Seattle Storm sweep Washington Mystics for WNBA title

Seattle Storm players pose with WNBA Championship trophy.
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The Seattle Storm swept their way to victory in the WNBA Finals on Wednesday, winning Game 3 of their best-of-five series against the Washington Mystics 98-82. The Storm never trailed in Game 3, as forward Natasha Howard poured in a career-high 29 points and grabbed 14 rebounds while Seattle's star Breanna Stewart tallied 30 points of her own en route to Finals MVP honors.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.