Erika Desouza News

Deanna Nolan scored 22 points and Shavonte Zellous added 21 to help the Detroit Shock advance to the WNBA's Eastern Conference finals with a 94-79 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum is encouraged that his injured back is nearly "normal'' again and he hopes to pitch Monday against the Rockies.

The Augusta State men's golf team is No. 8 in the preseason national rankings in Golfweek magazine's college preview issue.

Today, the 2009 WNBA regular season ends with a mad dash to the wire in the Eastern Conference, where Chicago, Washington, Detroit and Connecticut have been bunched for weeks fighting for the final two playoff spots.

Erika DeSouza had 15 points and 15 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream clinch a playoff berth with a 88-64 win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.

Sandrine Gruda had 14 points and Lindsay Whalen had 11 points and seven assists Thursday night as the Connecticut Sun defeated the Seattle Storm 64-53. Whalen became the 12th player in the WNBA history to each 900 career assists.

Swin Cash and Nicole Powell helped the Western Conference get back on the winning track at the WNBA All-Star game.

The Indiana Fever's 11-game winning streak is over. Lindsay Whalen had 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists Sunday as the Connecticut Sun won 67-61. Indiana had owned the longest winning streak in the WNBA since 2006, when Connecticut won 12 straight.

The Indiana Fever have amassed eight victories at home in an 11-game winning streak that is a franchise record.

Atlanta - The Connecticut Sun have been remarkably unpredictable through their first 10 games of the WNBA season.

The Connecticut Sun were willing to let Sandrine Gruda join them a month into the WNBA season while she finished her overseas commitment.

The Atlanta Dream needed 33 games to notch their fourth win in their inaugural season, but it's already clear things are going a bit better in their second year.

Sancho Lyttle scored 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Friday night to lead the Atlanta Dream to a 93-81 victory and the Washington Mystic's first loss of the season.

Sancho Lyttle had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Atlanta Dream to a 67-62 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.