Dream crushed by Liberty & Charles

Tina Charles had 18 points and 15 rebounds while Kiah Stokes added a career-best 17 boards to help the Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream, 76-61, at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday in the annual school-day matinee game. It’s the second time in three games that the Liberty held a doubledigit advantage in rebounding.

Sugar Rodgers added 16 points for the Liberty (5-3), who have won three straight.

STOOPS RETIRES

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops abrupt- ly announced his retirement, a stunning offseason move by the 56-year-old future Hall of Famer who led the Sooners to 10 conference championships and a national title in 18 seasons.

Stoops was the longest-tenured active coach in major college football, taking the job at Oklahoma a day before Kirk Ferentz started at Iowa. Stoops was 190-48 (.798) at Oklahoma — his only college headcoaching job — giving him more victories than Sooners coaching greats Barry Switzer (157) and Bud Wilkinson (145).

Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley, 33, is being promoted to head coach, making him the youngest head coach in FBS. Just last month, Oklahoma gave Riley a three-year contract extension worth $1.3 million per year, making him one of the highest-paid coordinators in the country.

STAN, ANDY ADVANCE

Stan Wawrinka advanced to the semifinals of the French Open after beating seventh-seeded Marin Cilic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Wawrinka, who won at Roland Garros in 2015, will face top-ranked Andy Murray, who beat No. 8 Kei Nishikori, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (0), 6-1.

l Simona Halep advanced to the semifinals of the French Open after saving a match point, beating Elina Svitolina, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-0. Halep will next face second-seeded Karolina Pliskova.