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Banchero and the Magic look to clinch series against Detroit 04/28/2026 02:03am • Orlando Magic (45-37, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (60-22, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT LINE: Pistons -9.5; over/under is 210.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND: Magic lead series 3-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Orlando Magic look to clinch the series o Penguins fend off elimination again with a Game 5 win over Flyers to send series back to Philly 04/28/2026 02:01am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided elimination for the second time in 48 hours with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Game 5 of their first-round series on Monday night. Sidney Crosby shook off a shot to his left knee to add two France and Machado lead red-hot Padres to 9-7 victory over Cubs as Miller's scoreless streak ends 04/28/2026 02:01am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Ty France drove in four runs with a double and a triple to lead the surging San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-7 on Monday night. Manny Machado had three hits and scored three times for the Padres (19-9), who won for the 17th time in 21 games. They are 18-5 this month (.783 Desmond Bane scores 22, No. 8 seed Magic beat No. 1 seed Pistons for a 3-1 series lead 04/28/2026 02:00am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� The Orlando Magic are one win away from knocking off a No. 1 seed and winning their first playoff series in 16 years. They���re not celebrating yet. Desmond Bane scored 22 points, Franz Wagner had 19 in three quarters and the Magic beat the Detroit Pistons 94-88 Monday night t Ryan Vilade has 3 hits, drives in 2 runs as Tampa Bay beats Cleveland to extend win streak to 5 04/28/2026 01:59am • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Ryan Vilade had three hits and drove in two runs, including the go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their fifth straight by defeating the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 Monday night. Daniel Schneemann had a two-run homer in the fifth inning and rookie Parker Baseball Glance 04/28/2026 01:52am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New Yor Employee testifies owners knew of problems at Dominican club where roof collapse killed 236 04/28/2026 01:48am • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� A former employee of a popular nightclub whose roof collapsed a year ago and killed 236 people told a judge Monday that the owners were fully aware the structure was deteriorated. Gregory Adames testified against siblings Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, who Murakami homers again as the White Sox top the Angels for a rain-delayed 8-7 win 04/28/2026 01:48am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Munetaka Murakami hit a three-run homer in a big seventh-inning rally, and the Chicago White Sox held off the slumping Los Angeles Angels for an 8-7 win Monday night. Andrew Benintendi had three RBIs as Chicago improved to 6-4 in its last 10 games. Miguel Vargas hit a solo drive, an ���Dances With Wolves��� actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault 04/28/2026 01:44am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A Nevada judge sentenced ���Dances With Wolves��� actor Nathan Chasing Horse on Monday to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls. A jury had previously convicted him of 13 charges, mostly related to sexual assault of three women. Accusers and their fami Heavy flooding in southern China forces evacuations and leaves vehicles submerged 04/28/2026 01:43am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Heavy flooding from torrential rain left cars submerged and forced the evacuation of more than 200 residents in a southern Chinese city, state media reported Tuesday. Rescue crews deployed inflatable boats to help relocate some residents trapped in their homes in Qinzhou city in Gua A South Sudan community is denied aid as government and opposition blame each other 04/28/2026 01:23am • CHUIL, South Sudan (AP) ��� Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths there mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said. The Associated Press spoke with people who fled to the swamp-encircled community Kyle Tucker���s 2-out, 2-run single in the 9th inning leads Dodgers past Marlins 5-4 04/28/2026 01:21am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Kyle Tucker singled in the tying and go-ahead runs with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, rallying the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Monday night in the series opener. It was Tucker's only hit of the game after starting 0 for 4. Jake Eder (1-0) earned his Aaron Judge and Ben Rice match Yankees greats Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra with powerful starts 04/28/2026 01:02am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Aaron Judge allowed Ben Rice to match his home run total for only a few pitches. Together, the sluggers have now accomplished something for the New York Yankees with their powerful starts that only Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra had done before them. Rice went 404 feet the o Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say 04/28/2026 12:42am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Iran offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlik Sloppy Pistons are 1 loss from becoming 7th No. 1 seed to lose to an 8 seed in the NBA playoffs 04/28/2026 12:32am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Those 60 wins in the regular season and that No. 1 seed don���t mean much for the Detroit Pistons right now. They���re one loss away from a rare elimination. Only six No. 8 seeds have defeated a No. 1 in a playoff series in NBA history. It���s happened only four times since th