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The NDSU Bison and Minnesota Golden Gopher football teams both earned massive wins.

Whalen, 36, will finish the season with the Lynx before committing her full attention to her new role as head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's basketball team.

The Minnesota Lynx are the 2017 WNBA champions after defeating the Los Angeles Sparks 85-76 in game five last night at Williams Arena on the U of M campus in Minneapolis. It's the 4th championship of the Lynx in seven years.

The Minnesota Lynx face the Los Angeles Sparks tonight in the final game of the WNBA's best-of-five championship series -- with everything even at 2 games apiece. The game tips off at 7 PM CT at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

Game five will take place Wednesday night at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Tip-off is scheduled 7 p.m.

The Lynx were led by Sylvia Fowles, who scored 13 points and pulled down a WNBA finals record 17 rebounds. Minnesota led by as many as 20 points in the second half before narrowly earning the win.

Maya Moore scored 21 points, Sylvia Fowles added 17 points and 14 rebounds, and the Minnesota Lynx completed a sweep of the Washington Mystics with an 81-70 win in Game 3 on Sunday.

Maya Moore led the Lynx with 30 points along with nine rebounds and eight assists, and Sylvia Fowles added ten points and 13 rebounds. Reserve guard Chelsea Gray led the Sparks with 20 points.

Game three of the series is scheduled for Friday night in Los Angeles. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m.

Four players from the Minnesota Lynx will represent their country in this summers Olympic's. Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles made the 12 player roster that will compete in Rio de Janeiro.

Sylvia Fowles led the Lynx with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Seimone Augustus added 16 points in the win.