National Sports

(Reuters) — Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and had nine rebounds to propel the Boston Celtics to a 113-102 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on ​Tuesday night.

(Reuters) — Rookie Jeremiah Fears scored a career-high 40 points and Jordan Poole added 22 of his 34 points in a decisive third quarter as the New Orleans Pelicans ​closed out their home schedule with a 156-137 victory over the Utah ‌Jazz.

(Reuters) — Michigan won it all, but UConn made the Wolverines work for it in a seesaw national championship game on Monday.

(Reuters) — Davis Martin pitched six effective innings, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 win over the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to complete a surprising sweep Sunday afternoon.

(Reuters) — Gabriela Jaquez and Lauren Betts led UCLA to its first national championship in the NCAA era with a dominating 79-51 romp over South Carolina on Sunday, the third-largest margin of victory in title game history.

(Reuters) — Lauren Coughlin went wire-to-wire and captured the inaugural Aramco Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas for her first win on the LPGA Tour since 2024.

(Reuters) — Nikola Jokic finished with 40 points, including a 6-foot floater late in overtime, Christian Braun had 21 points, and the host Denver Nuggets ended San Antonio’s 11-game ​winning streak with a 136-134 win over the Spurs on Saturday.

Four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for a third straight World Cup after getting beat in a penalty shootout with 10 men at 66th-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European playoffs on Tuesday.

(AP) — Braylon Mullins retrieved a loose ball near midcourt and suddenly, improbably, UConn had a chance to win.

(Reuters) — Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka beat hometown favorite Coco Gauff 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the Miami ‌Open final on Saturday to join an exclusive club by completing the coveted “Sunshine Double.”