The Lynx aren't playing in the WNBA Finals for the first time in four seasons. But they have more players on the first and second All-WNBA teams than any other team.

League MVP Maya Moore was the only unanimous pick to the first team, picked by all 38 voters. Moore, the league's leading scorer averaging 23.9 points per game, was named to the first team for the second consecutive season.

Lynx guards Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus were both named to the second team.

Phoenix had two first-team selections: guard Diana Taurasi, the second-leading vote getter, and center Britney Griner. Candace Parker of Los Angeles and Skylar Diggins of Tulsa completed the first team.

Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry, Los Angeles' Nneka Ogwumike and New York's Tina Charles were the other second team picks.

• Whalen had 15 points and 11 assists as her Red team beat the White 95-87 on Thursday in a nationally televised women's national team intrasquad game from Annapolis, Md.

Niederreiter deal done

Nino Niederreiter, the winger who scored the clinching goal in the Western Conference quarterfinals last season for the Wild, agreed to terms on a three-year, $8 million contract Thursday, a week before the team reports.

"I'm glad it's over and I'm part of the Wild family again," Niederreiter said by phone from Portland, Ore., where he's skating with the Western Hockey League Winterhawks and working with his power-skating instructor. "I think it's all about now. The season's coming up and I think I found a way to score goals in the league and felt I got better and better as last season went on, so now I'm very happy to focus and not worry about the contract situation."

The 6-2, 209-pound Niederreiter, 22, had a career-high 14 goals and 36 points in 81 games last season. He was plus-12, which ranked fourth on the team, and ranked second with 175 hits. In 13 playoffs games, he scored three goals and led the team with 40 hits.

Georgia RB chooses U

The Gophers added another running back to their 2015 recruiting class Thursday when they got a verbal commitment from Shannon Brooks of Pickens High School in Jasper, Ga.

The 5-10, 198-pound Brooks also had a reported offer from Georgia Tech. Rivals.com lists him as a two-star recruit. The Gophers now have 13 commitments for their 2015 class, including three running backs: Brooks, James Johannesson of Fargo (N.D.) South and Jonathan Femi-Cole of Vaughan, Ontario.

• Mitch Leidner is not on the Gophers' official injury report released after Thursday's practice. The team still has him listed as its starting quarterback for Saturday's game at TCU. Defensive end Alex Keith remains out with a knee injury. The Gophers now list Ben Lauer as the starting right tackle, with Jonah Pirsig as his backup. With second-team middle linebacker Nick Rallis out for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the Gophers moved true freshman Everett Williams into his spot.

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• The National Lacrosse League's Minnesota Swarm signed forwards Dean Hill and Zach Palmer and defenseman Ian Crawford to one-year deals as well as transition player Sam Bradman to a two-year contract. The Swarm also agreed to terms with Rory McDade to be an assistant coach this season; he was a forward with the team from 2006-09.

• The No. 19-ranked Gophers volleyball team hosts the Diet Coke Classic this weekend at the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota plays Tulsa at 7 p.m. Friday, following the first match between Milwaukee and Iowa State at 4:30 p.m. The Gophers have won this tournament the past two years.

• The Gophers women's soccer team (3-3) opens the Big Ten season at Michigan (4-2) at 7 p.m. Friday. Minnesota beat the Wolverines 1-0 last season.

• Former Vikings defensive lineman Al Noga is one of 25 finalists for the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. Six will be chosen later for induction late January in Oahu, Hawaii.