Valkyries owner amazed team already won title in Year 2

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Lacob spoke so fast at times, overcome by emotion and in awe of what he had just witnessed along with thousands of others. Golden State s ecstatic owner was overjoyed by a rather improbable WNBA championship in the Bay Area. Valkyries point guard Veronica Burton was so happy she could barely speak at all. She wiped tears from her eyes. And Tiffany Hayes, well this fiery 14-year veteran now with her first career WNBA title, brought out her loud, outspoken self amid the madness of celebration: This is just what happens when you invest in women s sports. Valkyries, we here baby, we here, we here and we ain t going nowhere! Invest in women s sports, baby, let s go! In just their second year of existence, Burton, Hayes and the Valkyries claimed the second seed out of the regular season and made a remarkable run through the playoffs to take down the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in a magnificent first Game 7 of WNBA Finals history Saturday night. Amazing, words can t descri