{"id":5893,"date":"2023-05-31T12:49:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T17:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:17:01","slug":"the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/","title":{"rendered":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>SPORTS WRAP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3563\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Liberty have gotten off to a good start so far this season. They won another home game, beating the then-undefeated Connecticut Sun. NYL dominated the Sun 25-13 in the 2nd half, with stifling defense throughout, and won the game 81-65. Leading the charge was Breanna Stewart with 21 points and 6 rebounds, Courtney Vanderpool added 18 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, and Sabrina Ionescu had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. New York is 2-1 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In basketball, the NBA is still searching for the first to overcome a 3-0 deficit, as the Boston Celtics came up short in their quest to become the first. The Miami Heat beat the Celtics on the road 103-84 to reach the NBA Finals for the seventh time in franchise history. Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 28 points 7 rebounds and 6 assists, getting Eastern Conference Finals MVP honors as well. &nbsp;They will play at the well-rested Denver Nuggets in Game 1 on Thursday, while the Stanley Cup Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the Stanley Cup Finals matchup is set, after the Vegas Golden Knights dropped the Dallas Stars 6-0 to win the Western Conference 4-2. They will play the Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers, who took down the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-0 sweep, in addition to beating the Toronto Maple Leafs and record setting Boston Bruins earlier on in the postseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPORTS WRAP BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR. The New York Liberty have gotten off to a good start so far this season. They won another home game, beating the then-undefeated Connecticut Sun. NYL dominated the Sun 25-13 in the 2nd half, with stifling defense throughout, and won the game 81-65. Leading the charge was Breanna Stewart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPORTS WRAP BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR. The New York Liberty have gotten off to a good start so far this season. They won another home game, beating the then-undefeated Connecticut Sun. NYL dominated the Sun 25-13 in the 2nd half, with stifling defense throughout, and won the game 81-65. Leading the charge was Breanna Stewart [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"William Hathaway Jr.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"William Hathaway Jr.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"William Hathaway Jr.\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509\"},\"headline\":\"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"SPORTS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\",\"name\":\"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg\",\"width\":160,\"height\":180},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"A Household Name Since 2000\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509\",\"name\":\"William Hathaway Jr.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"William Hathaway Jr.\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/author\/william-hathaway-jr\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -","og_description":"SPORTS WRAP BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR. The New York Liberty have gotten off to a good start so far this season. They won another home game, beating the then-undefeated Connecticut Sun. NYL dominated the Sun 25-13 in the 2nd half, with stifling defense throughout, and won the game 81-65. Leading the charge was Breanna Stewart [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/","article_published_time":"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"William Hathaway Jr.","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"William Hathaway Jr.","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/"},"author":{"name":"William Hathaway Jr.","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509"},"headline":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others","datePublished":"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/"},"wordCount":240,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg","articleSection":["SPORTS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/","url":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/","name":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-31T17:49:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-02T19:17:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Willaim-Hathaway-Jr.-e1644534774360.jpg","width":160,"height":180},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/the-start-of-one-season-and-the-end-to-two-others\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Start of One Season and the End to Two Others"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/","name":"","description":"A Household Name Since 2000","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/#\/schema\/person\/de7ef0a8b03b9ee05569a4d77aaf4509","name":"William Hathaway Jr.","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f37a1ed62e74d3b3ed063e81a7a92f474107661f53b7b9a6e6f533fd7c4c32a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"William Hathaway Jr."},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localtalkweekly.com"],"url":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/author\/william-hathaway-jr\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5894,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5893\/revisions\/5894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localtalkweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}