, April 12

Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Islanders 4-1, eliminating New York from Stanley Cup playoff contention

5:31 PM on Sunday, April 12

Paul Reed finished with 26 points, six rebounds, three assists and three blocks and Tobias Harris scored 24 points as the Eastern Conference’s top seeded Detroit Pistons beat the Indiana Pacers 133-121

5:25 PM on Sunday, April 12

LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller each scored 19 points, Kon Knueppel made three 3-pointers in his record-setting rookie season and the Charlotte Hornets beat the New York Knicks 110-96 to clinch the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference

5:23 PM on Sunday, April 12

Jaime Jaquez Jr. capped his sixth-man award candidacy by scoring 26 points off the bench, Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell each scored 25 and the Miami Heat tuned up for the play-in tournament by beating the Atlanta Hawks 143-117

5:11 PM on Sunday, April 12

Scottie Scheffler shot a 4-under 68 at Augusta National and finished one stroke behind winner Rory McIlroy

4:52 PM on Sunday, April 12

Houston Astros starter Cody Bolton left a 6-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners in the second inning because of mid-back tightness

4:49 PM on Sunday, April 12

Shohei Ohtani connected off Jacob deGrom for his second straight leadoff home run, but the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 and avoid a three-game sweep

3:38 PM on Sunday, April 12

Mikal Bridges had another short night to extend the NBA’s longest active streak of consecutive games played, logging 23 seconds in the New York Knicks’ game against Charlotte

8:44 AM on Sunday, April 12

The Valkyries say All-Star Gabby Williams has signed a multiyear deal with Golden State while Alyssa Thomas is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury

10:12 PM on Saturday, April 11

Rory McIlroy has joined more elite company at the Masters