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NEW YORK -- A'ja Wilson is in a class by herself, winning the AP's WNBA Player of the Year honors for the third straight year.
Wilson received 15 of the 17 first place votes from a national media panel Sunday. She topped Olivia Miles of Minnesota as well as Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana, who all had stellar seasons.
It's the fourth time that Wilson has won the AP Award, breaking a tie with Breanna Stewart for most all-time since the awards were first given in 2016.
Angel Reese won AP Defensive Player of the Year for first time. Cheryl Reeve won AP Coach of the Year for third time, and Minnesota's Olivia Miles was the unanimous AP Rookie of the Year.
Czechia gets King Cup title
SHENZHEN, China -- Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova teamed together to win the Billie Jean King Cup for Czechia on Sunday.
The sixth-ranked Noskova and the eighth-ranked Muchova each won their singles matches as Czechia beat Ukraine 2-0 in the final of the women's tennis team event.
Noskova sealed it by beating the seventh-ranked Elina Svitolina 6-3, 7-6 (5) after Muchova beat 47th-ranked Anhelina Kalinina 6-2, 6-3.
Elsewhere in sports:
– Alexander Zverev added another highlight moment to his breakout season by clinching the decisive points that brought the Laver Cup back to Team Europe. He beat Learner Tien 7-6 (3), 6-3 to make it a 13-5 victory for Europe.
– Dan Wilson will not return as the Seattle Mariners' manager next season, he and the team said Sunday.