Mystics land U-Conn. star Aaliyah Edwards with No. 6 pick in WNBA draft

NEW YORK — Aaliyah Edwards looked down and had a quiet thought to herself Monday evening. She said a little prayer and gave herself a message: It’s your time. The former U-Conn. star had just heard WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert call her name as the No. 6 pick of the draft inside the Brooklyn Academy of Music, sending the first-team all-Big East forward to the Washington Mystics. The Mystics, a team with no shortage of bigs, were one of the mysteries of a draft that was top-heavy with talented frontcourt...