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A big week looms for the Lynx

The Lynx have a big game Thursday against a Chicago team that has star forward Elena Delle Donne back after she missed a month battling Lyme Disease.

By Kent Youngblood

August 5, 2014 at 8:03PM

Chicago Sky's Elena Delle Donne looks to shoot during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn., Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ORG XMIT: OTKJH103 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Kent Youngblood has covered sports for the Minnesota Star Tribune for more than 20 years.

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