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Shelden Williams, No 'Mr. Candace Parker,' Finds Role in Denver

DENVER -- Shelden Williams sometimes hears fans yell stuff like, "Your wife's a better player than you." Nobody was saying that Wednesday. Williams, signed to a minimum contract last July, pulled down 16 rebounds for Denver, one shy of his career high, in a 110-88 opening-night win over Utah. Nobody was more excited than...

Why Limit Super Pairings to Horses?

To Daniel Okrent -- whose identity as the inventor of rotisserie baseball is the one I'll use for this space -- the greatest baseball player ever was, unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth. It was Okrent's reasoning, which he conveyed in Ken Burns' epic television documentary "Baseball," that was refreshingly noteworthy. "He (Ruth)...

Orender Sees Brighter WNBA Future

SEATTLE -- WNBA President Donna Orender is the eternal optimist about her league, which is clearly preferable to having Chicken Little running the show. So it can't be much of a surprise that on Sunday, in her annual state-of-the-league speech one hour before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, Orender was all about the good...

USA Basketball Goes Big for Last Four Pool Slots on Women's National Team

Addressing a gap created in part by a shoulder injury to Candace Parker, USA Basketball announced Wednesday the addition of four frontcourt WNBA players to its pool of players for next month's World Championships in Europe. A five-member selection panel tapped Jayne Appel of the San Antonio Silver Stars, Rebekkah Brunson...

WNBA Original Tina Thompson Breaks League's All-Time Scoring Record

With five minutes left in the third quarter of Sunday evening's game between the Sparks and Silver Stars, Los Angeles' Tina Thompson hit a jumper and became the WNBA's all-time scoring leader. Thompson broke the record set by Lisa Leslie. Thompson finished with 23 points in a 92-83 loss to San Antonio, surpassing...

Candace Parker News From the Web

05/27/12 Candace Parker, Nneka Ogwumike lead Sparks over Mercury Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Candace Parker had 27 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the Sparks to a 99-88 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday night.
05/23/12 Mistakes again trip up Storm in 0-2 start Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The Storm spent three days, including a shoot-around earlier Tuesday, working on gelling with each other offensively and playing more aggressive defensively.
05/22/12 Live game thread: Seattle at Los Angeles Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Agler said he's going to the bench more and did with rookie Shekinna Stricklen and Eva Kobryn in the game.
05/22/12 BET Awards 2012: LeBron James Up Against Kobe Bryant... Source: Ace Showbiz Sister duo Serena Williams and Venus Williams, meanwhile, are competing against each other in Sportswoman of the Year which also includes Candace Parker as another contender.
05/19/12 Sparks' Parker intent on staying healthy Source: CBS - Volunteer WVLT - Knoxville TN Scoring and rebounding come easily for Candace Parker, the Los Angeles Sparks' star who averaged 19.3 points and 9.1 boards a game in the last two seasons.