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Inquirer.net - Oct 22, 2026

ATLANTA — Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream are halfway toward their ultimate goal of winning the franchise’s first WNBA championship. They know there is still work to do. But with a huge Atlanta crowd behind them and Reese dominating the last two games, there’s reason to believe in a team that never even had

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