Twins win their home opener 10-4 over the Rays

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Tristan Gray hit his first career grand slam to cap a seven-run seventh inning for the Minnesota Twins in a cold and rainy 10-4 home-opener victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.

Parker, Delle Donne and 96 Olympic women's basketball team set for Hall of Fame

PHOENIX (AP) – Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year.

Flavor Flav, a longtime supporter of women's sports, is courtside at Final Four

PHOENIX (AP) – Flavor Flav was among the celebrities in attendance at the women’s Final Four on Friday night, sitting courtside for the UConn-South Carolina game with former Gamecocks player Aliyah Boston.

South Carolina smothers UConn 62-48 to advance to NCAA title game

PHOENIX (AP) – Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in the NCAA Tournament title game after knocking off unbeaten UConn and Geno Auriemma in a physical contest that ended with a heated exchange between the game’s most recognizable coaches.

UConn has remained women's college basketball's gold standard amid rapid growth of the game

PHOENIX (AP) – When Jennifer Rizzotti arrived at UConn as a player in 1992, the expectations around the school, as well as the women’s basketball landscape, were much different than they are today.

Yankees Cody Bellinger makes acrobatic catch to rob Marlins' Xavier Edwards

NEW YORK (AP) – Cody Bellinger is quite the acrobat.

Matvei Michkov has a goal, 2 assists as the Flyers beat the Islanders 3-1

NEW YORK (AP) – Matvei Michkov had a goal and two assists and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Friday night to move within one point of the Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan Division.

Celtics start fast again and roll to 133-101 blowout of the Bucks

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

Knicks rout Bulls 136-96 in a game they led by 47 points

NEW YORK (AP) – OG Anunoby scored 31 points, Mitchell Robinson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the New York Knicks routed the Chicago Bulls 136-96 on Friday night in a game they led by 47 points.