Aces top short-handed Fever, return to Finals

A’ja Wilson scored 35 points and Jackie Young had 32 to lead the Aces back to the WNBA Finals as Las Vegas held off pesky Indiana 107-98 in overtime in the deciding Game 5 on Tuesday night after the already-depleted Fever lost another star player to injury.

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The second-seeded Aces, who won the league title in 2022 and 2023, will host the fourth-seeded Phoenix Mercury on Friday in the opener of the best-of-seven championship series.

No. 6 seed Indiana made Las Vegas work for it even though the sixth-seeded Fever were decimated by injuries, with star Kelsey Mitchell going down in the third quarter of Game 5 with an apparent left leg injury. The Fever were already missing Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.

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Snitker won't return to manage Braves

Brian Snitker, who managed the Atlanta Braves to the 2021 World Series championship as the highlight of almost a half-century with the organization, will not return to the dugout next season.

The Rockies announced that general manager Bill Schmidt stepped down after one of the worst seasons in baseball history. ... All-Star reliever Matt Strahm passed a physical, allowing the $7.5 million option for 2026 to vest in his contract with the Phillies.