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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

5:28 PM on Thursday, March 26

Texas junior Rex Maurer defended his title in the 400-yard individual medley at the NCAA swimming and diving championships, and the Longhorns held the team lead after Day 2

5:16 PM on Thursday, March 26

Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm is suing his parents for milllions of dollars, accusing them of siphoning large amounts of his money into financial accounts they managed for him and then using some of the cash to pay their own expenses

4:56 PM on Thursday, March 26

Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer to cap off an eight-run outburst in the sixth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 9-7 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday

4:31 PM on Thursday, March 26

Mike Trout homered to launch what he hopes will be a bounce-back season, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over the Houston Astros on opening day

4:19 PM on Thursday, March 26

Blake Butera had imagined how his first game as a major league manager would go

4:19 PM on Thursday, March 26

Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami wasted no time hitting his first homer in the major leagues

4:18 PM on Thursday, March 26

Gio Reyna is happy his lack of Bundesliga playing time isn’t being held against him by Mauricio Pochettino as the U.S. coach prepares for the last two friendlies before picking his World Cup roster

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

3:16 PM on Thursday, March 26

Kevin McGonigle wasted no time proving that the Detroit Tigers made the right call by putting him on their opening day roster

2:29 PM on Thursday, March 26

Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 while allowing one run over five innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago White Sox 14-2

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

10:41 AM on Thursday, March 26

The Atlanta Braves are leaning on Chris Sale to provide much-needed stability for a rotation that has been decimated by injuries this spring

9:41 AM on Thursday, March 26

LSU has fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon and has rehired former Tigers coach Will Wade from N

2:11 AM on Thursday, March 26

Italy finally won a match in the World Cup playoffs