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Storm acquire G Lexie Brown from Sparks for draft picks
The Seattle Storm acquired guard Lexie Brown and a 2025 third-round pick for two second-round draft picks.,In the trade, announced Friday, the Sparks received the No. 21 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft in April, as well as Seattle's second-round 2027 selection. ,Brown, 30, was the No. 9 overall ...
Plum Job: Sparks' WNBA title odds vault
Worst to first?,Or at least a threat.,That's how oddsmakers view the Los Angeles Sparks after their blockbuster agreement to acquire three-time All-Star guard Kelsey Plum.,The Sparks, who finished a league-worst 8-32 last season, saw their 2025 WNBA title odds trimmed from +12500 to +3500 at BetMGM ...
Reports: Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum on move in 3-team trade
Six-time All-Star guard Jewell Loyd and three-time honoree guard Kelsey Plum are on the move in a three-team trade involving the Seattle Storm, Las Vegas Aces and Los Angeles Sparks, according to multiple media outlets.,The transaction, which cannot be made official until Feb. 1, also includes signi...
Lynne Roberts leaving Utah to coach Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks hired Utah head coach Lynne Roberts to the same position on Tuesday.,Roberts, 49, is a California native who has excelled at the collegiate level, most recently as the Utes' head coach since 2015.,Utah announced that associate head coach Gavin Petersen was promoted to head coa...
Wings win No. 1 pick in WNBA draft lottery
The Dallas Wings will pick first in the 2025 WNBA Draft after winning the draft lottery for the first time in franchise history.,Sunday's lottery awarded the No. 1 overall selection to Dallas, which had 227 chances out of 1,000 to have its number called.,The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the best odds...
Sparks F Dearica Hamby wins Sportsmanship Award
Forward Dearica Hamby of the Los Angeles Sparks won the 2024 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced on Wednesday.,Hamby, 30, is a first-time recipient of the award, named for the late Kim Perrot, who succumbed to cancer in August 1999 after helping the Houston Comets win the WNBA title i...
Curt Miller out after 2 seasons as Sparks' coach
The Los Angeles Sparks and coach Curt Miller have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Tuesday.,The Sparks finished last in the 12-team WNBA at 8-32 this season, 24 games behind the first-place New York Liberty. Miller was 25-55 in his two seasons at the helm, and Los Angeles has now mis...
Sparks wrap season by beating Lynx, ending 8-game skid
Dearica Hamby put up 20 points and seven rebounds and Rickea Jackson scored 19 points with eight rebounds as the Los Angeles Sparks ended an eight-game losing streak with a 68-51 victory over the playoff-bound Minnesota Lynx in the regular-season finale for both teams Thursday in Minneapolis.,Kia Nu...
Brittney Griner, Rickea Jackson ejected as Mercury top Sparks
The Phoenix Mercury held on to beat the host Los Angeles Sparks 85-81 on Tuesday night in a game marred by an altercation late in the first half that led to the ejections of Brittney Griner and Rickea Jackson.,Griner and Jackson were thrown out with 18.8 seconds remaining in the half with the Sparks...
Storm blow big lead, still come away with win vs. Sparks
Nneka Ogwumike scored 23 points, Gabby Williams added a season-high 22 and Skylar Diggins-Smith fueled a late-game push as the Seattle Storm rallied for a 90-87 win over the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday after coughing up a 16-point lead. ,Seattle (24-14) extended its winning streak to four ...
Skylar Diggins-Smith steers Storm past Sparks
Skylar Diggins-Smith recorded 26 points, five assists, four steals and three blocked shots while leading the Seattle Storm to a 90-82 victory over the host Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night.,Gabby Williams scored 17 points and Nneka Ogwumike had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Storm (22-14)...
Skylar Diggins-Smith, Storm take aim at Spark-less L.A.
Nobody was expecting Skylar Diggins-Smith to become the Seattle Storm's single-season assist leader in her first year with the franchise.,But that's reality after Diggins-Smith supplanted the legendary Sue Bird on Saturday. She will look to add to her total when the Storm visit the Los Angeles Spark...
Marina Mabrey scores 26 off bench as Sun ease past Sparks
Marina Mabrey came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points Tuesday night as the visiting Connecticut Sun scored a two-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Sparks with an 86-66 victory.,Mabrey canned 9 of 13 shots, including 6 of 8 from the 3-point arc, as Connecticut upped its record to 26-10 a...
Alyssa Thomas, Sun eye two-game sweep of last-place Sparks
Alyssa Thomas racked up another triple-double on Sunday in Los Angeles.,"Honestly, I didn't know and I didn't care," she said after the Connecticut Sun beat the Sparks 79-67. "It was more about the win. We didn't play our best basketball today and it took all the way until the fourth quarter for us ...
Sun silence Sparks down stretch, earn 79-67 win
Alyssa Thomas recorded a triple-double and the Connecticut Sun held the host Los Angeles Sparks to one point in the final 6:43 to come away with a 79-67 victory on Sunday night. ,Thomas had 12 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Brionna Jones had a team-high 21 points for Connecticut before fouling ...
Sun making playoff seeding push with Sparks on the schedule
The Connecticut Sun are looking to keep up in the race for the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs when they play the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday night.,Connecticut (24-10) has fallen to the No. 3 seed, a game behind the red-hot Minnesota Lynx (25-9), who have won nine of their last 10 games. The ...
Angel Reese, Sky top Sparks, end seven-game skid
Angel Reese produced 24 points and 12 rebounds and Chennedy Carter added 15 points, nine boards and seven assists as the host Chicago Sky defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 92-78 on Friday to stop a seven-game losing streak.,Reese paced the Sky with her WNBA-best 26th double-double of the season while ...
Clinging to last playoff spot, Sky face last-place Sparks
Despite prolonged struggles and a midweek flight out of Las Vegas, everything still is coming up sevens for the Chicago Sky.,Chicago enters Friday's matchup with the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on a seven-game losing streak with seven games remaining in the regular season. While their WNBA counterpa...
Streaking Fever open homestand against Sparks
The Indiana Fever will aim to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games on Wednesday night when they open a six-game homestand against the Los Angeles Sparks in Indianapolis.,The Fever (17-16), who previously won four in a row from June 13-21, increased their current winning streak to ...
Tina Charles leads Dream to key win over Sparks
Tina Charles scored 23 points with 10 rebounds in her return from a one-game absence and Rhyne Howard added 19 points as the visiting Atlanta Dream moved into a tie for eighth place in the overall WNBA standings with an 80-62 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.,Allisha Gray scored 12 poin...