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The Los Angeles Sparks had a disappointing 2024 season in terms of the win/loss column. They also decided it was time to move on from head coach Curt Miller, parting ways with the longtime WNBA coach after only two seasons. But despite that, there were still bright spots for the Sparks. One of those bright […]

When the Los Angeles Sparks made the decision to trade the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft to the Chicago Sky, they were of the belief that they were getting a first-round talent in return. That particular player for the Sparks was Li Yueru who had yet to play a full WNBA […]

When Kia Nurse first joined the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade with the Seattle Storm ahead of the 2024 WNBA season, she was coming into only her sixth season in the league. At age 28, Nurse was old enough to have a good sample size of experience in the WNBA, while being young enough […]

The Los Angeles Sparks made a big change to their team, firing head coach Curt Miller after he led to an 8-32 record, which was the worst in the league. While people were sharing their opinion on the firing, Sparks rookie Cameron Brink posted a picture of her last tunnel fit of the season, which […]

Even though the Los Angeles Sparks are not in the WNBA playoffs, they still managed to grab headlines and attention with the announcement that they had parted ways with head coach Curt Miller. With the Sparks securing the top odds for the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft this season, they will now […]

The Los Angeles Sparks shocked the WNBA world on Tuesday when they announced that they had parted ways with head coach Curt Miller. Apparently the news also caught players off guard as Sparks veteran leader Dearica Hamby expressed her disbelief in Curt Miller no longer being the team’s coach. Hamby took to social media also […]

The Los Angeles Sparks and head coach Curt Miller have parted ways after two seasons, the team announced on Tuesday. “On behalf of our ownership group and franchise, I would like to thank Coach Miller for his passion and commitment to the Sparks organization these past two seasons,” Governor and Managing Partner Eric Holoman said, […]

The Los Angeles Sparks did not make the playoffs this season. It was their fourth consecutive year now missing out on the postseason. But the general feeling around the Sparks is something special is brewing. Veteran forward Dearica Hamby was one of the bright spots for the Sparks this season and following the end of […]

The Los Angeles Sparks announced on Friday that veteran guard Layshia Clarendon will head off to retirement, closing the chapter on an 11-year WNBA career.  Clarendon had recently been away from the Sparks due to mental health reasons for the majority of the second half of the season. With the announcement, Layshia Clarendon issued a […]

To say the 2024 WNBA season was a tough one for the Los Angeles Sparks would be an understatement. The Sparks struggled to find wins while being hit with a wave of absences and injuries. It was a season unlike anything Sparks head coach Curt Miller has seen during his ten-year WNBA coaching career. But […]

LOS ANGELES – Throughout this season, Los Angeles Sparks coach Curt Miller has continuously referred to this season as a build. Building culture and cultivating key habits towards ultimately becoming a winning team. To that end, the Sparks have seen key growth from several young players. But one player in particular who has not seen […]

LOS ANGELES – The Phoenix Mercury social media team created quite a frenzy this past week when they suggested that their final regular season games might be Diana Taurasi’s last. While Taurasi herself has remained non-committal in terms of her future, many of her peers have used this opportunity to reflect on her career. Following […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner and Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson were both ejected after they got into a scuffle during the second quarter of Tuesday night’s matchup. The altercation started after the two got into it during a free throw boxout, with Griner appearing to catch Jackson up high with an elbow. It […]

The Phoenix Mercury take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Our WNBA odds series has our Mercury Sparks prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Mercury Sparks. This is the one “dead” game on Tuesday in the WNBA, as the league’s regular season winds down and heads toward its 40th and final game on […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have been trying to finish out the 2024 season strong despite already being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. They battled the Seattle Storm all the way down to the wire on Sunday before ultimately bowing out, 90-87. Despite the Sparks’ loss to the Storm, veteran point guard Odyssey Sims spoke postgame […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have not had much to smile about this season as they are at the bottom of the WNBA standings record-wise. But one bright spot for the Sparks has been Rickea Jackson as she navigates her rookie season in the WNBA. Against the Seattle Storm on Sunday, Jackson reached the 500 career […]

The Los Angeles Sparks are mired in a rebuild and one of the most important things a young team can have is veteran leadership. For that, the Sparks have turned to a pair of players in Dearica Hamby and Azurá Stevens this WNBA season to help lead the team. For Stevens in particular, it’s been […]

The Los Angeles Sparks take on the Seattle Storm. Our WNBA odds series has our Sparks-Storm prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Sparks Storm. The Los Angeles Sparks are playing out the string. They will finish at the bottom of the WNBA standings. It was a year which never cooperated with the […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Sparks have been eliminated from playoff contention, but with back-to-back games against the Connecticut Sun followed by back-to-back games against the Seattle Storm, they’ve treated these games as if they were a playoff series. During their 90-82 loss to the Storm on Wednesday, the Sparks saw Odyssey Sims leave […]

LOS ANGELES – The WNBA has seen a surge in growth and popularity this season, but with that has also come darker undertones. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was recently asked about the racism and hatred that was permeated WNBA social media circles and she gave an answer that left a lot to be desired. She […]

When the Los Angeles Sparks signed Stephanie Talbot as a free agent ahead of the 2023 WNBA season, they knew they were getting a player capable of doing multiple things on the court. She was coming off a pair of career seasons with the Seattle Storm and was one of the top free agents on […]

The Seattle Storm take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Our WNBA odds series has our Storm Sparks prediction, odds and pick. Find out how to watch Storm Sparks. The Seattle Storm are in a battle with the Las Vegas Aces for the No. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs. Being No. 4 instead of No. […]

The Connecticut Sun take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Our WNBA odds series has our Sun-Sparks prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Sun Sparks. The Connecticut Sun were really struggling — not just in Sunday night’s game in Los Angeles against the Sparks, but over the past week. They failed to score […]

LOS ANGELES – With a young team this season comprised of rookies and second and third year players, the Los Angeles Sparks have relied heavily on Dearica Hamby to help steady and lead the team. Hamby has done an outstanding job in that sense throughout the season. But following the Sparks’ 79-67 loss to the […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have fallen to a dismal 7-28 record after Sunday’s loss to the Connecticut Sun. With this loss, the Sparks have lost four straight games, including 11 of its last 12, also becoming the first team in the league to fall out of playoff contention this season. Still, the silver lining in […]

Amid a roster chock full of young players, a combination of rookies and second and third year players, the Los Angeles Sparks have leaned heavily on their veterans to help keep them together and connected. One of the vets the Sparks have looked towards as a leader this season has been Dearica Hamby. Following the […]

With their 92-78 loss to the Chicago Sky on Friday, the Los Angeles Sparks were officially mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. But despite their fourth straight season of missing the playoffs, the Sparks can take comfort in the fact that they have rookie wing Rickea Jackson on their team. As the season has progressed, Jackson […]

The Connecticut Sun take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Our WNBA odds series has our Sun-Sparks prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Sun Sparks. This is a big week for the Connecticut Sun as they begin a long Western road trip near the end of the regular season. They just lost back-to-back […]

Odyssey Sims and the Los Angeles Sparks are in agreement on a rest-of-season contract according to the WNBA transactions page, per Underdog WNBA. Sims had previously agreed to a seven-day contract with the Sparks. After her initial contract expired, she re-signed with the Sparks again. Now Sims is set to finish the 2024 season in […]

When the Los Angeles Sparks added Odyssey Sims via a 7-day contract signing last month, it was a bit surprising that she was even available this late in the WNBA season. After all, she was coming off averaging a little over 17 points per game for the Dallas Wings. What was even more shocking was […]

The Los Angeles Sparks take on the Chicago Sky. Our WNBA odds series has our Sparks Sky prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Sparks Sky. This is the point of no return for the Chicago Sky. They have lost seven straight games to turn a very likely playoff spot into a very […]

The Chicago Sky have not won a single game since the middle of August. To put that into perspective, their last win came at the expense of the Los Angeles Sparks and they are set to face the Dearica Hamby-led squad again. Angel Reese has regained her confidence but none of it seems to be […]

Los Angeles Sparks head coach Curt Miller is the latest to give rookie phenom Caitlin Clark her flowers. Clark posted another historic triple-double that gave the Indiana Fever their sixth-straight victory. Following the game, Miller embraced what Clark has brought to the WNBA and who he sees most in her game. “She’s really special, I […]

The Indiana Fever has already clinched a playoff spot due to the combined heroics of Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark. However, they are not lifting their foot off the gas pedal at all. In fact, they completely lit up the Los Angeles Sparks to notch their 18th win of their campaign as the postseason looms. […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark dealt with pressure Wednesday night in the only way Caitlin Clark knows how: posting her second triple-double of the season right as time ran out in the 93-86 win over the Los Angeles Sparks. The pressure was, the Fever had clinched the playoffs overnight with opponent losses and had […]

With each passing day, the Los Angeles Sparks see their playoff hopes slipping away. While they are not yet mathematically eliminated, a loss like Wednesday’s 93-86 defeat against the Indiana Fever does not help the Sparks’ case at all. Following the game, Sparks veteran guard Odyssey Sims spoke about what went wrong and what the […]

With the 2024 WNBA season winding down, the Los Angeles Sparks are not yet mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. There’s only one problem, the Sparks currently sit at the bottom of the WNBA standings. While they are only three and a half games back of the current No. 8 seed Chicago Sky, they would need […]

As the 2024 WNBA season nears its conclusion, the battle for playoff positioning is only just beginning. While established powerhouses like the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx continue to dominate, the resurgence of the Indiana Fever, spearheaded by rookie Caitlin Clark, has been the WNBA playoffs’ most compelling storyline. Here’s a look at the […]

LOS ANGELES – Prior to the Los Angeles Sparks’ game against the Atlanta Dream on Sunday, head coach Curt Miller said he felt like Rickea Jackson was on her way to becoming a superstar player. While wins have been hard to come by for the Sparks this season, Jackson has catapulted her name into the […]