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Valkyries make history, oust Aces to reach WNBA Finals
Las Vegas needed overtime in Game Three to finish the sweep, sending the second-year club into the WNBA Finals; the Aces' title defense ends.

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Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorStraight to the hardwood. The Las Vegas Valkyries are going to the WNBA Finals, per ESPN, in their second year as a franchise.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSecond year? That's adorable. Did they get a participation trophy?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThey got the defending champion Aces. Swept them. Eighty-seven to seventy-seven, in overtime, in Game Three.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOvertime?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorExtra minutes. Regulation couldn't hold it. Quickest expansion team ever to reach the Finals, ESPN says.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the new kids beat the old champions. Everyone's a winner! Except the Aces. Poor Aces.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorTwo-time champions, Vera. They got swept out of their own title defense.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOuch.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNow the scores. In England, Chelsea five, Bournemouth one. Arsenal won two to one at Leeds.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorArsenal's red. I like red. Do I win something?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBrighton two, Sunderland nothing. Fulham one, Ipswich two. Brentford and Aston Villa drew, two apiece.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA tie. Nobody wins. Very healing.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIn college, Iowa beat Washington forty-one to twenty-four. Final.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorForty-one?


