Baltimore Sun

Delle Donne exits loss

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Jonquel Jones scored 32 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and the Sun took advantage of Elena Delle Donne’s early injury exit to beat the Mystics 99-87 in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Tuesday night in Washington.

The best-of-five series is tied 1-1.

Kristi Toliver was the Mystics’ only starter in double figures with 13 points.

Delle Donne, the league MVP, finished scoreless after taking just two early shots.

Mystics coach Mike Thibault said Delle Donne would get an MRI on her back Wednesday.

Colleges: Ohio State announced that more than 1,000 instances of decades-old sexual misconduct by a now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss were reported in 2018. Nearly 1,000 instances of alleged fondling and 30 instances of alleged rape by are reflected in the latest campus crime data the school disclosed Tuesday under the federal Clery Act. ... D-III Grinnell canceled the rest of its football season because of injuries that whittled its roster to just 28 players.

NBA: The Wizards hired former GM and league executive Rod Thorn as a senior adviser to GM Tommy Sheppard. Thorn will help Sheppard with free agency, the draft and other basketball operations matters.

NHL: Sharks F Evander Kane was suspended for the first three games of the season for abuse of an official during a preseason game Sunday. Wild D Greg Pateryn underwent surgery on his midsection and will be out about six more weeks. Pateryn missed most of training camp because of the injury. ... F Lee Stempniak, 36, retired after playing for 10 teams in 14 seasons.

Soccer: Serge Gnabry scored four goals to help Bayern Munich rout Tottenham 7-2 in a Champions League group-play match. It was the first time in club history that the Spurs conceded seven at home in a major competitio­n.

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