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Scores and Schedule for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026

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Sky scores 34 points in the 4th quarter to beat the Sparks 95-88

The Associated Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 10:41 PM CDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Natasha Cloud, Kamilla Cardoso and Jacy Sheldon each scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky used a 34-point fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 95-88 on Wednesday night.

Elizabeth Williams added 14 points off the bench and rookie Aicha Coulibaly scored a season-high 13 for Chicago (12-19). Cloud had nine of the Sky's 28 assists. Sydney Taylor (groin) did not play.

Dearica Hamby had 22 points and 14 rebounds for Los Angeles (11-18). Erica Wheeler added 14 points and Rae Burrell had 13.

Chicago's lead was just 70-69 with 7:40 remaining before the Sky went on a 13-3 run to take control. Cloud and Sheldon each made a 3-pointer on back-to-back Sky possessions during the run, while Los Angeles went three-plus minutes without a field goal.

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Mystics beat the Wings 96-92 to complete a 20-point comeback for 5th straight win

The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 8:57 PM CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shakira Austin had 27 points and 13 rebounds, rookie Cotie McMahon scored 10 of her season-high 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Washington Mystics overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Dallas Wings 96-92 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.

Washington trailed 76-56 with three minutes left in the third quarter. But the Mystics went on a 12-0 run in the fourth to tie it at 86-all with 3:38 remaining.

McMahon completed a three-point play with three minutes left to give Washington its first lead of the game at 89-88. Then, Sonia Citron made a shot in the lane on back-to-back possessions to make it 93-88 with 1:12 left.

Washington had a foul overturned with 33.2 seconds left and McMahon scored at the other end for a 95-90 advantage.

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Rhyne Howard scores 23, Allisha Gray adds 20 and the Dream beat the Mercury 96-82

The Associated Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 8:15 PM CDT

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard had 23 points and eight assists, Allisha Gray added 20 points and the Atlanta Dream beat the Phoenix Mercury 96-82 on Wednesday night.

Howard made five of Atlanta's 14 3-pointers, while Phoenix was just 7 for 24 (29%).

Angel Reese had 14 points and 10 rebounds for her 21st double-double of the season for Atlanta (19-11), which has won six of its last seven games. Jordin Canada set Atlanta's single-season record for assists with 227, passing Layshia Clarendon's mark in 2017.

Kelsey Plum scored 19 points in her first start for Phoenix (12-20), which never led. Alyssa Thomas scored 17 points, and DeWanna Bonner had 11 points and 11 rebounds.

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New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm again, extending Seattle’s skid to 10

Doug Feinberg, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 9:48 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 28 points, Jonquel Jones added 14 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, and the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 92-86 on Wednesday night to complete a two-game sweep.

The teams also played Monday and New York came away with a 95-83 victory. Seattle (6-27) has dropped 10 straight.

New York (19-13) has won six of its last seven games.

With the game tied at 50, Sabrina Ionescu got New York going. She scored eight points during a 12-2 run, starting it with a three-point play and a 3-pointer. Ionescu had a quiet first half, scoring just two points. Seattle hung around and only trailed 69-65 after three.

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Dark-web drug trafficker is sentenced in B.C. after being extradited from Germany

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Dark-web drug trafficker is sentenced in B.C. after being extradited from Germany

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 6:41 PM CDT

VICTORIA - A Victoria man who was recently extradited from Germany to face accusations of running a dark-web drug trafficking ring has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to five charges.

RCMP say 29-year-old Isaac Oliveira-Scott pleaded guilty last month to trafficking a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and three firearms offences.

Police say the investigation started in December 2022 when officers learned of a group distributing illegal drugs and counterfeit pills containing fentanyl across Canada by using cryptocurrency, the dark web, and Canada Post.

Oliveira-Scott was arrested in February 2024 after investigators seized stolen firearms, drugs, fraudulent identification documents and cash from a home in the Lower Mainland. 

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Argentina flyhalf suspended for 4 matches over referee intimidation in Nations Championship

The Associated Press 1 minute read Yesterday at 6:12 PM CDT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Argentina flyhalf Tomás Albornoz has been suspended for four matches after admitting to misconduct for “intimidatory” interactions with match officials following the Pumas' Nations Championshiprugby loss against England last month.

England won 31-24, holding on despite twice being reduced to 13 men. The referee issued seven yellow cards during the July 18 match and both teams were reduced to 13 at stages in the second half at Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

The committee on Wednesday said that contact with referee Angus Gardner, “although limited in nature, occurred while disputing a match official’s decision and formed part of that overall course of intimidatory conduct.”

It also found that Albornoz approached the referee on two separate occasions and had to be restrained by teammates.

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Big changes in horse racing create new questions about the future of the Triple Crown

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Big changes in horse racing create new questions about the future of the Triple Crown

Stephen Whyno, The Associated Press 6 minute read Yesterday at 5:30 PM CDT

Two days before Maryland officials were set to make one of the biggest changes to the Triple Crown in horse racing history, the announcement of a new thoroughbred championship series featuring the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes — but not the Preakness — dominated the discourse.

Mark Anthony Thomas of the Greater Baltimore Committee got worried text messages from many in the business community.

“There was immediate concern on two parts,” Thomas said. “One, does this mean the Triple Crown loses its luster? And then second is, how do we fortify the Triple Crown to where it retains its prominence within horse racing?”

The Preakness is moving back to three weeks and a day after the Derby, which will lead off a brand new series of races — and now there are more new questions about the future of the Triple Crown.

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DE Stephen Daley makes surprise return as defending national champion Indiana opens practice

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DE Stephen Daley makes surprise return as defending national champion Indiana opens practice

Michael Marot, The Associated Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 3:44 PM CDT

Indiana Hoosiers defensive end Stephen Daley thought his college career ended in December when he suffered a season-ending knee injury during the Big Ten championship postgame celebration.

Now, he's back.

Four days after a U.S. District Court judge in Colorado ruled high school players from the 2022 graduating class could play their fifth college season, Daley returned to the practice field for the defending national champions. He'll be limited in early workouts, but coach Curt Cignetti remains hopeful it won't take one of the nation's most disruptive defensive linemen in 2025 long to get back to full speed.

“He looks pretty good. He’s on a modified program where he’ll dress out for practice, participate in some individual right now, no 11-on-11, and then get with the strength and conditioning staff, who will bring him along until they feel confident he’s ready to go,” Cignetti said Wednesday after the team's first summer practice. “I don’t think it’s going to be real, real long because he was training to be ready for next year in the (National Football) League, so it looks like he’s in pretty good shape.”

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With a slew of fresh faces, new Oklahoma State football coach aims to get program back on track

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With a slew of fresh faces, new Oklahoma State football coach aims to get program back on track

Tim Willert, The Associated Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 10:26 PM CDT

STILLWATER, Okla, (AP) — New Oklahoma State coach Eric Morris was busy bringing people together long before fall camp started Wednesday.

Morris, hired in November to replace Cowboys legend Mike Gundy, has added 88 new players since then, including 21 players he coached at North Texas State.

“Our guys have meshed,” Morris told The Associated Press outside the team’s training facility. “We spent a lot of time together this offseason because I thought building relationships was such an important thing."

Oklahoma State returns just 25 players from last season's team, which finished 1-11 and hasn't won a Big 12 Conference game since Nov. 25, 2023.

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Updated: Yesterday at 10:26 PM CDT

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Indiana Fever continue to thrive on the court despite constant barrage of off-court distractions

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Indiana Fever continue to thrive on the court despite constant barrage of off-court distractions

Michael Marot, The Associated Press 5 minute read Yesterday at 2:30 PM CDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham walked into practice Wednesday with every intention of talking basketball and only basketball.

She still couldn't completely avoid the latest off-court firestorm — her belief that trans women should not be competing in women's sports.

While Cunningham declined to directly address the issue that's created another circus-like environment for the WNBA's most visible team, the former Missouri star did talk about her pregame conversation with the league's winningest coach, Cheryl Reeve, and challenged media members to find better stories than just the latest controversy.

“There's just so much distraction," she said before practice, noting the ESPN interview that started the debate was filmed in February. “I think the WNBA media, all we ever do is cover everything except basketball. It's like, what are we doing? There's so much, like you can talk about other things. I think those are great stories. I think it shows fans, you know, who people are outside of the court. But I also think we've got to keep the main thing, the main thing.”

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Preliminary injunction allows Vanderbilt basketball player Jalen Washington to land at Tennessee

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Preliminary injunction allows Vanderbilt basketball player Jalen Washington to land at Tennessee

The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 2:18 PM CDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Vanderbilt basketball player Jalen Washington has transferred to Tennessee, announcing his new school less than a week after a judge in Colorado granted a preliminary injunction giving student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 another season of eligibility for the upcoming year.

The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney last Friday came hours after I’Ashea Myles of the Davidson County Chancery Court issued a temporary injunction to Washington and 18 other players to retain their eligibility.

In late June, the NCAA approved a new eligibility model for Division I athletes that allows for five seasons of competition over a five-year period, beginning with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever comes first.

Washington was the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed July 6 by the Texas Trial Group seeking the injunction. Others included Chendall Weaver, last at Texas; A.J. Storr of Mississippi; Jason Edwards of Providence; and Daniel Egbuniwe of St. Bonaventure.

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Ontario wine country cleans up after flood as Ford visits communities under emergency

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Ontario wine country cleans up after flood as Ford visits communities under emergency

Monique Kasonga, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:36 PM CDT

Some vintners in Ontario's popular winemaking area were in cleanup mode on Wednesday, days after major rainfalls swept through the Niagara Region and caused severe flooding. 

Parts of Zabek Vineyards in Niagara-on-the-Lake remained under floodwater after it was hit by back-to-back storms, said president and owner James Zabek. 

"My dad's 70 years old, and he has never witnessed the amount of rain that we've gotten since he's been farming," Zabek said in an interview Wednesday. 

Zabek said the vineyard's drainage system — pipes running beneath the vine rows that feed out to roadside ditches — was overwhelmed by the volume of rain. Once the ditches filled up, there was nowhere for the water to go. 

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Updated: Yesterday at 3:36 PM CDT

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Alberta launches review after child hit with belt, school supervisor charged

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Alberta launches review after child hit with belt, school supervisor charged

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:40 PM CDT

EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it's reviewing the case of a boy who was hit by machine belt as part of school discipline known as the "strap." 

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the review will help determine whether further action is required.

"The safety and well-being of students is my top priority," he said in an email Wednesday.

Alberta RCMP announced this week that a 37-year-old woman who was a school supervisor in the province's north has been charged with assault with a weapon after a parent reported on May 20 that their son had bruising from being disciplined at school.

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Updated: Yesterday at 3:40 PM CDT

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Georgia to debut new all-white alternate uniform when they play Western Kentucky on September 12

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Georgia to debut new all-white alternate uniform when they play Western Kentucky on September 12

Charles Odum, The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 1:19 PM CDT

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia announced Wednesday the Bulldogs will debut a new all-white look as an alternate uniform when they play Western Kentucky at home on Sept. 12.

Georgia's uniform traditionally emphasizes its primary colors, red and black, with silver trim. The new uniform will feature white helmets, with red and black stripes, white jerseys with black numbers and red trim, and white pants.

Georgia players said before Wednesday's first fall practice they were shocked when two veterans, tight end Lawson Luckie and defensive back KJ Bolden, were selected to unveil the new uniform in a team meeting.

“Honestly, I wasn’t expecting that at all,” linebacker Chris Cole said. “And I was so excited. KJ sits right next to me, and I was like, wait, where’s KJ? Is he late to the meeting? But I remember they popped out with the all-white on, and I’m so excited for that.”

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Two dead after vehicle allegedly fled police north of Montreal and crashed into gym

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Two dead after vehicle allegedly fled police north of Montreal and crashed into gym

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:01 PM CDT

MONTRÉAL - Two people have died and another is in critical condition after a vehicle allegedly attempted to flee from police and crashed into a gym north of Montreal.

Laval police say officers tried to stop the car after it was spotted without a licence plate at around 1:20 a.m.

Spokesperson Laurent Arsenault says officers abandoned their attempt to intercept the vehicle after it accelerated drastically.

Police say the driver lost control further down the road before crashing into a fitness centre, killing the driver and sending two passengers to hospital.

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Updated: Yesterday at 3:01 PM CDT

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