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Seattle will have a franchise in the new Call of Duty esports league set to begin action in 2020. It becomes the first Seattle-based pro esports franchise.

Jordin Canada scored a career-high 26 points and the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm beat the seventh-seeded Minnesota Lynx 84-74 Wednesday night in a first-round, winner-take-all playoff game.

Natasha Howard and Jewell Loyd combined to score 30 of their 38 points in the first half and the Seattle Storm beat the Dallas Wings 78-64 on Sunday, helping them clinch the No. 6 seed in playoffs.

Candace Parker scored 20 points and the Los Angeles Sparks wrapped up the No. 3 seed with a 102-68 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night.

Natasha Howard scored 11 of her 22 points in the first quarter and the Seattle Storm got off to a strong start en route to an 82-70 win over the Phoenix Mercury.

Jordin Canada had a career-high 21 points, eight assists and five steals and the Seattle Storm held on for a 92-75 win over the Atlanta Dream.

After a mysterious call sent out on his social media accounts, Marshawn Lynch and roughly 200 other people rode out on BMX bikes in downtown Seattle Wednesday evening. 

Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and 11 rebounds for her seventh double-double, Courtney Williams scored 17 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Seattle Storm 89-70 on Tuesday night.

The Seattle Storm fell at home to Indiana 63-54 but clinched a playoff spot due to the New York Liberty's loss to the Washington Mystics earlier Sunday.

NHL Seattle announced Wednesday that it would be delaying its announcement for the team's name until "early 2020." CEO Tod Leiweke told NHL.com that the process for choosing the name is proceeding on schedule, however.