EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsNEW YORK -- Napheesa Collier's turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday night.With the game tied in OT, Collier faked in the lane and scored. New York had a chance to tie it but Breanna Stewart's layup…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsNEW YORK -- The WNBA will move to a best-of-seven series for the WNBA Finals starting next season, commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Thursday.In her address to the media before Game 1 of the Finals between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx, Engelbert also said the league will go to a 1-1-1 setup for the best-of-three first…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsHOUSTON -- Texans running back Joe Mixon called out the NFL on Thursday, questioning the league's priorities regarding player safety.Mixon practiced for the first time in almost two weeks after suffering an ankle injury in Week 2 against the Chicago Bears when linebacker T.J. Edwards used the banned hip-drop tackle to bring Mixon down. Edwards was not penalized…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Following an "unprecedented" meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed back on recent pitches from private equity groups to help offset increased expenses that will result from the NCAA's expected House settlement.It was an important united front from…