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Fowles grabs 17 rebounds,

Lynx beat Sparks 70-68

Tuesday, evening the series torched her proud, veter- more shot, but Gray, who
at one game apiece. an team on Monday after beat the Lynx with a jump-
Fowles broke Taj McWil- getting behind 28-2 in the er in the final seconds of
liams-Franklin’s record of first eight minutes on Sun- Game 1, couldn’t come up
16 for Connecticut in 2005. day. She took little solace with the heroics for a sec-
Lindsay Whalen scored 14 in watching them rally to a ond straight game.
points, Rebekkah Brunson late lead, saying any pats The Sparks are trying to
had 12 and the Lynx held on the back were from become the first repeat
the defending champions “Loserville.” champions since 2002, and
to 38.7 percent shooting The Lynx responded in a they head home having
while bouncing back from major way in Game 2, earned a split at raucous
a last-second loss in Game grabbing a 15-point lead in Williams Arena.
1.Candace Parker had 17 the first eight minutes. They ANTHEM STATEMENT
points, six assists and five held Ogwumike and Parker For the second straight
rebounds for the Sparks, to a combined 0 for 11 in game, the Sparks left the
who had the ball and a the first half and Los Ange- court just before “The Star
chance to tie or take the les shot just 28 percent in Spangled Banner” started,
lead with 13.1 seconds to the first two quarters. a show of support for their
play. But Chelsea Gray lost But just like the Lynx didn’t NFL brethren who have
the handle on her dribble give up in Game 1, the come under withering criti-
for a turnover, one of two Sparks wouldn’t go away cism from President Donald
big ones by Los Angeles in this time. Parker capped Trump for using the national
the final 14 seconds. an 11-3 run that cut Min- anthem as a vehicle to pro-
Game 3 of the best-of-five nesota’s lead to three with test social injustice.
series is Friday in Los Ange- 1:21 to play and Brunson The Sparks were booed
les. was whistled for a question- heavily as they exited the
Gray scored 15 points and able foul on Parker on the court and again as they
Los Angeles Sparks guard Chelsea Gray (12) and Minnesota Nneka Ogwumike had 11 next possession. She con- reappeared after the song
Lynx center Sylvia Fowles (34) vie for the ball during the first points and 13 rebounds for verted both free throws to was over. Ogwumike and
quarter of Game 2 of the WNBA finals, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, Los Angeles. make it 70-68 and Maya Parker have said that the
in Minneapolis, Minn. Fowles, this season’s MVP, Moore missed a jumper on display is not meant to be
Associated Press dominated the glass a the other end. derogatory toward the flag
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI record 17 rebounds and game after the Lynx did With Seimone Augustus or American soldiers.
AP Basketball Writer scored 13 points to lead not grab a single rebound hounding her, Alana Beard The Lynx locked arms in a
MINNEAPOLIS, Minne- the Minnesota Lynx to a 70- in the first quarter of their was whistled for a five-sec- show of unity before Game
sota (AP) — Sylvia Fowles 68 victory over the Los An- series-opening loss. ond call on the inbounds 1, but stood in line in normal
grabbed a WNBA Finals- geles Sparks in Game 2 on Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve pass. The Sparks had one fashion before Game 2.q

Vonn revives request to race in men’s World Cup downhill

By GRAHAM DUNBAR sport,’” Vonn told The As-
AP Sports Writer sociated Press in April. “So,
GENEVA (AP) — Lindsey what’s the harm?”
Vonn’s request to race The subject will go first to
against men in a World meetings of the FIS Alpine
Cup downhill will be stud- skiing executive board
ied again by the Interna- which start next Tuesday,
tional Ski Federation (FIS) and could be resolved by
next week. a broader Alpine commit-
The United States team will tee which meets on Friday
make the formal proposal next week.
at pre-season meetings In a rare direct compari-
hosted by FIS in Zurich, the son of men’s and women’s
governing body said on World Cup downhills in
Wednesday. March 2014, the final rac-
The revived plan is ex- es of the season were run
pected to involve a race back-to-back on the same
at Lake Louise, Canada, in course setting at Lenzerhe-
the 2018-19 season. ide, Switzerland.
In 2012, FIS rejected a pre- In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 15, 2017, United States competitor Lindsey Vonn Vonn had suffered a sea-
vious request on behalf of finishes a run at the women’s World Cup downhill ski race in Aspen, Colo. son-ending injury and did
Alpine skiing great Vonn Associated Press not start.
because its rules bar mixed the governing body said she retires. before the women. The men’s winning time of
gender races. on Wednesday Of her record 39 World “All the men say, ‘We don’t Austrian Matthias Mayer
“Further details are still un- Vonn, who turns 33 next Cup downhill wins, 14 have think she’s going to beat was 2.32 seconds faster
known, but this is certainly month, has a longstanding been at Lake Louise where us,’ which is what they’re than Lara Gut of Switzer-
an anticipated topic that ambition to race competi- the men typically race in going to say, and also land, who won her race
divides the FIS officials,” tively against men before late-November, one week that, ‘It will be great for our two hours later.q