Sports News

2:00 AM on Monday, June 8

Chicago faces Atlanta in a matchup of Eastern Conference teams

2:00 AM on Monday, June 8

Golden State hosts the Phoenix Mercury after Gabby Williams scored 27 points in the Golden State Valkyries' 84-79 loss to the Las Vegas Aces

2:00 AM on Monday, June 8

Dallas plays the Minnesota Lynx after Arike Ogunbowale scored 30 points in the Wings' 104-96 win against the Los Angeles Sparks

12:02 AM on Monday, June 8

Matt Chapman singled to drive in automatic runner Jonah Cox in the 10th inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 2-1 for their fourth win in their last five games

9:13 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

9:07 PM on Sunday, June 7

Cubs starter Jameson Taillon thinks he’s headed to the injured list after he left Chicago’s 2-1, 10-inning loss to the San Francisco Giants with a strained left hamstring

8:19 PM on Sunday, June 7

This year’s edition of the World Cup will be the biggest ever with an expanded field of 48 teams, three host countries and 16 stadiums staging the record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament

8:13 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

8:10 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

8:06 PM on Sunday, June 7

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

7:34 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

7:20 PM on Sunday, June 7

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

7:16 PM on Sunday, June 7

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

7:08 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

6:15 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

4:59 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

4:50 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

1:41 PM 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

12:24 PM on Sunday, June 7

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8:39 PM on Saturday, June 6

Police scuttled an NBA Finals watch party near Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks warned fans to get to Monday’s matchup at least two hours early as part of enhanced security measures with President Donald Trump attending the game