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6:13 PM on Sunday, June 7

Nneka Ogwumike had 20 points and a season-high 17 rebounds, Dearica Hamby added 22 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Portland Fire 89-72 to snap their three-game losing streak

6:07 PM on Sunday, June 7

Cubs starter Jameson Taillon left Chicago's game against the San Francisco Giants with a strained left hamstring with no outs in the second inning

5:17 PM on Sunday, June 7

Authorities say five people have been injured in a series of stabbings at New York’s Penn Station

5:13 PM on Sunday, June 7

Backup catcher Sebastián Rivero went 5 for 5 with six RBIs, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 13-5 victory over the Dodgers

5:10 PM on Sunday, June 7

Cubs opening-day starter Matthew Boyd has completed a minor league rehab assignment and is expected to return to Chicago’s rotation by next weekend

5:06 PM on Sunday, June 7

Nelly Korda won the 81st U.S. Women’s Open for her second consecutive major victory

4:34 PM on Sunday, June 7

Carson Benge went 5 for 5 with a home run and an RBI triple, leading the New York Mets to a 7-3 victory over the struggling San Diego Padres

4:20 PM on Sunday, June 7

The NHL’s best third-period team this season suddenly can’t hold a lead

4:16 PM on Sunday, June 7

Florentino Pérez has earned four more years as Real Madrid’s president after winning club elections

4:08 PM on Sunday, June 7

Brayden McNabb showed up for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final with at least two dozen stitches in his face that forced the Vegas Golden Knights defenseman to wear a caged helmet for the first time since his youth hockey days in Davidson, Saskatchewan

4:02 PM on Sunday, June 7

Jazz Chisholm Jr. has found a way to keep Aaron Judge's bat in the Yankees' lineup

3:28 PM on Sunday, June 7

Starling Marte hit a three-run homer to back six strong innings from Noah Cameron, and the Kansas City Royals held off the Minnesota Twins 6-5 to take three of four games in the series

3:15 PM on Sunday, June 7

Denny Hamlin went from the rear to first again Sunday, winning at Michigan International Speedway to earn his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory from the pole position

3:12 PM on Sunday, June 7

Gary Sánchez homered for the first time since April 14 as part of a seven-run sixth inning, rookie Shane Drohan pitched efficiently into the seventh and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 12-4 to complete a three-game sweep

3:01 PM on Sunday, June 7

Kevin McGonigle homered in the fourth inning and hit a two-run single off All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz with two outs in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners

1:59 PM on Sunday, June 7

Kyle Freeland, the left-handed pitcher who grew up close to Coors Field, became the Colorado Rockies’ all-time leader in innings pitched against Milwaukee

1:50 PM on Sunday, June 7

Cody Bellinger's tiebreaking homer sparked a five-run eighth inning capped by Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s three-run drive, and the banged-up New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1

10:41 AM on Sunday, June 7

Australia has won the rugby sevens world series after saving its best for last and beating season-long front-runner New Zealand 26-19 in the Bordeaux women's final

9:24 AM on Sunday, June 7

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5:39 PM on Saturday, June 6

The New York Knicks are warning fans to bring as little as possible to Game 3 of the NBA Finals and encouraging them to arrive at least two hours before tipoff as part of enhanced security measures with President Donald Trump attending the game