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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Jantel Lavender scored a career-high 25 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Connecticut Sun 98-92 in overtime Friday night to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history.Lavender added a season-high 10 rebounds, and Kristi Tolliver scored eight of her 24 points in overtime for the Sparks (20-1). Theyve won nine in a row and are 9-0 on the road.Tolliver made the last of her four 3s to give the Sparks a 93-92 lead with 1:31 left in overtime and ignited an 8-0 run to close the game.Connecticut (6-15) missed its final three field goal attempts and committed turnovers on three consecutive possessions after Tollivers clinching 3-pointer.The Suns Alyssa Thomas made 1 of 2 free throws with 10 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. Tolliver missed a 3-pointer as time expired.Connecticut led 62-46 with eight minutes left in the third quarter, but Nneka Ogwumike scored nine points during a 16-2 run that pulled the Sparks within two. Los Angeles took its first lead, 81-80, on a 3-pointer by Ogwumike with 1:37 remaining in regulation.Ogwumike finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds.Thomas had 17 points and a career-high 12 rebounds for the Sun. Chiney Ogwumike, Nnekas sister, added 16 points and a season-high 13 rebounds.Tim Raines Jersey . The 15th-ranked Canadian men lost the opening two games of their European tour: 19-15 to No. 17 Georgia and 21-20 to No. Billy Pierce White Sox Jersey . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. https://www.cheapwhitesox.com/1164e-roberto-alomar-jersey-white-sox.html . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. Harold Baines Jersey . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals. Tom Seaver White Sox Jersey . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break.Sydney Roosters star Mitchell Pearce expects rookie fullback Latrell Mitchell to have a big finish to the NRL season after the youngster was cleared of any serious damage to his knee.Mitchell failed to finish last Thursdays loss to Canterbury after aggravating a knee problem, but Pearce said the 18-year-old pulled up well over the weekend andd is expected to play against Parramatta on Friday.dddddddddddde should be okay. Hes been training well and after that try, hopefully we can see a bit more of that until the end of the year, Pearce said on Monday. ' ' '