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WNBA Playoffs: Dream beat Liberty in OT

ATLANTA (AP) — Angel Reese scored 23 points, Naz Hillmon made the go-ahead layup with 20.8 seconds left in overtime and the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 101-98 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the WNBA semifinals. Reese scored six of her team's 13 points in overtime. She made two free throws with 4.3 seconds left after Sabrina Ionescu overthrew a pass as Atlanta moved within one win of its first WNBA Finals appearance since 2013. Jordin Canada also scored 23 points and had eight assists for the Dream, who won Game 1 92-82. Breanna Stewart scored 35 points for ...

Glenville St. looks to snap 3-game skid

GLENVILLE — Glenville State first-year head coach Jake Casteel's squad will try to snap a three-game losing streak on Hall of Fame weekend and avoid the Pioneers' first 0-3 Mountain East Conference start in six years when Frostburg State invades for a 1 p.m. Saturday showdown at Morris Stadium. The Bobcats (2-3, 1-2) of fifth-year head coach Eric Wagoner are seeking their first road win in four tries as the G-men (1-4, 0-2) aim for a 2-0 home start after surviving for a 19-13 double-overtime win last year in Frostburg. FSU led 31-27 in the fourth quarter last week at Concord, but ...

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Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame The Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Tower Event and Conference Center. This year’s class includes: Dave Barnes (1967) — deceased; Bernie Brown (1979); Layne Carpenter (2009); Russell Pickering (1976); Wesley Riley (2011); Mark and Karen Stewart (contributors); Emmy Yoho (1999) Roger French Golf Outing The Roger French Golf Outing is scheduled for Oct. 10 at Lakeside Golf Course. There will be pin money and skill prizes. Players will be provided food and beverages ...

Scoreboard

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Monroe Central d. Fort Frye 25-22, 26-24, 25-23 Fort Frye (13-6) stats: Evalynn Wagner 4D, 3 pts; Jantzyn Huck 27D, 2 ast, 4 pts; Adeline Willey 3D, 5K, 3B, 1 ace, 9 pts; Addie Schob 3D, 14 ast; Kali Shilling 9D, 7K, 1B; Elle Casto 8D, 3 ast, 4K, 2B, 3 pts; Emma Lockhart 4K; Haven Shilling 10D, 10K, 1 ace, 9 pts; Aubrie Lang 6D, 19 ast, 1K, 5 pts; Ella Dowler 2D, 7K Next match: Fort Frye at Morgan Monday

MLB proposes shortening regular season in 2029

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in a plan given to players during collective bargaining Thursday. Owners also proposed adding nine additional days off to the current postseason format, extending it to a maximum 42 days in a move that would give top starting pitchers potential to appear more often. MLB would allow higher-seeded teams in the first two rounds of the postseason to pick their opponents beginning next year and would make most ...

Pentagon to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter

WASHINGTON (AP) — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being "public." The Army announced this week that the execution would take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3 after Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice on Wednesday, said, ...