Lynx forward Napheesa Collier and Indiana guard Caitlin Clark lead the fan voting for the 2025 WNBA All-Star game after the first round of fan voting, the league announced Friday.

The All-Star Game will be played in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19.

Fans will account for 50 percent of the vote, while all current players and a media panel — completing a ballot featuring four guards and six frontcourt players — will account for 25 percent each.

After the starters have been determined, the league’s head coaches will select the 12 reserves.

Clark, the WNBA rookie of the year and an all-star season, leads all players with 515,993 votes. She is averaging career-highs of 19.9 points and 8.7 assists a game.

Collier, a four-time All-Star, is second with 484,758 votes. She leads the league in scoring with a career-high average of 24.4 ppg. and is sixth in rebounding (8.5).

The Lynx (11-1) have the league’s best record heading into Saturday’s 7 p.m. tip vs. Los Angeles at Target Center.

Saints baseball

St. Paul throttled by visiting Mudhens

A day after snapping a six-game losing streak, the Saints were pounded 18-7 by Toledo at CHS Field.

St. Paul took an initial 2-0 lead after the bottom of the first, and scored another pair of runs in its turn at the plate in the second.

However, the Mudhens (38-35) mustered up nine runs of its own over the second and third innings to seize control of the contest.

The Saints (32-39) scored just three more runs in the rest of the game. Toledo, however, was not done crossing the plate.

The visitors scored twice in the fifth, once in the sixth, and in a final ignominy for the home side, hung a 6 spot on the board in the top of the ninth before the hosts went quietly in the bottom of the frame.

Starter Darren McCaughan took the loss after allowing nine earned runs in three innings as his ERA ballooned to 5.91.

— Staff reports

GOPHERS TRACK/FIELD

Miller named Regional Asst. Coach of the Year

Gophers associate head coach Peter Miller was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year, the USTFCCCA announced.

Miller coached Kostas Zaltos to a Big Ten and NCAA hammer throw title at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

For Miller, the regional honor is the eighth of his career in his 12th season at the U of M.

college baseball

LSU, Coastal Carolina to play for national title

LSU and Coastal Carolina have met only two times previously as they enter the College World Series finals tonight. Those games back in 2016 have not been forgotten.

Coastal Carolina swept the Tigers on their home field in super regionals on the way to their first national championship.

The Chanticleers’ opponent in the CWS finals that year was Arizona. Jay Johnson, now at LSU, was Arizona’s coach.

Coastal Carolina is on a 26-game win streak. LSU is going for its second national championship in three years.

The finals begin at 6 p.m. from Omaha, Neb.

soccer

Flamengo stuns Chelsea in Club World Cup matchup

Danilo scored the go-ahead goal in the 65th minute and Flamengo scored three second-half goals to move atop its group at the Club World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Chelsea.

Both teams went into the match with three points atop Group D with opening match wins.

Flamengo will have to wait to see the results of the late match between LAFC and Esperance to see if it has secured a spot in the knockout round.

NHL

Toews signs with Jets for comeback attempt

Jonathan Toews is going home, as he signed with the Winnipeg Jets in an attempt to make an NHL comeback after a two-year absence.

The team announced that the Winnipeg native has signed a contract. It is expected to be a one-year deal, though the contract cannot be registered until July 1.

Toews, now 37, spent his first 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, captained them to the Stanley Cup three times and also helped Canada win two Olympic gold medals.

Stars re-sign Bourque, Lundkvist to 1-year deals

The Dallas Stars have re-signed two young players still searching for roles, with forward Mavrik Bourque and defenseman Nils Lundkvist agreeing to one-year contracts.

Bourque played in 73 regular-season games in 2024-25, but dressed for just three playoff games.The 23-year-old signed for $950,000, according to the team.

Lundkvist has been a disappointment since the Stars traded a first-round pick for him before the 2022-23 season. Dallas announced that his second consecutive one-year deal is for $1.25 million.

U.S. Ratings decline for Stanley Cup Final

U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago.

An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory.

The overall number on cable is down from 4.17 million last year when the final was on over-the-air TV on ABC and the lowest since Tampa Bay versus Montreal in 2021.

NBA

Former Lakers great Divac hurt in accident

Former NBA center Vlade Divac underwent emergency surgery after breaking a hip in a fall from his motorcycle in Montenegro.

The accident happened Thursday on a road near the Montenegrin Adriatic Sea coast.

Hospital officials said the 57-year-old Divac sustained a fracture and that an artificial hip was implanted.

The 7-foot-1 Serbian center started and ended his 16-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

— From news services