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Reuters
11 hours ago
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- Reuters
Dream face Mystics again, look to back up 33-point rout
June 19 - Meeting for the second time in a week, the Atlanta Dream will look for similar success against the visiting Washington Mystics on Friday in College Park, Ga. Atlanta (8-4) delivered a crushing 89-56 victory at Washington on Sunday before seeing its three-game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday in an 86-81 road setback against the New York Liberty. The Dream took an eight-point lead into the final quarter against the Eastern Conference-best Liberty before being outscored 26-13 over the last 10 minutes. "I'm proud of the way our team played and executed, especially for the first three quarters," Atlanta coach Karl Smesko said. "Got to give New York credit, they kept coming, they got the momentum, and we weren't able to hold them off. "For us, when you're playing a championship-level team on the road, you're not just trying to hold on, you've got to go at them and win the game. That's going to be a good learning experience for us." Coming off a career-high 32 points in the win against Washington, Allisha Gray was held to 14 in the loss, while reserve Te-Hina PaoPao led the way with a season-high 16 points. Gray leads the team -- and ranks sixth in the WNBA -- with 20.4 points per game, while Atlanta's Rhyne Howard averages 17.3. Washington (5-7) rebounded from its lopsided loss to Atlanta with a 79-72 road win over the Chicago Sky on Tuesday. After trailing by as many as 16 points in the first half, Washington outscored Chicago 47-28 after halftime. Brittney Sykes scored 20 points in the second half and 32 in the game, the most by a Mystics player this season. Washington will aim for consecutive wins for the first time since the first two games of the season, which included a 94-90 victory over Atlanta in the season opener. The Mystics also will look to avenge their worst loss since September 2021, when they lost by 34 points to the Seattle Storm. "There were a few moments here or there when we might not have played as hard as I'd like," Washington coach Sydney Johnson said of the loss on Sunday to Atlanta. "We just couldn't create our own luck and ran into a really good offensive team." Sykes leads the Mystics with 20.5 points per game, followed by rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen, who each add 13.3 points. --Field Level Media
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Longtime WNBA Veteran Admits Paige Bueckers Is 'Cute'
Longtime WNBA Veteran Admits Paige Bueckers Is 'Cute' originally appeared on The Spun. Longtime WNBA veteran Li Yeuru turned heads with her comment on Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers over the weekend. Advertisement Yeuru, a center from China, was acquired by the Dallas Wings on Saturday. The Wings traded a second-round pick in the 2026 WNBA draft and a third-round selection in 2027 to the Seattle Storm in exchange for the 6-foot-7 center, originally from Changzhi, Shanxi, China. She's been playing in the WNBA since 2022, when the Chicago Sky brought her to the U.S. The veteran WNBA center turned heads with her first impression of the standout rookie point guard from the University of Connecticut. COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA - MAY 24: Paige Bueckers #5 of the Dallas Wings runs up the court during the third quarter of a game between the Dallas Wings and Atlanta Dream at Gateway Center Arena on May 24, 2025 in College Park, Georgia. (Photo by Andrew J. Clark/)Andrew J. Clark/The longtime WNBA veteran admitted that her first impression of Bueckers was that she's "cute." Advertisement "Yesterday with the news, a lot of friends told me, 'Wow, you will play with Paige!' And I said, 'Yes, I do, mmm-hmm!'" Li gushed. "They said a lot of fans love her, and they said she's the best." "I just said hi this morning with her," Li continued. "So I hope we can do something on the court, and I hope we can build something together." English is the WNBA veteran's second language, so there could be some kind of barrier here. Still, it's not often that you'll hear one professional athlete refer to another as "cute." The 6-foot-7 center is mostly just excited to get back on the court. Advertisement "I don't feel I have enough time on the court," Li explained last week. "I came here only to play the game. I'm really happy and appreciative because I know many teammates, I've made many new friends and know many different staff, coach. These really let me feel happy, and I'm so glad for that, but playing is one of the important things for me." "I just want to play," Li added. "I came to America only for one reason — just that I want to play basketball." The Dallas Wings are 1-11 on the season and certainly in need of a major spark. Longtime WNBA Veteran Admits Paige Bueckers Is 'Cute' first appeared on The Spun on Jun 16, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
University regents approve fiscal 2026 budget that cuts spending, raises tuition and fees
The "M Circle" on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. (Photo by Sam Gauntt/Maryland Matters) The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents voted Friday to approve a fiscal 2026 budget that is 7% smaller than last year's allocation, as well as tuition increases of up to 5% and fee hikes up to 10%. The almost $8 billion budget, already approved by Gov. Wes Moore and the General Assembly, will trim operating costs while aiming to increase revenue to make up for $155 million in reduced funding. These reductions follow an almost 4% cut to the University System last year. 'At this extraordinary time, our universities must make some difficult decisions as they close their budget gaps,' University System Chancellor Jay Perman said Friday. On Thursday, Perman took the unusual step of sending a video message to more than 40,000 faculty and staff members across the system, apologizing for the coming budget cuts but telling staff to brace for them. He replayed that video for the board on Friday. While university administrators will first seek to generate new revenue and will protect employees from cuts as much as possible, the 'sheer size of the cut we're absorbing means that, for some universities, personnel actions cannot be taken off the table,' Perman said in the video. At their previous meeting in May, the regents approved a resolution that allows presidents of individual campuses to implement furloughs and temporary salary reductions as part of their budget plans. Universities told they should brace for the coming year's 7% budget cut Senior Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Ellen Herbst said 60% of the system's operating costs are personnel-related. Two-thirds of the system's employees are funded by state support, Herbst said, while about a quarter are funded by federal grants and contracts. She said though universities are looking to low-impact actions to address personnel costs first, such as eliminating vacancies and allowing 'natural attrition' to reduce payrolls, those actions alone may not be enough. 'We will take these actions with great care, but we will need to take some further actions,' Herbst said. 'We cannot address the shortfall in state funding without addressing personnel costs.' Patrick Moran, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Maryland Council 3, which represents more than 6,000 University System employees, said the union and system need to work together to defend their shared values and protect employees as they face 'very real and critical threats.' Moran said the system must evaluate its use of costly vendors, reduce reliance on contractual employees, and listen to feedback from staff on how things can be better run. 'All of these things can be done before deciding to make devastating cuts to your personnel, especially those on the front lines,' he said. Katherine Wasdin, a representative of the University of Maryland, College Park's American Association of University Professors chapter, expressed the importance of shared governance as the system makes its budget decisions. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE 'Faculty and university senates must be involved in making these difficult budgetary decisions, as well as in how to respond to changing federal policies on education and research,' Wasdin, an associate professor of classics, said. 'It is thus imperative that all parts of the USM system promote the involvement of faculty in university management, rather than trying to thwart it.' Under the budget plan, the University System will receive 29% of its funding from state appropriations, while 27% will come from tuition and fees. The next largest contribution comes from restricted funds, which consist mostly of federal contracts and grants, and will cover about 24% of the budget. In addition to the reduction in state funding, the system estimates that the federal government's significant cuts to research grants and contracts could cost up to $150 million across its campuses, Herbst said. To increase revenue to offset the losses in funding, tuition will increase across the system by 2-4% for in-state residents. The University of Maryland, College Park will see the highest increase at 4%, while the rest will see increases of 3% or less. Tuition for nonresident undergrads will increase by 5% at Towson and UMBC, and 2% at the system's other institutions. Regents committee calls for OK of $69 million for time to pull back spun-off businesses Student fees, such as housing, dining and parking, will see bigger increases. Housing will see increases from 2% at Towson to 10% at Bowie State University, while board fee increases range from 2.2% at Salisbury University to 10.5% at College Park. Bowie State University and the College Park campus will also raise parking fees by 3.8% and 5%, respectively. The regents also voted Friday to approve extending the University of Maryland Global Campus's contract with UMGC Ventures, the university's former in-house information technology services unit which it turned into an independent business. The online university will spend $69 million on the 18-month contract extension while it works to reintegrate Ventures and AccelerEd, a subsidiary of Ventures, back into the university. The reintegration comes after an August 2024 audit from the state's Office of Legislative Audits that found the spin-offs were too costly and appeared to bypass the school's normal procedures. Herbst said that staff across the University System are continuously drawing up contingency plans for budget scenarios they could face later in the year, such as lower-than-expected enrollment, further federal funding cuts or change to eligibility for federal financial aid. Pell Grants, the system's largest source of financial aid, covered more than $204 million in aid for about 45,000 students in fiscal 2024. More than 58,000 students in total received some form of federal student aid, Herbst added, and any significant eligibility changes could potentially impact enrollment numbers. 'All we know for sure about budgets is they're simply a plan, and then the year starts and we have to actually manage,' she said. 'This year will probably prove to be more challenging than many.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dream beat Sky 88-70 behind Howard's career-high 36 points
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard made a career-high nine 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 36 points, Brittney Griner moved into second place on the WNBA career blocks list, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 88-70 on Friday night. Howard broke the franchise record for 3-pointers in a game, topping Renee Montgomery's eight in 2018. Advertisement Griner blocked a shot by Elizabeth Williams late in the third quarter to move into a tie with Lisa Leslie (822). Griner added another in the fourth to sit alone in second, trailing Margo Dydek's record 877. Howard, who was scoreless in the first quarter, had 11 points in the third quarter to help Atlanta take a 58-54 lead. She ended the third with a jumper from the free-throw line and began the fourth with a 3-pointer for a seven-point lead. Howard added another 3-pointer with 8:18 remaining for the first double-digit lead of the game at 66-56. Howard also scored 11 points during Atlanta's 18-3 run in the fourth to take a 79-59 lead. Allisha Gray had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Atlanta (7-3). Brionna Jones added 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordin Canada scored 12 to go with eight assists. Advertisement ACES 88, WINGS 84 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Young scored 28 points, including 8-for-8 shooting on free throws in a game-closing 17-2 run, to lead Las Vegas to a win over Dallas to hand the struggling Wings their seventh straight loss. Jewell Loyd added 21 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 28.3 seconds left, and Chelsea Gray had 13 for the Aces (5-4), who were without MVP A'ja Wilson. Wilson, who averages 20.9 points and 9.5 rebounds, was hit in the head on Wednesday and is in concussion protocol. Arike Ogunbowale scored 26 points and Paige Bueckers had her second strong game after missing four, scoring 16 points for the Wings (1-11). DiJonai Carrington added 15 points and Luisa Geiselsoder had 13. Geiselsoder's basket made it 82-71 with 3:55 to play but Dallas didn't score again until Bueckers made two free throws with 8.1 seconds left pulled the Wings to 86-84. Young made two free throws to seal the win.
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Rhyne Howard's 36 points and 9 3-pointers lead Dream past the Sky 88-70
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Rhyne Howard made a career-high nine 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 36 points, Brittney Griner moved into second place on the WNBA career blocks list, and the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 88-70 on Friday night. Howard broke the franchise record for 3-pointers in a game, topping Renee Montgomery's eight in 2018. Griner blocked a shot by Elizabeth Williams late in the third quarter to move into a tie with Lisa Leslie (822). Griner added another in the fourth to sit alone in second, trailing Margo Dydek's record 877. Howard, who was scoreless in the first quarter, had 11 points in the third quarter to help Atlanta take a 58-54 lead. She ended the third with a jumper from the free-throw line and began the fourth with a 3-pointer for a seven-point lead. Howard added another 3-pointer with 8:18 remaining for the first double-digit lead of the game at 66-56. Howard also scored 11 points during Atlanta's 18-3 run in the fourth to take a 79-59 lead. Allisha Gray had 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Atlanta (7-3). Brionna Jones added 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Jordin Canada scored 12 to go with eight assists. Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago (2-7) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Angel Reese added 12 points and nine boards, and Ariel Atkins also scored 12. ___ AP WNBA:
