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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

5:34 PM on Sunday, April 5

Donovan Mitchell scored 23 of his 38 points in the second half, James Harden had 28 points and seven assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the injury-plagued Indiana Pacers 117-108

5:29 PM on Sunday, April 5

Stephen Curry was set to play about 25 minutes against Houston on Sunday night in his return from a two-plus-month absence because of a right knee injury

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

12:27 PM on Sunday, April 5

Leeds throws away a two-goal lead in second-half injury time and has a double scare in extra time before going on to beat West Ham in a penalty shootout and reach the FA Cup semifinals for the first time since 1987

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