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Basketball
Lynx capture fourth title with win over Sparks in Game 5
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
WNBA Finals
MINNEAPOLIS—
Sylvia Fowles had 17 points
and broke her own WNBA
Finals record by grabbing 20
rebounds to lead the Minne-
sota Lynx to their fourth
championship in seven years
with an 85-76 victory over
the Los Angeles Sparks in
Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Maya Moore had 18
points and 10 rebounds and
hit a huge runner with 26
seconds to play, Lindsay
Whalen had 17 points and
eight assists and Seimone
Augustus added 14 points,
six assists and six boards to
help the Lynx move into a tie
with the Houston Comets for
most titles in league history.
“I think every time you
do this, it gets a little more
special because it gets a little
harder,” Whalen said. “And
more meaningful because
you know it’s not easy. It’s
not something we try to take
for granted ever.”
Candace Parker had 19
points, 15 rebounds and fi ve
assists for the Sparks, who
were looking to become the
fi rst repeat champions in 15
Los Angeles
Minnesota
76
85
years. Chelsea Gray had 15
points and eight assists, but
Nneka Ogwumike fouled
out with 5:29 to play and
fi nished with 11 points. Los
Angeles turned it over 17
times.
With a team that had the
makings of a new dynasty
bearing down on it, the
Lynx responded to reassert
their own. They have been
in the fi nals in six of the last
seven years and now fi nd
themselves in the company
of Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl
Swoopes and the Comets
that dominated the league’s
early days.
“They wanted to take their
place next to the Houston
Comets,” coach Cheryl
Reeve said. “So they did it.”
The game the Lynx rule
now is bigger, faster and
deeper and the proud core of
Moore, Rebekkah Brunson,
Augustus and Whalen have
had to earn everything
Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP
The Minnesota Lynx celebrate after winning the WNBA
fi nals against the Los Angeles Sparks at Williams Are-
na, Wednesday in Minneapolis.
they’ve accomplished. They
led by 12 in the third quarter,
but Los Angeles pushed right
back, trimming the defi cit to
four at the start of the fourth.
Reeve
has
always
regretted not getting Fowles
more involved late in Game
5 a year ago, and they made
sure to force-feed their MVP
this time around to close the
door. After Parker’s 3 cut
Minnesota’s lead to 68-64,
Fowles corralled a loose
ball and fi nger-rolled it in
just ahead of the shot clock
buzzer for a 70-64 lead.
The Lynx looked to
have things in control when
Augustus’s jumper gave
them a 79-67 lead that lasted
until Jantel Lavender’s layup
with 90 seconds to go. But
Riquna Williams hit two
free throws and Sims had
two steals for layups, one of
which she converted for a
three-point play to pull Los
Angeles within 79-76 with
35 seconds to go.
“We’re not a team and
I’m not a person to make
excuses,” Sparks coach
Brian Agler said. “We just
didn’t do what we needed to
do to keep her off the glass.”
But Moore responded
with a tough pull-up in the
lane and Fowles, who was
also named MVP of the
series, hit a couple of foul
shots to ice it.
A rivalry this tight just
had to come down to a Game
5, and Minnesota forced
it with an 80-69 victory
Sunday in Los Angeles.
The Sparks and Lynx went
fi ve games last year before
Los Angeles won on a
last-second put-back from
Ogwumike. The previous 12
meetings between these two
teams, starting with Game
1 of last year’s fi nals, had a
cumulative score of 908-908.
It has been the kind of
tense, back-and-forth play
between two star-fi lled
rosters that the league has
sorely needed. Household
names like Moore, Parker,
Ogwumike and Whalen
have gone at each other to
the bitter end in two straight
series. Magic Johnson has
been courtside watching his
Sparks while Jimmy Butler
and Karl-Anthony Towns
watched the Lynx playoff
run before going to China
with the Timberwolves.
“It’s brought attention to
a lot of things,” Parker said.
“The new playoff format has
been good for our league.
It’s been good for the fans.
It seems like the WNBA
wanted fi ve games, and they
got it.”
A capacity crowd packed
Williams Arena, turning
one of the oldest basketball
arenas in the country into a
rollicking women’s hoops
mecca,
reminiscent
of
Whalen’s days here as a
star for the University of
Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The old “Barn” is fi lled with
obstructed views — seats
behind support posts and
under awnings that make
seeing the court diffi cult.
They were all fi lled on
Wednesday night, and even
if they had to crane their
necks for the right view, they
saw a game as long on turn-
overs as it was tension. The
Lynx turned it over 18 times,
but were able to overcome
that with 22 points off of the
Sparks’ mistakes.
Brunson had 13 points
and eight rebounds.
Soccer
MLS playoffs taking shape in the East. West? Not so much
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
There’s just one more
playoff spot left to claim
in Major League Soccer’s
Eastern Conference, while
the West remains rather wild.
Toronto reigns above
the entire league at 19-5-8
(65 points) this season. The
Reds claimed the Supporters’
Shield last weekend with a
4-2 victory over the New
York Red Bulls.
Toronto has already
secured the top seed in the
East, along with home-fi eld
advantage throughout the
playoffs.
“From a traditional stand-
point we are proud to win the
trophy, proud to win it for
fans who have been through
a lot over the years,” coach
Greg Vanney said. “We also
know that we have one big
one still in front of us and that
is the biggest one.”
That biggest one? The
MLS Cup. Toronto fell in the
league’s championship game
last season to the Seattle
Sounders.
The Reds are about to get
a big boost in that quest for
the Cup. Sebastian Giovinco,
who has missed the team’s
last four games with a quad-
riceps injury, is expected to
be back for the team’s next
game on Oct. 15 against
Montreal.
The other teams that
have clinched playoff sports
in the East are NYCFC,
the Chicago Fire and the
Columbus Crew. Atlanta
became the fi rst expansion
club since the Sounders in
2009 to earn a playoff spot.
The Red Bulls are above
the line in the standings with
three matches remaining,
ahead of the seventh-place
Montreal Impact, who join
three other teams clustered at
39 points and a mathematical
chance of making the play-
offs.
DC United has been
eliminated in the East. In
the West, both the Colorado
Rapids and LA Galaxy are
already out of the postseason,
but the rest of the conference
is still up for grabs, with only
Vancouver clinching a spot.
The Whitecaps snapped
Sporting Kansas City’s
24-match unbeaten streak at
home with a 1-0 victory on
Saturday to clinch the spot.
“We have a team with grit
and character that this city
can really get behind and be
proud of, and we’re going to
need everyone behind us to
make this season something
special,” Whitecaps Presi-
dent Bob Lenarduzzi said.
The Portland Timbers
missed a chance to clinch
last week with a 2-1 loss to
the Earthquakes in San Jose.
Now they’re knotted with
rival Seattle and Sporting KC
for second place as teams
jostle for position down the
stretch.
In a scheduling twist, both
the Timbers and the Sounders
have their fi nal two games at
home.
“It’s massive. I think if
you look at the schedule at
the start of the season, seeing
two home games toward
the end of the season, we’ll
take that,” Portland defender
Liam Ridgewell said.
Sporting is in an inter-
esting position because they
have four matches left in the
season — but three of those
games are on the road.
Overall in the West,
playoff position is still a long
way from being decided. Of
the teams still in the race,
the situation looks bleakest
for the expansion Minnesota
United, who would need help
to make it with three games
left.
COACHING
HOT
SEAT: There have already
been an MLS-record fi ve
head coaches dismissed
this season: New England’s
Jay Heaps, Colorado’s
Pablo Mastroeni, San Jose’s
Dominic Kinnear, Salt
Lake’s Jeff Cassar and the
Galaxy’s Curt Onalfo.
The list may get longer
when the season winds to a
close. There are persistent
rumors about Montreal’s
Mauro Biello, but the Impact
remain in play for a playoff
spot.
SCOREBOARD
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Thursday
Mac-Hi at The Dalles, 4 p.m.
Friday
Umatilla at Nyssa, 3 p.m.
Saturday
Ontario at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 3 p.m.
Local slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Thursday
Prarie City vs. Arlington (at Condon), 7
p.m.
Friday
Mountain View at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Hermiston at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.
Ontario at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 7 p.m.
Vale at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Stanfi eld, 7 p.m.
Powder Valley at Echo, 7 p.m.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday
Irrigon at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 6 p.m.
Friday
Umatilla at Nyssa, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Ontario at Mac-Hi, Noon
Riverside at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Thursday
Pendleton at La Grande, 6 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Culver at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m.
Heppner at Pilot Rock, 5 p.m.
Helix at Cove, 5 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 5 p.m.
Friday
Nyssa at Stanfi eld, 1 p.m.
Union at Stanfi eld, Noon
Powder Valley at Echo, 4 p.m.
Sherman at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Heppner vs. St. Paul (at Sherman), 10
a.m.
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 11 a.m.
Irrigon at Stanfi eld, Noon
Weston-McEwen vs. St. Paul (at Sher-
man), Noon
Echo at Joseph, 1 p.m.
Helix at Wallowa, 1 p.m.
Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 1 p.m.
Ontario at Mac-Hi, 1:30 p.m.
Helix at Joseph, 3 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Kennedy (at Sher-
man), 4 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday
Heppner, Helix, Weston-McEwen,
Stanfi eld at Mustang Invitational (Heppner),
4 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston, Pendleton, Stanfi eld at Rich-
land (WA) Invite, TBD
Mac-Hi, Umatilla at La Grande Invite, TBD
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Friday
Spokane at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m.
Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon,
1 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Friday
Blue Mountain at North Idaho, 2 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon,
4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Spokane, Noon
Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, Noon
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
Friday
Blue Mountain at North Idaho, 4:15 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon,
7 p.m.
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 2 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Spokane, 2:15 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Saturday
MSU-Northern at Eastern Oregon, 6 p.m.
Baseball
MLB
Postseason Schedule
WILD CARD
AL: New York 8, Minnesota 4
NL: Arizona 11, Colorado 8
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
Boston vs. Houston
Thursday, Oct. 5: Boston at Houston, 1:08
p.m. (FS1 or MLB)
Friday, Oct. 6: Boston at Houston, 11:05
a.m. (FS1 or MLB)
Sunday, Oct. 8: Houston at Boston, TBD
(FS1 or MLB)
x-Monday, Oct. 9: Houston at Boston,
TBD (FS1 or MLB)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 11: Boston at Hous-
ton, TBD (FS1 or MLB)
New York vs. Cleveland
Thursday, Oct. 5: New York at Cleveland,
4:38 p.m. (FS1 or MLB)
Friday, Oct. 6: New York at Cleveland, 2:08
p.m. (FS1 or MLB)
Sunday, Oct. 8: Cleveland at New York,
TBD (FS1 or MLB)
x-Monday, Oct. 9: Cleveland at New York,
TBD (FS1 or MLB)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 11: New York at Cleve-
land, TBD (FS1 or MLB)
National League
Chicago vs. Washington
Friday, Oct. 6: Chicago at Washington,
4:31 p.m. (TBS)
Saturday, Oct. 7: Chicago at Washington,
2:38 p.m. (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 9: Washington at Chicago,
TBD (TBS)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 10: Washington at Chica-
go, TBD (TBS)
x-Thursday, Oct. 12: Chicago at Washing-
ton, TBD (TBS)
Arizona vs. Los Angeles
Friday, Oct. 6: Arizona at Los Angeles,
7:31 p.m. (TBS)
Saturday, Oct. 7: Arizona at Los Angeles,
6:08 p.m. (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Arizona,
TBD (TBS)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 10: Los Angeles at Arizo-
na, TBD (TBS)
x-Thursday, Oct. 12: Arizona at Los Ange-
les, TBD (TBS)
Football
NFL
Thursday’s Games
New England at Tampa Bay, 5:25 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Arizona at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Carolina at Detroit, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
Tennessee at Miami, 10 a.m.
L.A. Chargers at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Baltimore at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Rams, 1:05 p.m.
Green Bay at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Minnesota at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Top 25 Schedule
Thursday
No. 17 Louisville at No. 24 NC State, 5
p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday
No. 1 Alabama at Texas A&M, 4:15 p.m.
(ESPN)
No. 2 Clemson vs. Wake Forest, 9 a.m.
(ESPN2)
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 9 a.m.
(FOX)
No. 4 Penn State at Northwestern, 9
a.m. (ABC)
No. 5 Georgia at Vanderbilt, 9 a.m. (ESPN)
No. 6 Washington vs. California, 7:45
p.m. (ESPN)
No. 7 Michigan vs. Michigan State, 4:30
p.m. (ABC)
No. 8 TCU vs. No. 23 West Virginia, 12:30
p.m. (FS1)
No. 9 Wisconsin at Nebraska, 5 p.m.
No. 10 Ohio State vs. Maryland, 1 p.m.
(FOX)
No. 11 Washington State at Oregon, 5
p.m. (FOX)
No. 12 Auburn vs. Mississippi, 9 a.m.
No. 13 Miami at Florida State, 12:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
No. 14 USC vs. Oregon State, 1 p.m.
(PAC12)
No. 16 Virginia Tech at Boston College,
4:15 p.m. (ESPN2)
No. 19 San Diego State at UNLV, 7:45
p.m. (ESPN2)
No. 20 Utah vs. Stanford, 7:15 p.m. (FS1)
No. 21 Florida vs. LSU, 12:30 p.m. (CBS)
No. 21 Notre Dame at North Carolina,
12:30 p.m. (ABC)
No. 25 UCF at Cincinnati, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Basketball
NBA
Preseason Schedule
Wednesday’s Games
L.A. Clippers 98, Toronto 84
Atlanta 109, Cleveland 93
Charlotte 108, Detroit 106
Memphis 110, Philadelphia 89
Indiana 104, Milwaukee 86
Dallas 118, Chicago 71
Utah 117, Haifa Maccabi 78
Denver 122, L.A. Lakers 104
Minnesota vs. Golden State , late
Thursday’s Games
Dallas at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Miami at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Shanghai Sharks at Houston, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Portland, 7 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto 7, Winnipeg 2
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
Edmonton 3, Calgary 0
Philadelphia 5, San Jose 3
Thursday’s Games
Nashville at Boston, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Washington at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Arizona at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
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