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The Chicago Sky have a chance to move into a tie for second place in the WNBAs Eastern Conference when they entertain the Seattle Storm on Friday night at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill.Chicago (13-13) is third in the Eastern Conference, a half game behind the second-place Atlanta Dream and 5 1/2 games in back the first-place New York Liberty. Seattle (11-16) is fourth in the Western Conference, two games behind the third-place Phoenix Mercury.Chicago is coming off a 92-85 victory over the Dallas Wings while the Sky beat Atlanta 90-82 in the first game after the month-long Olympic break. Elena Delle Donne erupted for 34 points in the win over Atlanta after helping the United States win a gold medal at the Summer Games. She had 18 points and nine rebounds in the win over Dallas.Chicago will play its next two contests at home before going on a road trip that will include games against Washington, Indiana and Connecticut. The Sky will play two of their last three regular-season games at home, but those contests will be against Minnesota and New York, two of the top teams in the league.Seattle split its first two games following the break. The Storm suffered a 92-80 loss to Minnesota and beat Dallas 78-66. Jewell Lloyd scored 23 points in the win over Dallas. Breanna Stewart had 17 points and 12 rebounds.With the win, Seattle moved into eighth place in the WNBA playoff standings. The Storm now embarks on a four-game road trip with stops in Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Washington before playing two of their final three regular-season games at home.Chicago and Seattle have only met once so far this season. The Sky prevailed in a 91-88 thriller after Delle Donne made a 3-pointer with one second remaining July 17 in Seattle. Delle Donne finished with 35 points and 11 rebounds in that game.Sue Bird scored 24 points and Stewart had 22 points, eight rebounds, six assists and five blocked shots for Seattle.The Sky and Storm will meet again in the final game of the regular season Sept. 18 in Seattle. Cheap Adidas Stan Smith Trainers . Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. Cheap Adidas Stan Smith . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. http://www.cheapstansmithuk.com/ .com) - The red-hot Los Angeles Kings will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high seven games when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for Sundays clash at Rexall Place. Wholesale Adidas Stan Smith . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Adidas Stan Smith Wholesale Uk . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. The officiating error that gave Central Michigan a last-play chance to beat Oklahoma State is unlikely to lead to changes in the way officials enforce penalties at the end of games.Rogers Redding, the former national coordinator of officials who sits on the NCAAs football rules committee, told The Associated Press on Monday that the circumstances that led to the mistake were rare. He said the goal is to have rules that stay consistent throughout the game.Also Monday, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said he does not want to play future nonconference games without officials from Power Five conferences.Officials for nonconference games are determined by the schools as part of a contractual agreement. Gundy said he would encourage Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder not to sign a contract unless the officials are from a Power Five conference.The best ones will be at this level, Gundy said.In 2008, the College Football Officiating LLC was created by the NCAA and Collegiate Commissioners Association to put all officials under the same umbrella organization and create uniformity in training and education.What flummoxed the MAC officiating crew Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma, was a fourth-down intentional grounding foul against the Cowboys on what should have been the final play of a Cowboys victory. The penalty calls for a loss of down, not a replayed down.A quarter cannot end on an accepted foul -- such as holding or pass interference -- that does require a replay of a down. Only in those situations is any quarter extended with an untimed down.The extension of the period really means were going to go back and redo what we just did because that makes the period not over until you take care of that down, Redding said.The extra play turned into a crazy long touchdown that gave Central Michigan a 30-27 victory.The officials admitted their mistake soon after the game. On Sunday, the eight-man crew along with the two replay officials were suspended for two weeks.But if the rule had been applied correctly, Oklahoma State would have essentially received no penalty for committing a foul. While that might seem unfair, Redding said doing otherwise creates inconsistencies.You can say lets make a special case at the end of the fourth quarter, but thats a slippery slope because now do you want to create other circumstances where you want to do things differently toward the end of the game distinct from the end of the first half? said RRedding, who was the longtime coordinator of officials in the Southeastern Conference and now edits the NCAA rule book.ddddddddddddRedding said high-profile mistakes often lead to discussions by the rules committee, which is made up of coaches from all levels of college football, but he would not recommend changing when quarters should be extended.Its pretty rare to extend the period at all, Redding said. Its very rare to extend the game at the end of the fourth period. Its very, very rare to do that on fourth down. And its extremely rare to have a fourth down at the end of the game where youve got a loss of down. The odds of this are just tiny, but obviously it can happen. And youve got to know it.As for changing the results of the game, there is simply no method for that in the rule book, Redding said. And the game is over not when the clock hits 0:00, but when officials rule that it has ended. Thats what I think will be changed, Gundy said.Kansas State coach Bill Snyder looked at it differently.I make 1,000 mistakes in a ballgame, and they wont let me get any of them back, the 76-year-old Snyder said. Stuff happens, so to speak.---Other news from around the Big 12:- TCU coach Gary Patterson said the motion that quarterback Kenny Hill made in the end zone late in regulation of a double-overtime home loss to Arkansas had something to do with his religious beliefs. Officials interpreted Hill making a throat-slashing gesture after he scored with just over 2 minutes left in regulation and handed out a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to the Horned Frogs. The score put TCU ahead 28-20, but the penalty helped set up a short field for Arkansas to drive for the tying score to force overtime. We got beat by three points in overtime, Patterson said. That was the most important part of the ball game, not a gesture in the end zone.- The Big 12 was 0-3 in Week 2 in nonconference games against Power Five schools, and is 2-4 in such games this season. There are three more this weekend: No. 14 Oklahoma hosts No. 3 Ohio State, Oklahoma State is home against Pittsburgh and No. 11 Texas goes to California.---AP Sports Writer Stephen Hawkins in Fort Worth, Texas, and AP freelance writer John Tranchina in Stillwater, Oklahoma, contributed to this report.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP ' ' '