Sports/Basketball (Page 6)

Sports·SERIES TIED 2-2 Canada’s Bridget Carleton made two free throws with 2 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx forced a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, beating the New York Liberty 82-80 on Friday night. 27-year-old from Chatham, Ont., converts game-winning shots with 2 seconds leftDoug Feinberg · TheContinue Reading

Sports·NY LEADS 2-1 Sabrina Ionescu hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1 second left and Breanna Stewart scored 30 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-77 on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals. New York’s 80-77Continue Reading

Sports Chicago restaurant owner Josh Pehlke remembers having to beg and plead at bars and restaurants to get them to show WNBA games just a few years ago. Too often, the answer was a flat-out no. These days, he doesn’t have to worry as much. Men requesting to watch WNBAContinue Reading

Sports·SERIES TIED 1-1 Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 on Sunday in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. Bridget Carleton of Chatham, Ont., posts 8 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds for Minnesota Doug Feinberg ·Continue Reading

Sports Napheesa Collier’s turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday night. Commissioner says league will expand Finals to 7-game series beginning in 2025 Doug Feinberg · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Sports·Preview New York Liberty are back in the WNBA Finals for a second consecutive season, hoping to erase the scar of losing to the Las Vegas Aces. Minnesota is making its first appearance in the championship round since 2017, when the team won its fourth title in a seven-year span.Continue Reading

Sports Canada Basketball on Monday said it has “mutually agreed” to part ways with senior women’s head coach Victory Lapeña, two months after the team failed to win a game at the Paris Olympics. Guided team to 17-10 mark in FIBA events, but team failed to win a game inContinue Reading

Sports·WNBA ROUNDUP Sabrina Ionescu rebounded from a rare off game to score 22 points, and nearly a year after the Aces ended the Liberty’s dream of a championship, New York returned the favour Sunday afternoon by defeating Las Vegas 76-62 to advance to the WNBA Finals. Sun force Game 5Continue Reading

Sports·WNBA ROUNDUP Napheesa Collier scored 26 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 90-81 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series Friday night. Aces guard Tiffany Hayes wins WNBA’s 6th Person of the Year awardThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 04, 2024 5:26 PM EDTContinue Reading