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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 25 as reigning champion Thunder open playoffs with 119-84 win over Suns 04/19/2026 07:02pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defense with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday. The reigning league MVP made just 5 of 18 field goals but went 15 Blue Jays ride an 8-run first inning to a 10-4 win over the Diamondbacks, snapping 4-game skid 04/19/2026 06:56pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Kazuma Okamoto hit a solo homer and had three RBIs, Nathan Lukes added a three-run double and the Toronto Blue Jays used an eight-run first inning to cruise past the Arizona Diamondbacks for a 10-4 victory Sunday that prevented a three-game sweep. Toronto snapped a four-game losing Minnesota Wild look for a playoff first after putting Dallas Stars in familiar postseason spot 04/19/2026 06:56pm • DALLAS (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have an opportunity to do something they have never done in the NHL playoffs after putting the Dallas Stars in a very familiar postseason position. Minnesota's 6-1 thumping of its Central Division rival in Game 1 sets up the possibility Monday night to go up 2-0 i Louisiana gunman fatally shot 7 of his own children and another child in an attack at Shreveport house, police say 04/19/2026 06:44pm • SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Louisiana gunman fatally shot 7 of his own children and another child in an attack at Shreveport house, police say. Moniak and Karros homer as the Rockies beat the Dodgers 9-6 04/19/2026 06:41pm • DENVER (AP) — Mickey Moniak hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh, and the Colorado Rockies held on to beat Los Angeles 9-6 on Sunday and give the Dodgers’ their first losing streak of the season. Los Angeles won 11 of 13 before dropping the last two in Denver. Shohei Ohtani doubled twice Oil prices rise anew as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. keeps tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz 04/19/2026 06:23pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Oil prices rise anew as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. keeps tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz. Tyler Reddick passes Kyle Larson on the final lap of OT to win NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas 04/19/2026 06:22pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick is riding the kind of Cup Series hot streak that Michael Jordan once enjoyed in his playing days. Oh, you can bet the NBA Hall of Famer is enjoying this one, too. Reddick roared by Kyle Larson on the final lap of overtime to win at Kansas Speedw Cardinals top Astros 7-5 in 10 innings to extend win streak to 5 games 04/19/2026 06:20pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Masyn Winn cleared the bases with a double down the third base line, and the St. Louis Cardinals won their fifth straight game, beating the Houston Astros 7-5 in 10 innings on Sunday. Winn was 3 for 5, and he finished the series with seven RBIs. Houston had the tying run on base in The center-left coalition of former President Radev will win Bulgaria's election, exit poll suggests 04/19/2026 06:15pm • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A center-left coalition led by Bulgaria ’s former President Rumen Radev will win the parliamentary election, an exit poll suggested hours after polls closed on Sunday. The list is unlikely to garner enough votes to rule alone, which could prolong a yearslong political dead TJ Friedl has 3-run double in 9th, and Reds rally for 7-4 win in 10 for 3-game sweep of Twins 04/19/2026 06:07pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the ninth inning, Rece Hinds added a two-run double in the 10th, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied past the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep. Cincinnati scored six runs over the final two innings to win its third ex Iran vows a swift response to the U.S. seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel, Iran's state-run media say 04/19/2026 06:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran vows a swift response to the U.S. seizure of an Iranian-flagged vessel, Iran's state-run media say. Stewart Cink puts on a clinic at Concession and wins the Senior PGA Championship by 6 shots 04/19/2026 05:56pm • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Stewart Cink pulled away from the field with an astonishing stretch around the turn Sunday to close with a 9-under 63 for a six-shot victory in the Senior PGA Championship, his first senior major and third win of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Cink was one shot behind g Professional Women's Hockey League Glance 04/19/2026 05:56pm • Teams awarded three (3) points for a regulation win, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero (0) points for a regulation time loss. All Times EDT Wednesday’s Games New York 3, Toronto 2 Boston 3, Minnesota 2 Friday's Games Montreal Endrick stars as Lyon beats PSG 2-1 to give Lens renewed hope in Ligue 1 title race 04/19/2026 05:46pm • PARIS (AP) — Brazil forward Endrick scored one goal and created another as Lyon won 2-1 at leader Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday to go third in Ligue 1 and boost its chances of Champions League qualification. PSG's fifth league defeat of the season left it one point ahead of second-placed Lens, wit The Sharks future is bright thanks to a young core led by Macklin Celebrini 04/19/2026 05:45pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The multiyear rebuild era for the San Jose Sharks is complete. After making a surprising push for the playoffs that lasted to the final week of the season, the young Sharks now appear poised to make that next step back to the postseason behind budding superstar Macklin Cel