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| Coach Anne Donovan can't imagine life without the four-time Olympian, who left Friday night's game against Spain with a minor hip injury.
BEIJING -- The U.S. women's basketball team spent part of today touring the Great Wall. |
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| Team USA is enjoying an average margin of victory of 47 points in three games so far. The players say they're focusing more on winning gold than on their legacy.
BEIJING -- In lieu of actual competition, the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team's dominance is creating math assignments. |
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| With the Sparks back to full strength after suspensions, Lisa Leslie leads the Sparks in the late going of a 92-84 overtime victory.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Lisa Leslie scored 12 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter and overtime Sunday to lead the Sparks to a 92-84 victory over the host Minnesota Lynx. |
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| Team is looking to avoid sinking to .500 and out of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Site -- Target Center. |
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| With one-game suspensions over, three Sparks starters return in loss to New York as the Liberty's McCarville makes the go-ahead layup with 6.4 seconds left.
NEW YORK -- The Sparks got Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones back from their one-game suspensions but still lost to the New York Liberty, 69-68, Friday at Madison Square Garden. |
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| Five Sparks players and five Detroit Shock players, along with Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, are suspended after on-court melee.
The WNBA suspended five Sparks players, including Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie, and five Detroit Shock players and assistant coach Rick Mahorn Thursday for their involvement in an on-court fight in Tuesday's game. |
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| The Hall of Famer has two assists for Detroit Shock in a loss to Houston.
HOUSTON -- Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman showed she still had one nifty pass left in her. |
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| Rookie is ejected after bench-clearing skirmish that began when she got tangled up with Detroit's Plenette Pierson. Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn is also ejected for pushing Sparks' Lisa Leslie.
Sparks rookie Candace Parker made national news again Tuesday night. Only this attention will hardly make her highlight reel. |
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| Leslie's three-pointer to send the game into extra session is wasted as L.A. loses its fifth in a row on the road.
HOUSTON -- Michelle Snow scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Houston Comets to a 75-72 overtime win over the Sparks on Saturday night. |
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| Los Angeles is coming off a loss to Phoenix.
Site -- Toyota Center. |
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| Preview of Thursday's game at Phoenix:
at Phoenix, 7 |
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| Candace Parker has 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Sparks, who have a 41-25 edge on the boards.
Before bidding farewell to Staples Center for the next 6 1/2 weeks, the Sparks gave their fans reason to return. |
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| Candace Parker has 14 points for the Sparks, but Lisa Leslie makes only two of 11 shots.
SEATTLE -- Sue Bird scored 18 points and Lauren Jackson had 14 for the Seattle Storm, which extended its winning streak to six games by beating the Sparks, 70-52, Saturday night. |
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| Nicole Powell scores 24 points and the Monarchs use a big third quarter to beat the Sparks.
The Sparks, playing in the second of back-to-back games, ran out of energy as the host Sacramento Monarchs pulled away in the second half for an 87-69 victory on Thursday night. |
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| Her free throw late in regulation sends the game to overtime where L.A. takes over.
Before there was Lisa Leslie, there was Tina Thompson. Not in chronological terms, but in the early development of Candace Parker. |
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| The women's basketball star is passing on her legacy, mentoring young Team USA players such as Candace Parker and Sylvia Fowles as well as WNBA players.
There aren't enough hours in the day for Lisa Leslie to accomplish all she wants to do. |
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| Tennessee trio clicks, and Leslie adds 25 points as L.A. beats Phoenix despite letting a fourth-quarter lead dwindle again.
The Sparks drew a line in the sand Sunday night against the Phoenix Mercury, bending but not breaking in the final quarter. |
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| vs. Phoenix, 6:30, FSN Prime Ticket
Site -- Staples Center. |
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| Shannon Bobbitt and Raffaella Masciadri are the new backcourt starters, but L.A. loses its third in a row, 88-70, to the Lynx.
It's not who you start, it's how you finish. |
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| L.A. starts fourth quarter leading by 11, eventually loses by 11.
Another day, another debacle. |
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| Their style of play is fun, and no sideshows are necessary.
Staples Center was buzzing Thursday, thousands of high-pitched screams and ponytails gathered on a night when the Sparks' amazing Candace Parker could dunk for a third consecutive game. |
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| She appears to be the kind of player women's professional basketball must have as it seeks to embed itself in the public consciousness.
PHOENIX -- If for Candace Parker the rest of the WNBA season goes anything like it did during the Sparks' opening game here Saturday, folks like me are going to be in deep trouble. By season's end, the descriptions will be exhausted. How many times can you write the words fantastic, superb and perfect? |
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| The rookie scores 34 points and has 12 rebounds in her WNBA debut, a 99-94 victory over the defending league champions.
PHOENIX -- Candace Parker had some jitters in her WNBA debut. It sure didn't show. |
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| The Sparks duo is among the WNBA's most anticipated, bringing together the 2008 No. 1 overall draft pick and the league's three-time most valuable player for the season opener at Phoenix.
Somewhere between the mashed carrots and mixed vegetables, Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker began to sense it. |
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| Five of the WNBA's 12 general managers choose the team to win their third championship. Majority also see Sparks' Lisa Leslie as MVP and Candace Parker as rookie of the year.
WNBA general managers, in a survey conducted by the league, predict the Sparks not only will win the WNBA title but the top two player awards will also belong to the Sparks. |
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| With the WNBA season to begin May 17, the Los Angeles Sparks rookie stars in commercials that reach out to male sports fans.
The WNBA has borrowed a corner of the NBA playoffs stage in a bid to win new fans -- men, to be exact. |
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| Leslie says it is 'great' to have the WNBA's No. 1 drafted player and doesn't foresee issues as there were when the Lakers had Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.
Candace Parker made her debut Friday as a member of the Sparks, a meet-and-greet session with local media inside Staples Center, as well as a formal introduction to her new teammate, three-time WNBA most valuable player Lisa Leslie. |
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| Tennessee star is expected to give L.A. and the entire WNBA a lift.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- The expectations are monumental, but so was the college career of Candace Parker. |
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| Despite dislocated shoulder, Tennessee star is expected to go to the Sparks with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft next week.
The injury this week to Tennessee women's basketball star Candace Parker should have no effect on her status heading into next week's WNBA draft, according to some of the league's coaches, including Michael Cooper of the Sparks, who hold the No. 1 pick. |
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February 22 |
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latimes.com |
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| Candace Parker , Tennessee's All-American forward, will skip her final season at Tennessee for the chance to play professionally. |
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February 22 |
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latimes.com |
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| Candace Parker , Tennessee's All-American forward, will skip her final season at Tennessee for the chance to play professionally. |
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