The Denver Nuggets are on a hot streak as the NBA regular season winds down. The Nuggets have now won eight straight games after securing a 136-134 overtime win at home against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday.

The Spurs had a massive first quarter, scoring 43 points and pulling away from the Nuggets early on. But Denver rolled all the way back: In the final seconds of regulation, Aaron Gordon hit a big dunk to tie the game at 124-each and force overtime.

Nikola Jokić, who finished the night with 40 points, sunk two free throws in the final seconds of OT to ice the game.

Dylan Harper’s very long three-pointer, somewhat shockingly, went in at the buzzer, but it was too late for San Antonio, who had to settle for the two-point overtime loss

Jokić led the game with a near triple-double, recording 40 points, 13 assists, eight rebounds and three blocks. Victor Wembanyama’s MVP campaign continued as well, with the Spurs center putting up 34 points and 18 rebounds, but his efforts fell just short.

San Antonio is very comfortably at second in the Western conference with four games left in the season. The Spurs, with a 59-19 record, sit two wins back from the Oklahoma City Thunder, and are well out of reach from the rest of the conference heading into the postseason.

For Denver, though, the win gives them a boost. The Nuggets are neck-and-neck with the Los Angeles Lakers for the third spot in the West, with both currently at 50 wins. Every win also pulls Denver further away from the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves, who sit two and four wins, respectively, away from the fourth-place finish.

The Nuggets and Spurs will meet again in San Antonio next weekend, for the regular season finale on April 12.

The countdown to the 2026 World Cup is on! Each day ahead of the tournament’s return to North America, Yahoo Sports will highlight an insight or moment that showcases just how grand the world’s biggest sporting spectacle has become — even beyond the expanded field of this year’s global event.

The World Cup is a great place for up-and-coming talent to showcase their skills on the biggest stage. But in a long line of teenagers scoring at the World Cup, only one player has found the back of the net at age 17: the late, great Brazilian forward Pelé.

Pelé scored his first goal for Brazil at the 1958 World Cup, hitting the game-winner against Wales at the age of 17 years and 239 days. He went on to score two goals in the final, as Brazil beat Sweden, the host country, 5-2 to win their first World Cup championship.

Following Pelé, the next youngest goalscorer is Mexico’s Manuel Rosas, who kicked the first-ever World Cup penalty kick in 1930 at 18 years and 93 days old in a loss to Argentina. And in third is a more recent entry, with Spanish midfielder Gavi scoring in the 2022 World Cup at 18 years and 110 days old. Gavi snuck in a goal off the post in the 74th minute of Spain’s 7-0 thrashing of Costa Rica.

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A bit further down in the top 15 is a young Lionel Messi, who scored his first World Cup goal in 2006: Minutes after subbing in for his World Cup debut, a nearly 19-year-old Messi beat the Serbia and Montenegro back line to score a banger and give Argentina a 6-0 lead.

Right below him is United States midfielder Julian Green, who scored off a stellar volley in a loss to Belgium at the 2014 World Cup. And a few under Green are the first World Cup goals of England’s Jude Bellingham and France’s Kylian Mbappé, in 2022 and 2018, respectively.

The 15 youngest goalscorers in World Cup history

1. Pelé (Brazil) — 1958, at 17 years and 239 days

2. Manuel Rosas (Mexico) — 1930, at 18 years and 93 days

3. Gavi (Spain) — 2022, at 18 years and 110 days

4. Michael Owen (England) — 1998, at 18 years and 190 days

5. Nicolae Kovacs (Romania) — 1930, at 18 years and 197 days

6. Dmitri Sychev (Russia) — 2002, at 18 years and 231 days

7. Lionel Messi (Argentina) — 2006, at 18 years and 357 days

8. Julian Green (United States) — 2014, at 19 years and 25 days

9. Divock Origi (Belgium) — 2014, at 19 years and 65 days

10. Martin Hoffmann (East Germany) — 1974, at 19 years and 88 days

11. Jude Bellingham (England) — 2022, at 19 years and 145 days

12. Tostão (Brazil) — 1966, at 19 years and 171 days

13. Kylian Mbappé (France) — 2018, at 19 years and 183 days

14. Edmund Conen (Germany) — 1934, at 19 years and 198 days

15. Moussa Wague (Senegal) — 2018, at 19 years and 263 days

Will anyone join the list in 2026? We’ll have to wait and see.

The Minnesota Twins’s home opener hit a major snag on, with the team’s stadium losing power shortly before the game. Shortly before 2 p.m. central time — about an hour before first pitch — Target Field suffered a power outage that appears to have affected the entire neighborhood.

Pregame ceremonies for the matchup, which was supposed to start at 3:10 p.m. CT, have officially been delayed. The planned program is set to include a ceremony honoring Minnesota-based U.S. Olympians — including curling team Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, and a group of Minnesota Frost players led by Kendall Coyne Schofield — followed by the national anthem.

Friday was also supposed to be the debut of the Twins’ new “pregame happy hour,” which included $2 beers, $2 hot dogs and other $2 ballpark snacks for fans who arrive before start time at 3:10 p.m. However, the stadium’s concessions, which are all cashless, were also take out of commission as a result of the outage, per the Minnesota Post’s Pat Borzi.

This story will be updated.

Kansas City Royals catcher Carter Jensen was unexpectedly taken out of the starting lineup on Thursday for an incredibly human reason: He overslept.

Jensen was set to start against the Minnesota Twins, giving veteran catcher Salvador Perez a break. But Jensen was late after sleeping through his alarm, leaving manager Matt Quatraro with no choice but scratch Jensen late and put Perez back behind the plate.

“Carter had an oversight,” Quatraro said after the Royals’ 5-1 loss to the Twins, via MLB.com. “Overslept. Wasn’t here on time, and we made the decision to scratch him from the lineup.”

Quatraro clarified that this was a rare instance for the 22-year-old catcher.

“He’s a stand-up guy, a really hard worker, a great kid. He feels terrible. He’s accountable to it. It’s not something that has been a pattern or any of that kind of stuff. Nobody feels worse than he does, and I think he’ll admit to that. And we’ll move on,” he added.

Jensen ended up stepping in as catcher in the top of the ninth inning, giving Perez a breather. Minnesota hit three solo homers in that inning to take the 5-1 lead.

Postgame, Jensen was up front about his mistake.

“No running from it,” Jensen told reporters, via MLB.com. “Just didn’t wake up to my alarm. Slept through it. Don’t really have an excuse, nor should I. It sucks. Happens. I felt like I let my teammates down, coaches down. Just learn from it and know it won’t happen again.”

Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino said postgame that the team was initially worried that something had happened to Jensen, but that he hoped that the young catcher would learn from the situation.

“Once you find out he’s okay it’s like, alright, it’s a growing moment. He’s really young. There are some things that cannot happen and that’s one of them. He’s going to have to wear it on the chin, same way anybody would have to. It can’t happen. And hopefully, it doesn’t happen again,” Pasquantino said, via KSHB’s McKenzie Nelson. “I know he feels really bad. I know that it was not his favorite drive to the field this morning, but it wasn’t our favorite morning, either, trying to figure out what was going on. He’ll learn from it. Grow up a little bit.

“We’re here for him, though. It’s not like anybody’s mad at him,” he continued. “But you got to learn from mistakes like that, and maybe get another alarm clock or something.”

Pasquantino pointed out that Perez, who was supposed to just be the designated hitter before Jensen was scratched, was able to step in as a catcher despite having “his world gets a little rocked” an hour and a half before the game.

“Credit to Salvy today for being ready,” Pasquantino said.

Jensen seemed to agree with Pasquantino’s advice, saying that he would learn his lesson and up his alarm count.

“There’s a lot to learn from it. Making sure if I don’t set one alarm, maybe set three, four, as many as possible,” Jensen said, via MLB.com. “Moving forward, that’s what I’m going to do. Set a million alarms. Make sure I’m up. It stinks, though.”

Kansas City starts a home series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. Given that Perez never got his expected break, it’s likely that Jensen (a million alarms later) will be back behind the plate.