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WINGS-STORM

Powers scores 19, Wings close on 7-0 run for 83-78 win

SEATTLE (AP) — Aerial Powers scored 19 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 54 seconds left, to help the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 83-78 Thursday night.

Sue Bird made a long 3-pointer with 2:15 remaining to tie it at 76-all but it was Seattle’s final field goal. The Storm added two free throws for a two-point lead, but Powers sank a 3 with 2 seconds left on the shot clock for a 79-78 lead. After three empty possessions, Odyssey Sims and Skylar Diggins each made two free throws to seal it.

Courtney Paris had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Karima Christmas added 12 points for Dallas (8-9), which is No. 6 in the AP power poll. Glory Johnson fouled out with 1:17 left and had 11 points and nine rebounds.

Powers was 3 of 4 from 3-point range and the Wings made 11 of 22.

Jewell Loyd led 10th-ranked Seattle (6-10) with 24 points. Breanna Stewart, coming off the third-highest scoring output (38) by a rookie in league history, was held to 17 points.

ORIOLES-MARINERS

Walker tames Orioles in Mariners 5-3 victory

SEATTLE (AP) — Taijuan Walker held the powerful Orioles to just four hits over 6 1/3 innings, Seth Smith hit a two-run home run and the Seattle Mariners beat Baltimore 5-3 on Thursday night.

Walker (4-6) gave up a solo home run to Hyun Soo Kim in the seventh but otherwise did not allow a runner past first base. He struck out five and walked no one.

With Kim’s homer, the Orioles set the major league record for most home runs in June with 56. The 1996 Oakland A’s had held the record of 55.

Chris Tillman (10-2) took the loss, ending his nine-game winning streak. He pitched 4 2/3 innings, his second shortest outing in 17 starts this season, and gave up four runs on six hits, walking three and striking out three.

Steve Cishek got four outs for his 19th save.

MARINERS MOVES

Seattle recalls Mike Zunino, Tom Wilhelmsen from minors

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have recalled former first-round pick Mike Zunino from Triple-A Tacoma after backup catcher Steve Clevenger broke a bone in his hand.

Seattle made the roster moves on Thursday before opening a four-game series against Baltimore. Zunino and relief pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen were recalled, while Clevenger was placed on the 15-day disabled list and reliever Donn Roach was optioned to Tacoma.

The Mariners were hoping to keep Zunino in the minors for most of the season in the hopes the former No. 3 overall pick could rebuild his approach at the plate, but the injury to Clevenger forced the change. Zunino has been outstanding at Triple-A this season, hitting .282 with 15 home runs and 51 RBIs in 69 games. He’s tied for third in the Pacific Coast League in home runs and tied for eighth in RBIs.

GONZAGA-MATHEWS

Gonzaga adds Cal transfer Jordan Mathews

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga has signed California transfer Jordan Mathews to a financial aid agreement for the 2016-17 season.

Gonzaga announced Matthews’ addition on Thursday. Mathews, a 6-foot-4 guard, is slated to graduate from California this summer, making him eligible to play for the Bulldogs immediately.

Mathews’ addition is an immediate boost for the Bulldogs after losing Kyle Wiltjer, Eric McClellan and Domantas Sabonis from the team that reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season. Mathews averaged 13.5 points per game last season for California and led the Golden Bears in made 3-pointers.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few says Mathews is a proven “shooter and scorer at our level.”

BOYKIN-ALAMO BOWL ARREST

Seattle QB, TCU-ex Boykin takes plea over Alamo Bowl fracas

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Former TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin has pleaded no contest to resisting arrest over an incident that led to his suspension for his final college game at the Alamo Bowl.

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that Boykin, who signed with Seattle as an undrafted free agent, received a one-year probation that could result in dismissal of the misdemeanor charge.

A felony charge of assaulting a police officer was dismissed. The incident happened at a bar two days before the Horned Frogs beat Oregon in San Antonio in January.

The 22-year-old Boykin was fined $1,500 and ordered to apologize to the arresting officer, among other stipulations.

The Seahawks open training camp July 30th. Jake Heaps and Boykin are the quarterbacks behind Russell Wilson.

LPGA-PORTLAND CLASSIC

Defending champion Henderson takes Portland Classic lead

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Defending champion Brooke Henderson shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic on Thursday.

Picking up where she left off from a year ago, when Henderson shot a 21-under 267 to win her first LPGA tournament, the 18-year-old Canadian hit 16 greens and made nine birdies on a warm, cloudless day at the 6,476-yard Columbia Edgewater course.

Angela Stanford, Demi Runas and Mariajo Uribe each shot 67 to trail Henderson.

Runas, whose best career finish is a tie for 25th, and Uribe are looking for their first LPGA victories. Stanford lost in a playoff in the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open at Pumpkin Ridge, which has previously played host to the Portland Classic. Uribe and Stanford shot bogey-free rounds.

NIKE-PHIL KNIGHT

Nike co-founder Phil Knight retires from board

BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) —Nike says Phil Knight, its co-founder and chairman, has retired from its board. CEO Mark Parker is the new chairman.

Apple CEO Tim Cook, on the board since 2005, becomes the lead independent director.

Knight had said a year ago that he planned to step down. He said then he wanted Parker to replace him.

Knight started the Nike by selling shoes out of the back of his car and built it into the world’s largest athletic shoe and clothing company.

He becomes the Beaverton, Oregon-based company’s chairman emeritus. He will be able to attend Nike board meetings as an observer.

RIO OLYMPICS

In ‘year of the youth,’ chances for US track newcomers, too

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Possible new slogan for the U.S. Olympic track team: Higher, Faster, Younger.

There could be a youth movement underway on the track over the next two weeks.

A group of up-and-comers are angling for spots on America’s Olympic track team, hoping to duplicate the success a new crop of swimmers is making at that sport’s trials in Omaha, Nebraska.

That includes 17-year-old sprinter Candace Hill, longshot possibility to make the U.S. squad for the Rio Olympics in the 100 meters, 200 meters or perhaps even both.

Hill is already the world’s fastest girl ever, courtesy of a number of youth records she set last season, including in the 200, which she ran in 22.43 seconds.