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2:56 AM on Tuesday, June 16

The Arizona Diamondbacks lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels

2:56 AM on Tuesday, June 16

The Philadelphia Phillies lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Miami Marlins

2:01 AM on Tuesday, June 16

The teams that are ranked 61st, 67th and 85th in FIFA’s world rankings all were heavy underdogs in their first matches at the World Cup

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Golden State hosts Dallas looking to prolong its three-game win streak

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Minnesota plays Los Angeles for a Western Conference matchup Wednesday

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Chicago plays the New York Liberty after Sydney Taylor scored 30 points in the Chicago Sky's 114-106 overtime loss to the Indiana Fever

1:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Phoenix hosts the Las Vegas Aces after Kahleah Copper scored 41 points in the Phoenix Mercury's 111-102 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Sparks

12:53 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Colt Keith has rediscovered his home run swing in Houston, swatting three round-trippers to power the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 victory over the Astros

12:37 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Nick Kurtz hit two homers and drove in five runs, Jeff McNeil also went deep and knocked in four, and the Athletics beat the scuffling Pittsburgh Pirates 11-2

12:21 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers erased an early deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the opener of a six-game homestand

11:50 PM on Monday, June 15

Pete Crow-Armstrong put his name in the Chicago Cubs’ record book next to Hall of Fame slugger Hack Wilson — and then nearly ruined the celebration at Wrigley Field

11:31 PM on Monday, June 15

Lionel Messi and Argentina are ready to defend their World Cup title

11:27 PM on Monday, June 15

Gabby Williams scored 16 points, Kaila Charles came of the bench to finish with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-58 for their third straight win

11:04 PM on Monday, June 15

Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first major league player to hit for the cycle this season as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies

10:33 PM on Monday, June 15

Colt Keith had three home runs and six RBIs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 9-3

10:04 PM on Monday, June 15

The coach of Iran’s World Cup team says it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand

9:56 PM on Monday, June 15

Dustin May took a perfect game into the seventh inning before finishing a one-hitter as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 3-0

1:37 PM on Monday, June 15

Now that the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions, the NHL offseason is underway with another huge jump in the salary cap and plenty of teams eager to make moves around the draft and when free agency begins on July 1

12:03 PM on Monday, June 15

Authorities say two people are dead after a BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon

11:38 PM on Sunday, June 14

Iranian American demonstrators amassed outside Iran’s first World Cup match, waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flags banned inside the stadium and calling for change in Tehran