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Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008. She may be best known for being the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game —she set both milestones as a redshirt freshman on March 19, 2006. She also became only the second player to dunk in a WNBA game on June 22, 2008.

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Lynx among many talented teams in WNBA this season

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 23 2013, 9:25pm CDT

The WNBA has a new logo and a newly enhanced TV deal with ESPN, with all the hype and marketing that goes with it. ¶ But here’s the funny thing. The league, which will begin its 17th season Friday even though the Lynx don’t open u ...

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W. Basketball. Mingo to Receive Honda Inspiration Award

Source: Purdue Official Athletic Site  |   May 23 2013, 5:23pm CDT

Mingo received her bachelor's degree in biology in May 2012 and is pursuing a graduate degree in toxicology that will aid her towards her goal of becoming a pediatric cardiologist. LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Collegiate Women Spor ...

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Sparks and Time Warner Cable Announce 2013 Television Coverage

Source: Our Sports Central  |   May 23 2013, 3:00pm CDT

May 23, 2013 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles, CA (May 23, 2013) - Time Warner Cable SportsNet and the Los Angeles Sparks today announced the details of the television network's coverag ...

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WNBA: Is this the beginning of The Brittney Griner Era?

Source: MassLive.com  |   May 22 2013, 8:55pm CDT

Not only on breakaways and not those squeeze-it-over-the-rim ones that just don't look right. One-handed, two-handed, on the move, off a drop step, even on alley-oops, though she hasn't pulled that one off in a game — at le ...

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BC-BKL--WNBA Preview Capsules, BKL

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 22 2013, 5:35pm CDT

Team-by-team look at the WNBA, which opens its 17th season Friday: 2012: 19-15, 3rd place; lost to Indiana 2-1 in conference semifinals. COACH: Fred Williams, 2nd season with team, 43-40 overall. STRENGTHS: Offense, ch ...

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Seattle Storm will have to adjust with loss of Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson

Source: Sports Illustrated  |   May 22 2013, 3:54pm CDT

Tina Thompson and the other veterans will step up and lead the Seattle Storm rookies. SEATTLE (AP) -- The Seattle Storm got used to star center Lauren Jackson being absent because of injuries and commitments with the Australian national team. Now, the ...

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Los Angeles Sparks building on last year's run to Western Conference finals

Source: Sports Illustrated  |   May 22 2013, 3:32pm CDT

Candace Parker has won two NCAA titles and two Olympic gold medals, but not a WNBA title yet. LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Candace Parker is ready to resume her pursuit of the only major title to elude the basketball star i ...

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W. Soccer. Morgan Andrews Repeats As Gatorade National High School Girls Soccer Player Of The Year

Source: University of Notre Dame Official Athletic Site  |   May 22 2013, 2:44pm CDT

"I had no idea this was coming," Andrews told USA Today High School Sports on Wednesday. "There are so many great players out there -- some of them I've been teammates with -- that I didn't expect to win this agai ...

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