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The Los Angeles Sparks have been the top team in the WNBA throughout the regular season and look to stay that way as they travel to Seattle to play the Storm on Friday night at KeyArena as the league gets back to action after a month-long break for the Rio Summer Olympics.The Sparks (21-3) have already won seven more games than they did in all of 2015 and are a half-game ahead of Minnesota for the best record in the league with 10 games to play.Nneka Ogwumike, who leads Los Angeles and is third in the WNBA with a 19.6-points per game average, noticed this years team click almost immediately.The cohesiveness was instant, and the chemistry is impenetrable, on and off the court, Ogwumike said. Its just nice to be able to bring in all the pieces together and make something work so beautifully.Los Angeles has already guaranteed itself a spot in the WNBAs new playoff system, which awards the best eight teams (regardless of conference) in the postseason and grants byes into the semifinals for the two best teams.Seattle (9-15) enters its final 10 games tied for the eighth and final playoff spot and are one win from matching their total from last season. The Storm, buoyed by a mix of veterans and hard-charging young players including Breanna Stewart, this seasons No. 1 pick, are in a position to reach the postseason for the first time since 2013.I think were ahead of schedule, Seattle coach Jenny Boucek said. Were competing and in position (to win) every night and were really looking forward to taking that next step. So Im encouraged with where our team is.Los Angeles waylaid Seattle by 30 points on opening night back on May 15 when the Sparks Candace Parked shredded the Storm with a 34-point performance. The two teams play for a third time on Sept. 11 at KeyArena.Air Max 97 Moins Cher .Y. - Free agent outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, fresh off winning the World Series with Boston, reached agreement with the rival New York Yankees on a seven-year contract worth about $153 million, a person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night. Nike Air Max Plus France . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. http://www.airmaxpaschersite.fr/ . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. Destockage Air Max Pas Cher . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Nike Tn Requin Pas Cher . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006.Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Saturday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- TROON, Scotland -- Phil Mickelson enters the windy third round of the British Open one shot ahead of Henrik Stenson. Jordan Spieth, who just made the cut, is 15 strokes behind.- VILLARS-LES-DOMBES, France -- Chris Froome and the other race leaders observe a moment of silence before the 14th stage of the Tour de France in tribute to the victims of the Nice attack.- LOUDON, N.H. -- Dale Earnhardt Jrs latest battle with concussions puts the issue at the forefront again in NASCAR. He will miss Sundays race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.- NASCAR Xfinity race in New Hampshire; IndyCar qualifying in Toronto.- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder defends his WBC title against Chris Arreola. Arreola got the bout on short notice after Russias Alexander Povetkin failed a drug test.- PORTLAND, Ore. -- The U.S. can win its Davis Cup qquarterfinal by taking its doubles match against Croatia.ddddddddddddTwins Bob and Mike Bryan face Ivan Dodig and Marin Draganja. Match starts 4:30 p.m.- CHICAGO -- Yu Darvish of Texas makes his second comeback from injury this season, facing the Cubs in a game between slumping teams. He has been out since June 8 because of shoulder pain. Game starts 2:20 p.m.- Laurie Hernandez, all of 16 years old, is the youngest -- and maybe most charismatic -- member of the powerhouse U.S. womens gymnastics team going to the Rio Olympics.- LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The sprint canoe teams from Romania and Belarus are banned from the Olympics for widespread doping.- MIAMI -- Pat Riley knows the Miami Heat will be a far different team next season. The Heat president discusses free agency, the loss of Dwyane Wade and the remaking of a team that once ruled the league. ' ' '