Mahorn's pimp shove of Leslie will be scrutinized the most, as the league tries to determine if he was protecting his players and acting as a peacekeeper (as he and many others involved claim) or if he became so caught up in the scrum that he actually purposely pushed the 36-year-old mother to the floor. It's doubtful those were Mahorn's intentions, but Leslie, immediately after the fight, seemed to think otherwise. In a statement after the fight, Mahorn said he was "trying to protect the integrity of the game" and insisted he "would never push a woman." Not on purpose, I guess.

Sparks' Parker at a center of late scuffle [LA Times]
Out of Bounds: Rick Mahorn: Will The Fight Between Candace Parker And Plenette Pierson Change The Scope Of The WNBA? [The Starting Five]

“When I caught the ball and there was an open lane, it was a good opportunity,” Parker said. “I’m happy that I was able to do it in Los Angeles in front of the home fans. Obviously, it means a lot having the first person to do it on my team. There’s going to be more to come in the league itself.”

I'm not sure how I feel about women dunking; until now this was the only place I could go to see people actually playing defense and setting picks. Oh, and doing this. Of course if David Stern were in charge, I'd suspect that the league lowered the rims.

Yeah, yeah; a WNBA post. But when was the last time you dunked, Short Round?

Candace Parker Gets WNBA's Second Dunk In Sparks' 77-63 Victory [Los Angeles Times]

She Does Not Suck [Deadspin]