Our resident sports guys bring the latest on the Vikings preseason and the post-Olympics WNBA run for the Lynx. Plus, a Cathy Wurzer look-alike was spotted at a Twins game.
“Not everything went perfectly, I can tell you that, but we have great players that have been in difficult moments, and they came through in the end,” Team USA and Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve said.
Wendell Epps is a new energetic voice behind the mic of play-by-play on KFAN during Lynx games. He is the first Black and Hispanic person to do play-by-play for the organization.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 21 points, Aliyah Boston had a double-double and Caitlin Clark finished with 17 points with six assists to help the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 81-74. Boston scored 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting, grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds and had four blocks for the Fever.
Courtney Williams and Kayla McBride scored 17 points apiece to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 74-67 without three-time All-Star Napheesa Collier.
DeWanna Bonner scored 24 points, Alyssa Thomas had 14 assists, 13 points and 10 rebounds, while DiJonai Carrington made big plays down the stretch to help the Connecticut Sun hold off the Minnesota Lynx 78-73.
Bridget Carleton scored 23 points and Napheesa Collier added 21 to help the Minnesota Lynx win their first Commissioner’s Cup championship with a 94-89 victory over the New York Liberty.
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