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• WNBA Players Call CBA Meeting 'Missed Opportunity' Amid Stalled Negotiations
WNBA players characterized their Thursday meeting with Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and ownership representatives as a "missed opportunity" despite expressing hope for future negotiations. The gathering included at least 40 players during All-Star Weekend at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The players' union opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement last fall, aiming for a new deal by Octobe...2025
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• Buss family to sell Los Angeles Lakers to owner of Dodgers
The Buss family is entering an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, the CEO of TWG Global and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal told NBCLA on Wednesday. The deal, first reported by ESPN, has a valuation of about $10 billion, a source told NBCLA. Walter is part of the ownership of other sports franchises, including the Los Ang...2025
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• Buss family to sell Los Angeles Lakers to owner of Dodgers
The Buss family is entering an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, the CEO of TWG Global and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal told NBCLA on Wednesday. The deal, first reported by ESPN, has a valuation of about $10 billion, a source told NBCLA. Walter is part of the ownership of other sports franchises, including the Los Ang...2025
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• Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve On Minnesota Political Shooting: ‘It’s Sickening’
The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 101-78 on Saturday in a game played despite the shooting of two Democratic state legislators. Napheesa Collier had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists but it all rang hollow in the wake of the tragedy. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in Minnesota’s Twin […]
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• WNBA Star Cameron Brink Announces Engagement to Ben Felter
Los Angeles Sparks rookie forward Cameron Brink announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Ben Felter in a recent Instagram post. Felter got down on one knee and popped the question at the Shangri-La Paris Hotel in Paris near the Eiffel Tower. According to Gillian Telling of People, Felter proposed after Brink attended the Balenciaga show. […]
The post WNBA Star Cameron Brink Announces E...2024
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• Joe Bryant Passes At Age Of 69
Joe Bryant has passed away at the age of 69 after recently suffering a massive stroke. Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant, was a first round pick in 1975 and played for the Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers and Houston Rockets before a long career in Europe. Bryant also coached for many years, most notably as head coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.
Bryant played collegiately at La Salle a...2024
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• From Spain to the States, No. 1 Ranked Senior Sarah Strong is Ready to Continue Her Journey at UCONN
Growing up in Spain, Sarah Strong’s first introduction to the game was from her mother, Allison Feaster. Feaster, a former standout at Harvard, was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in ’98 with the fifth overall pick, went on to become an All-Star in ’04 and played overseas in France, Portugal, Italy and Spain. Strong […]
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• Jordin Canada is Ready to Make Her Mark on the Los Angeles Sparks and in the Booth
This story appears in the second edition of WSLAM 2. Get your copy here. Embrace. That’s the word Jordin Canada uses to describe her Los Angeles homecoming. The former UCLA standout remembers the day she told her family she was coming home. “Oh man, my mom went ballistic! I told friends and teammates from high […]
The post Jordin Canada is Ready to Make Her Mark on the Los Angeles Sparks and...2022
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• Candace Parker on giving back to kids during holidays, WNBA, the Sparks, LeBron James, the Lakers, and more
Los Angeles Sparks power forward Candace Parker has had a fantastic 14-year career in the WNBA that includes five All-Star appearances, two MVP awards, and the 2016 Finals MVP award to cap off her championship winning season. As she prepares for her 15th season in the league, Parker took time during the offseason to give […]
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• Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson celebrate former PG’s 24th wedding anniversary
Michael Jordan and Earvin “Magic” Johnson were two of the best players in NBA history and possess 11 championship rings between them.
Both former NBA’ers are currently invested in sports franchises, as Jordan owns the Charlotte Hornets, and Johnson is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Sparks.
Since the two share common interests, and were on the Dr...2015