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Sparks end skid as Rae Burrell drops 20 in win over Sun

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Rae Burrell scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Sparks ended a six-game losing streak with a 77-68 win over the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA on Saturday night.Rae Burrell scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Sparks ended a six-game losing streak with a 77-68 win over the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA on Saturday night.

Rae Burrell #12 of the Los Angeles Sparks passes the ball to Ariel Atkins #7 against Diamond Miller #1 of the Connecticut Sun and Leila Lacan #47 during the first quarter at Crypto.com Arena on August 22, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.. Melina Pizano/Getty Images/AFP

LOS ANGELES— Rae Burrell scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Sparks ended a six-game losing streak with a 77-68 win over the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA on Saturday night.

Nneka Ogwumike, who announced her retirement on Wednesday, had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Sparks (13-24), her 131st career double-double. Erica Wheeler also had 11 points and Dearica Hamby had 10.

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Saniya Rivers scored 14 points off the bench to lead the Sun (9-27), who were without Brittney Griner (knee) and Aaliyah Edwards (ankle). Leila Lacan added 13 points and Kennedy Burke 10.

Los Angeles, which allows 93.6 points a game, held the league’s worst offense to 11 points below its average after giving up 124 points to Atlanta on Thursday. The Sparks did that despite giving up 30 points on 25 turnovers.

A 3-pointer from Wheeler at 6:12 of the fourth quarter produced a 77-55 lead but the Sun reeled off 13 straight for a single-digit deficit with less than two minutes to go but missed their last five shots.

The Sparks led 44-36 at halftime.

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Connecticut hit t 4 of 16 shots while Los Angeles rebounded to make 9 of 12 shots in the third quarter to boost the lead to 66-46.

Hamby was ejected early in the fourth quarter when she flung her right hand back while boxing out Raegan Beers and smacked her in the jaw. No foul was called as Beers went down but as she went to the locker room the play was reviewed. Beers was given a loose ball foul while Hamby received a flagrant 2 foul for unnecessary and excessive contact.



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The Miz celebrates 10th anniversary of iconic WWE moment; receives heartfelt message from his wife

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The Miz celebrated the 10th anniversary of a memorable WWE moment today and received a heartwarming message from his wife. The veteran is married to former professional wrestler Maryse in real life.

Ten years ago today, The Miz went on an explosive rant about not being featured as the Intercontinental Champion on WWE television. The rant took place on the Talking Smack show, and The A-Lister went off on Daniel Bryan, now known as Bryan Danielson in All Elite Wrestling. The veteran noted that people were still talking about his rant today, and you can check it out in the Instagram post below.

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“10 years ago today I calmly and rationally explained my feelings to Daniel Bryan. At least that’s how I remember it. 😂 10 years later, people are still talking about it. Talking Smack. Literally,” he wrote.

Maryse responded to her husband with a heartfelt message and claimed that he brought the Intercontinental Championship back to relevance.

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“You made that championship relevant again,” she wrote.

Maryse sent a heartwarming message to her husband. (Source: The Miz on Instagram)Maryse sent a heartwarming message to her husband. (Source: The Miz on Instagram)
Maryse sent a heartwarming message to her husband. (Source: The Miz on Instagram)

The Awesome One hasn’t competed on WWE SmackDown since his loss to Axiom on May 29.

The Miz reveals the most painful WWE finishers

SmackDown star The Miz recently revealed which finishers were the most painful to take.

Speaking with Robbie Fox on the My Mom’s Basement podcast, the former champion noted that Powerbombs were painful but said that The Great Khali’s Chokeslam was the worst due to the height of the fall.

“Painful finishers. Ohh man, any type of powerbomb that’s always a bad one. So anyone that does a power bomb where you’re up on their shoulders and they powerbomb, that’s always a bad one. Maybe a chokeslam is pretty brutal. Because when I want to take a chokeslam, I’m going as high as I possibly can, and when you come back down, poof, your back feels it. Oh, Great Khali’s. I totally forgot. Holy cow. Great Khali would have to be number one,” he said.

On this day in 2016, The Intercontinental Championship was the most prestigious title in the company and #SmackDown Live was the most must-see show. The credit can be given to several superstars but it was IC Champion The Miz who kept delivering bangers and who could forget his

It will be interesting to see what WWE has planned for the 45-year-old in the weeks ahead on SmackDown.

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