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11:03 PM on Thursday, May 21

The New York Knicks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals with a 2-0 lead in the series

11:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

Las Vegas takes on the Los Angeles Sparks after Chelsea Gray scored 21 points in the Las Vegas Aces' 85-84 victory over the Atlanta Dream

11:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

Chicago plays the Minnesota Lynx after Kamilla Cardoso scored 24 points in the Chicago Sky's 99-89 loss to the Dallas Wings

11:00 PM on Thursday, May 21

Indiana hosts the Golden State Valkyries after Aliyah Boston scored 24 points in the Indiana Fever's 90-73 win over the Portland Fire

10:16 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Carolina Hurricanes emerged from having 11 days between playoff series by giving up four goals in the first 11-plus minutes of a 6-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens to open the Eastern Conference Final

10:05 PM on Thursday, May 21

Zack Gelof’s fielder’s choice groundout in the 10th inning drove in Nick Kurtz to give the Athletics a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels

9:44 PM on Thursday, May 21

Dearica Hamby scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Sparks rode a big second quarter to a 97-88 win over the Phoenix Mercury

9:39 PM on Thursday, May 21

Corbin Carroll lined a run-scoring single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies

8:36 PM on Thursday, May 21

Questions persist about whether Cleveland Cavaliers leading scorer Donovan Mitchell playing through injury after he and his teammates lost Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals to the New York Knicks

7:59 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Montreal Canadiens pounced for four first-period goals on slow-starting Carolina — coming off the longest postseason break in more than a century — and handed the Hurricanes their first loss of the playoffs with a 6-2 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final

7:47 PM on Thursday, May 21

Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93

7:36 PM on Thursday, May 21

Reserve Maya Caldwell led a balanced attack with 16 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Toronto Tempo 100-72

7:24 PM on Thursday, May 21

Gabby Williams scored 16 points to lead a balanced offense and help the Golden State Valkyries rout the New York Liberty 87-70, spoiling the season debut of Satou Sabally

7:12 PM on Thursday, May 21

George Springer homered, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base three times and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 2-0 on Thursday night to split a four-game series

6:33 PM on Thursday, May 21

Michael Harris II hit a two-run homer and a solo shot, Mike Yastrzemski also went deep and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 9-3y

6:27 PM on Thursday, May 21

The lower bowl of the Athletics’ $2 billion domed stadium on the Las Vegas Strip is taking shape, and officials said the project remains on schedule to open before the 2028 season

5:39 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Braves said outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was removed in the sixth inning of Thursday’s game against the Miami Marlins as a precaution because of pain in his left thumb

4:18 PM on Thursday, May 21

Reaction to the death of Kyle Busch on Thursday at the age of 41

2:28 PM on Thursday, May 21

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally won a major trophy with Al-Nassr

1:24 PM on Thursday, May 21

Playing at home hasn’t provided much comfort for WNBA teams this season