Sports Quick Hits: October 4th, 2021

🏀WNBA: In yesterday’s Game 3 of the semifinals , the Chicago Sky and the Phoenix Mercury — aka the lower ranked team in each series — strengthened their series’ leads to 2-1 over the No. 1 Connecticut Sun and No. 2 Las Vegas Aces, respectively. Bring on Game 4, set for 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday night.

🏒Hockey: The 2022 Winter Olympics begin four months from today, and the general manager of our men’s national hockey team has confirmed three players on the roster: golden goalscorer Sidney Crosby, Vegas Golden Knight Alex Pietrangelo and — making his Olympic debut — Connor McDavid. Let the Games begin!