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Valkyries face the Wings on 3-game win streak 06/16/2026 02:09am • Dallas Wings (9-5, 5-3 Western Conference) at Golden State Valkyries (9-5, 6-3 Western Conference) San Francisco; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Golden State Valkyries will try to build upon its three-game win streak with a victory against Dallas Wings. The Valkyries are 6-3 in conference match Seattle visits Portland, looks to break road skid 06/16/2026 02:09am • Seattle Storm (3-12, 0-7 Western Conference) at Portland Fire (7-9, 1-5 Western Conference) Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Seattle Storm will look to break its six-game road skid when the Storm play Portland Fire. The Fire are 1-5 against Western Conference opponents. Portland Las Vegas visits Phoenix after Copper's 41-point game 06/16/2026 02:09am • Las Vegas Aces (10-4, 7-4 Western Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (4-11, 3-7 Western Conference) Phoenix; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix Mercury plays the Las Vegas Aces after Kahleah Copper scored 41 points in the Phoenix Mercury's 111-102 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. The Me Ogwumike and the Sparks host conference foe Minnesota 06/16/2026 02:09am • Minnesota Lynx (11-3, 7-1 Western Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (7-7, 5-4 Western Conference) Los Angeles; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Los Angeles Sparks and Minnesota Lynx square off on Wednesday. The Sparks have gone 5-4 against Western Conference teams. Los Ang Pete Crow-Armstrong hits for the cycle as the Cubs walk off the Rockies, 5-4 06/16/2026 02:00am • CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first major league player to hit for the cycle this season as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. Chicago trailed 4-3 in the ninth inning before Pedro Ramírez hit an RBI single off Seth Halvorsen with Tigers' Colt Keith rediscovers power stroke with 3-homer game in Houston 06/16/2026 01:53am • HOUSTON (AP) — Colt Keith rediscovered his home run swing in Houston, swatting three round-trippers against the Astros on Monday night. Keith, who bats from the left side, hit a towering, two-out, two-run shot to right-center in the third inning, a two-run drive down the right-field line in the se Nick Kurtz and Jeff McNeil power the A's to an 11-2 victory over the struggling Pirates 06/16/2026 01:37am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nick Kurtz hit two homers and drove in five runs, Jeff McNeil also went deep and knocked in four, and the Athletics beat the scuffling Pittsburgh Pirates 11-2 on Monday night. J.T. Ginn pitched six strong innings for the A's, who returned to their regular temporary h Utah canyon BASE jump kills 2, including daredevil athlete who performed with Madonna 06/16/2026 01:28am • A weekend BASE jumping accident in a Utah canyon killed two people, one of them a daredevil athlete best known for performing onstage with Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl, authorities said. The sheriff's office in Grand County, Utah, confirmed one of the dead was Andy Lewis, an extreme athlete known Miguel Rojas' pinch-hit home run in the 7th lifts the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Rays 06/16/2026 01:21am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Miguel Rojas launched a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers erased an early deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a six-game homestand. Kyle Tucker hit a three-run homer for the Dodgers and threw out The top photos of the day by AP photojournalists 06/16/2026 01:21am • the-top-photos-of-the-day-by-ap-photojournalists-15 Baseball Glance 06/16/2026 01:08am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New Yor Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener 06/16/2026 01:07am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The coach of Iran's World Cup team said it was ordered to leave the U.S. and return to its training base in Mexico only a few hours after opening its politically charged tournament by playing to a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night. Coach Amir Ghalenoei didn't say w Arike Ogunbowale scores 22 points and hits 5 3-pointers in the Wings' victory over the Aces 06/16/2026 12:58am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 22 points and made five 3-pointers, Jessica Shepard had 15 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists, and the Dallas Wings beat the Las Vegas Aces 96-66 on Monday night for their fifth straight win at home. Dallas scored 29 points in the first quarter and As Iran chases the World Cup, its US diaspora is divided between protesting and cheering 06/16/2026 12:57am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Several hundred Iranian Americans protested outside Iran's first World Cup match Monday, calling for change in Tehran and waving the pre-revolutionary lion-and-sun flag, while thousands of fans poured into the stadium in the heart of the largest diaspora community to see t Gabby Williams scores 16 points, Kaila Charles comes off bench for 13, Valkyries top Sparks 78-58 06/16/2026 12:49am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gabby Williams scored 16 points, Kaila Charles came of the bench to finish with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-58 on Monday night for their third straight win. Rae Burrell scored 13 points for the Spar