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6:35 PM on Friday, April 3

Jake Bird arrived at 8:15 a.m., more than five hours before the start of his first game in pinstripes for the New York Yankees

6:20 PM on Friday, April 3

The Milwaukee Brewers finalized their eight-year, $50.75 million contract with Cooper Pratt, adding their prized 21-year-old shortstop prospect to their 40-man roster and optioning him to Triple-A Nashville

5:43 PM on Friday, April 3

Tristan Peters capped a two-run 10th inning with an RBI single and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in a wild home opener

5:35 PM on Friday, April 3

Illinois coach Brad Underwood doesn’t need any reminders about what happened the last two times his team faced UConn

5:18 PM on Friday, April 3

Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman — the first four hitters in the Los Angeles lineup — all homered in a 13-6 win over the Washington Nationals

5:14 PM on Friday, April 3

UConn coach Dan Hurley is back in the Final Four for the third time in four seasons

5:06 PM on Friday, April 3

A late goal from Angola international Randy Nteka has given Rayo Vallecano a 1-0 win over Elche in La Liga

4:57 PM on Friday, April 3

The home arena of the Dallas Stars has launched an investigation into a video that apparently shows four fans celebrating a goal with a Nazi salute

4:54 PM on Friday, April 3

Paris Saint-Germain has opened up a four-point lead over Lens at the top of Ligue 1

4:52 PM on Friday, April 3

Marcelo Mayer and Willson Contreras both hit home runs as part of a three-run sixth inning and the Boston Red Sox snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 win in their home opener over the San Diego Padres

4:46 PM on Friday, April 3

Ozzie Guillen got quite a surprise when the Chicago White Sox informed him they will retire his No. 13 this season

4:28 PM on Friday, April 3

Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 in their home opener for their second 6-1 start in three seasons

4:19 PM on Friday, April 3

The Kansas City Royals have recalled right-hander Luinder Avila from Triple-A Omaha to start the series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers

4:07 PM on Friday, April 3

More than 24 hours before the first shot flew at a Final Four that really feels like a five-team affair, Arizona already had a win

4:02 PM on Friday, April 3

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman went deep as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers pummeled the Washington Nationals 13-6

4:00 PM on Friday, April 3

These are strange days at Michigan

3:59 PM on Friday, April 3

Dillon Dingler homered, Framber Valdez pitched six shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers ended a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in their home opener

2:41 PM on Friday, April 3

The victory lap for the U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning men's and women's hockey teams has gotten all the way to baseball season

11:43 AM on Friday, April 3

Brent Burns is set to play his 1,000th consecutive NHL regular-season game on Saturday when the Colorado Avalanche play in Dallas against the Stars

10:00 AM on Friday, April 3

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic is likely to win the NBA scoring title this season, but he might not make the All-NBA team