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PHOENIX (AP) — Jose Fernandez hit two home runs, including the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, in his MLB debut and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Tuesday night. Fernandez finished 3 for 4 with an infield single for the first of his career in the second and a solo home run in the fourth. …

HOUSTON (AP) — Plate umpire Mark Wegner acknowledged he lost track of the count during Cam Smith’s nine-pitch walk Tuesday night in the fifth inning of the Houston Astros’ 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. In fact, Smith should have been out on strikes after the third pitch. Advertisement Smith swung and missed at two cutters from Red Sox …

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor Ingram celebrated his 29th birthday Tuesday by making 27 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to four games by beating the Seattle Kraken 3-0. Max Jones, Kasperi Kapanen and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers who have won six of their last eight. Advertisement Edmonton …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Umpire C.B. Bucknor’s tough start to the season continues. Bucknor was working as the first-base umpire for the Milwaukee Brewers’ 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday when he made a call that was so obviously incorrect from the replay that it had both managers smiling afterward. Advertisement Milwaukee was leading 4-2 in the sixth …

HOUSTON (AP) — Hunter Brown pitched six smooth innings, Yordan Alvarez homered and drove in two runs, and the Houston Astros routed the Boston Red Sox 9-2 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. Cam Smith also went deep for the Astros, who handed the Red Sox their fourth loss in a row following a victory on opening day. …

DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Duren had 31 points and nine rebounds as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors 127-116 to clinch the Central Division title on Tuesday night. Duren is averaging 23.4 points and 10.5 rebounds in seven games since Cade Cunningham sustained a lung injury on March 17 in 130-117 win over Washington. The Pistons are 6-2 without …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored the go-ahead goal with 7:18 remaining and the Carolina Hurricanes reached the 100-point mark for the fifth time in franchise history, defeating the reeling Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday night. Ehlers added two assists as the Hurricanes remained tied with Buffalo for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Advertisement Carolina’s Andrei …

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bowen Byram flipped a long shot into an empty net with 1:43 remaining to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. The Sabres became the NHL’s 11th franchise to reach 2,000 wins — and the first team not added in the league’s first expansion in 1967 when …

CINCINNATI (AP) — Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O’Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Tuesday night. O’Hearn and Bryan Reynolds went back-to-back in the second inning. Cruz finished with three hits and three RBIs. He also scored three times. Advertisement The Reds were held hitless until Jose Trevino singled off …

BALTIMORE (AP) — Danny Jansen had three hits, including a three-run homer in the seventh inning that helped the Texas Rangers to an 8-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. Jacob deGrom allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings in his first start of the season. The Texas right-hander was scratched Saturday because of neck stiffness. He struck …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrew Painter struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings in a fantastic major league debut, and Kyle Schwarber and Adolis Garcia homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Jhoan Duran struck out two in a scoreless ninth for his second save. Brandon Marsh made a nice running …

Who: Phoenix Suns (42-33) @ Orlando Magic (39-35) When: 4:00pm Arizona Time Where: Kia Center — Orlando, Florida Watch: Arizona’s Family 3TV, Arizona’s Family Sports Listen: KMVP 98.7 After losing six of seven, the Phoenix Suns have a win streak. Winners of their last two, Phoenix took advantage of two of their easiest opponents left on their schedule, beating both …

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Let’s be honest about something first. When Stephen Curry left that January 30th game against Detroit with what we’d eventually learn was runner’s knee, the Warriors didn’t just lose their best player. They lost the arguments about playoff positioning, and optimistic projections about this team’s ceiling, because every reason to believe evaporated with him. Advertisement Seventy-five days later, Steph Curry …

NEW YORK (AP) — The men’s NCAA tournament is averaging 10.3 million viewers through the Elite Eight, according to Nielsen. That is the tournament’s best audience since 1993 and a 9% increase over last year. UConn’s last-second 73-72 victory over Duke in the East Region final averaged 13.4 million on CBS. The audience peaked at 18.9 million when Braylon Mullins …

BOSTON (AP) — Boston College will have to understand if new basketball coach Luke Murray is unable to give the Eagles his full attention for now. The UConn assistant took just a couple of days off to pop by Chestnut Hill this week before rejoining the Huskies for a trip to the Final Four. The plan is to win March …

Big league baseball players increased their potential war chest of cash and investments ahead of collective bargaining to $415 million heading into 2026, up from $284 million at the start of 2025, according to the union’s annual federal disclosure form filed Tuesday. The Major League Baseball Players Association had $222.1 million in U.S. Treasury securities, $155.5 million in other investments …

MIAMI — The Celtics will be at (mostly) full strength when they face the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Jayson Tatum (right Achilles repair injury management) and Neemias Queta (right thumb sprain) are both back in the lineup after one-game absences that came on the second night of a back-to-back. Advertisement And, of note, Jaylen Brown is not on the …

Some of the first names to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2026 class are starting to leak out, and the early wave includes some of the game’s legends. According to ESPN, former Suns and Knicks forward and center Amar’e Stoudemire, former Los Angeles Sparks icon Candace Parker, former Sky and Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne …

The Chicago Bulls announced Monday that they have waived guard Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team,” soon after the former first-round draft pick made anti-gay comments on Instagram Live. The move came less than two months after Chicago acquired Ivey from the Detroit Pistons. In recent days, the fourth-year player has posted several videos on Instagram in which …

Connecticut coach Dan Hurley went viral shortly after Braylon Mullins’ heroic game-winning 3-pointer against Duke in the Elite Eight for appearing to headbutt official Roger Ayers in celebration of the shot. Hurley’s action raised debate on whether the two-time national championship-winning coach could’ve received a potentially game-altering technical foul. On Tuesday, March 31, Hurley said it was all in good …

The NBA’s postseason begins in two weeks and as the regular season wraps up, the awards market start to become one-way traffic. Two awards that are still up in the air are Sixth Man of the Year and Most Improved Player. Let’s break down the best bet for both awards. Odds are courtesy of DraftKings. Most Improved Player: Nickeil Alexander-Walker …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Coach Steve Kerr still believes Stephen Curry could return to the Golden State Warriors before the regular season ends after missing two months with a right knee injury. “Sure, yeah, absolutely,” Kerr said Tuesday, when Curry participated in a full practice on his troublesome knee and did 5-on-5 scrimmaging but it was a light session for …

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry is close to making his return. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told reporters that Curry went through full-contact 5-on-5 practice on Tuesday. Curry is ruled out for Wednesday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs and is doubtful for Thursday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to ESPN’s Anthony Slater. The 38-year-old point guard …

The formalities are over. The women’s NCAA Tournament is about to get real. A tournament marked by blowouts is down to the Final Four, and the teams in Phoenix are the ones everybody expected to be there. Advertisement UConn (38-0) has been the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 since it won the national championship last year. …