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9:17 PM on Friday, August 28

Nneka Ogwumike had 24 points, Rae Burrell scored 12 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 88-82

8:28 PM on Friday, August 28

Colson Montgomery hit his 28th homer and Andrew Benintendi drove in two runs to help the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Friday night

8:22 PM on Friday, August 28

Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss says Ronald Acuña Jr. “looked like himself” when he hit cleanup for the first time in four years

8:13 PM on Friday, August 28

Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White spent most of her past 27 years working in the WNBA

8:10 PM on Friday, August 28

Zach Wilson led a drive to Daniel Carlson’s 53-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Dallas Cowboys 27-24 in a preseason finale

8:05 PM on Friday, August 28

Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win, and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates

7:56 PM on Friday, August 28

Atlanta Dream star forward Angel Reese avoided a one-game suspension when the WNBA rescinded her eighth technical foul that was assessed Friday night in a loss to Portland

7:46 PM on Friday, August 28

Chip Trayanum was taken to a hospital with a neck injury after earlier scoring a touchdown in the New York Jets' 23-6 preseason loss to the Giants

7:40 PM on Friday, August 28

Paul Goldschmidt homered, left fielder Cody Bellinger threw out the potential tying run at home plate to end the seventh inning and the New York Yankees edged the Boston Red Sox 1-0 in the opener of a pivotal four-game series

7:32 PM on Friday, August 28

Logan Henderson gave up one hit over seven innings and Jake Bauers reached base five times and scored twice in his return to the lineup as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Texas Rangers 6-1

7:29 PM on Friday, August 28

Jalon Daniels’ chances of earning Tampa Bay’s backup quarterback job seemed to diminish in the team’s preseason finale, a 19-0 loss at Jacksonville in which neither side played starters

7:24 PM on Friday, August 28

Rookie Miles Davis ran for a 1-yard touchdown, Ryan Fitzgerald kicked three field goals and the Carolina Panthers held on to defeat the Houston Texans 16-13 in the preseason finale for both teams

7:24 PM on Friday, August 28

Tua Tagovailoa led a touchdown drive but lost a fumble while playing the first quarter for Atlanta against his former team, and the Falcons beat the Miami Dolphins 17-12

7:10 PM on Friday, August 28

Carla Leite scored 26 points, Emily Engstler added a career-high 25 and the Portland Fire beat playoff-bound Atlanta 101-83, ending the Dream’s four-game winning streak

6:49 PM on Friday, August 28

New York Jets rookie running back Chip Trayanum was taken to a hospital after being carted off the field with a neck injury after being tackled during the final play of the first half against the Giants

6:23 PM on Friday, August 28

Tyler Huntley and Joe Fagnano each threw a touchdown pass in a dominant first half for the Baltimore Ravens, who wrapped up their preseason schedule with a 41-3 rout of the Washington Commanders

4:18 PM on Friday, August 28

Tarik Skubal shed some tears, walking on a field that used to be his home turf as the team that traded him away paid tribute to the two-time Cy Young Award winner

3:40 PM on Friday, August 28

The Tampa Bay Rays have secured county approval for a financing plan to build a new stadium

3:06 PM on Friday, August 28

Twins top prospect Walker Jenkins has been called up from Triple-A St. Paul

1:58 PM on Friday, August 28

Max Fried will come off the injured list to start for the New York Yankees in the second game of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox