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6:51 PM on Thursday, March 12

Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves each scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday night

6:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

Colin Graf scored a short-handed goal and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 38 shots to help the San Jose Sharks win 4-2 and hand the Bruins their first loss in Boston since Christmas

6:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 3-1 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes

6:39 PM on Thursday, March 12

Duncan Robinson scored 19 points and the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 131-109 on Thursday night for their second straight victory after a season-worst four-game losing streak

6:34 PM on Thursday, March 12

Kingston Fleming scored 17 points as No. 5 Houston held off AJ Dybantsa and defeated BYU 73-66 in the Big 12 quarterfinals Thursday night

6:32 PM on Thursday, March 12

Although the Chicago Bears failed to land Maxx Crosby, general manager Ryan Poles came away pleased with what he did defensively during the first few days of free agency

6:31 PM on Thursday, March 12

Isaiah Evans made seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 32 points, Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Cameron Boozer added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke survived a scare from Florida State to beat the Seminoles 80-79 on Thursday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals

6:30 PM on Thursday, March 12

Devin Booker scored 43 points, Jalen Green had 36 and the Phoenix Suns beat NBA-worst Indiana 123-108 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory and the Pacers’ 11th loss in a row

6:21 PM on Thursday, March 12

AJ Storr scored 19 points, Malik Dia added 17, and No. 15 seed Mississippi beat seventh-seeded Georgia 76-72 at the Southeastern Conference Tournament

6:13 PM on Thursday, March 12

San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanayama will miss Thursday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets due to right ankle soreness

6:07 PM on Thursday, March 12

Scottie Scheffler was more wild than usual off the tee at The Players Championship

5:43 PM on Thursday, March 12

Sepp Straka kept getting into trouble and saving pars

5:42 PM on Thursday, March 12

Braden Smith had 16 assists to climb into second on the NCAA career list, and No. 18 Purdue outmuscled Northwestern for an 81-68 victory that moved the Boilermakers into the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament

5:33 PM on Thursday, March 12

Clemson forward Carter Welling suffered a torn knee ligament in the Tigers’ opening game at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament

5:14 PM on Thursday, March 12

The Raiders poured huge money into free agency as they try to reboot a struggling franchise

5:00 PM on Thursday, March 12

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn’t rule out re-engaging in trade talks for edge rusher Maxx Crosby while saying he didn’t anticipate such a move since his club is “pretty far down the road” in free agency

4:50 PM on Thursday, March 12

Edge rusher Al-Quadin Muhammad and two-time Pro Bowl special teams ace Miles Killebrew have signed contracts with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

4:44 PM on Thursday, March 12

Geno Smith is returning to the New York Jets and says he wants to finish what he started there

11:38 AM on Thursday, March 12

Malik Thomas scored 16 points, Thijs De Ridder added 15 points and No. 10 Virginia defeated N

8:45 AM on Thursday, March 12

The Minnesota Vikings have signed Kyler Murray