WNBA semifinals set

Brittney Griner had 26 points and nine rebounds, Diana Taurasi added 23 points, and Phoenix beat Connecticut to reach the semifinals.

Phoenix will play Los Angeles on Tuesday night in Game 1 of a best-of-five semfinal series.

Kristi Toliver scored 32 points, hitting a WNBA playoff-record nine 3-pointers, to lead the Washington Mystics to an 82-68 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday. The Mystics will face Minnesota in the best-of-five semifinals, starting Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Pierre Pilote passes away at age 85

Hall of Fame defenseman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85.

The Blackhawks said Sunday that Pilote died Saturday night. Pilote was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975, and the Blackhawks retired his No. 3 jersey — along with Keith Magnuson's — in November 2008.

Miami Heat's practice facility sustains damage

On Sunday morning, the Miami Heat’s practice facility at American Airlines Arena sustained exterior membrane damage, according to WPLG Channel 10. There was, however, no harm done to the actual roof, the station’s sports director Will Manso reported.

The Heat do not host a regular season game until Oct. 21 against the Indiana Pacers. They will have less time to make the necessary repairs because the NBA moved the start of the season up two weeks.