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Cameron Brink has long admired Kendrick Lamar, but she never expected to catch the attention of the rap legend himself. The Los Angeles Sparks forward recently shared on her Straight to Cam podcast that Lamar’s camp reached out to her after she showed support for the Compton native at last year’s WNBA Draft, per Billboard. […]

Kelsey Plum’s net worth in 2025 is $2 million. Plum is a guard who is the newest member of the Los Angeles Sparks after a sign-and-trade deal with the Las Vegas, which was part of a WNBA blockbuster trade in January 2025. Plum is a two-time WNBA champion, a three-time WNBA All-Star, a WNBA Commissioner’s […]

LOS ANGELES – The blockbuster trade for All-Star guard Kelsey Plum may have been the offseason move that garnered the most attention for the Los Angeles Sparks, but the team still had a few other strong moves in free agency. One of the Sparks’ top free agent signings for the 2025 WNBA season was Mercedes […]

Since the Los Angeles Sparks opened up the WNBA free agency period with a blockbuster trade for Kelsey Plum, they’ve spent the rest of the offseason so far filling out the rest of their roster. In one of the their latest free agency moves, the Sparks brought back a familiar face in former first round […]

Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson gave a funny admission after winning the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game. Team Bonds was able to pull away at the end to take down Team Rice 66-55 in Friday night’s clash of the stars. Jackson finished with 16 points as she prepares for a season that will come with […]

Following her offseason trade to the Los Angeles Sparks, Kelsey Plum is committed to bringing the franchise its first championship since 2016. Plum joined the team at the end of January as a part of a three-team deal that also sent Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces and the No. 2 overall pick of […]

Kelsey Plum was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks, and there is excitement revolving around the team on what they can do during the upcoming season. Plum will be reunited with Dearica Hamby, as they used to play on the Las Vegas Aces together before Hamby eventually left. During Plum’s introductory press conference, Plum was […]

LOS ANGELES – When the Los Angeles Sparks lost out on the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, and a chance to select their point guard of the future in UConn star Paige Bueckers, they turned their attention to WNBA free agency. It was through a blockbuster sign-and-trade deal that landed the Sparks an […]

Since opening up the WNBA free agency period with a blockbuster trade for All-Star Kelsey Plum, the Los Angeles Sparks have continued to fill out their roster with veteran free agents. The Sparks made another reported signing in WNBA free agency this week with the addition of Mercedes Russell, as per Richard Cohen of Her […]

The Los Angeles Sparks made their huge move of the offseason with the blockbuster trade for All-Star Kelsey Plum. With that out of the way, the next step for them becomes shaping the roster as the move forward in their rebuild. The Sparks have made a couple of roster moves on the margins since the […]

The Los Angeles Sparks shook up the WNBA world this past week with the acquisition of All-Star guard Kelsey Plum in a three-team trade involving the Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces. It cost the Sparks the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, but Plum is a former No. 1 pick herself […]

The Los Angeles Sparks signaled their intent to accelerate the timeline of their rebuild with the acquisition of All-Star guard Kelsey Plum in a sign-and-trade deal during WNBA free agency. It’s a new beginning for Plum, who had spent the first eight seasons of her career with the Las Vegas Aces. It’s also a homecoming […]

The Los Angeles Sparks struck hard in WNBA free agency as part of a blockbuster trade to land All-Star guard Kelsey Plum. With Plum being their big addition of the offseason, the focus now turns to filling out the rest of the roster. The Sparks made a smaller move in WNBA free agency this week […]

Following a Kelsey Plum trade to the Los Angeles Sparks, they released second-year guard, Zia Cooke. The former South Carolina basketball star had a sophomore slump compared to her rookie season. She only averaged 3.6 points in 8.9 minutes per game. Cooke didn’t start a game, compared to 2023, where she started four of her […]

The Los Angeles Sparks recently acquired Kelsey Plum from the Las Vegas Aces in a three-team trade. Plum, a three-time WNBA All-Star, is set to help the Sparks in 2025. On Saturday, Magic Johnson shared his reaction to the Sparks’ acquisition in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “I can’t contain how excited I am […]

One of the first massive shakeups of the WNBA season went down on Sunday night when a blockbuster trade involving Kelsey Plum and Jewell Loyd went down. Loyd is heading to the Las Vegas Aces, Plum is headed to the Los Angeles Sparks and the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft is going to […]

When the Los Angeles Sparks agreed to a Kelsey Plum blockbuster trade, they traded away their coveted No. 2 overall pick. In a loaded 2025 WNBA Draft class, it was strange to some. However, acquiring an All-Star and an Olympian like Plum is exceptionally rare. Not to mention, Plum has the “core” designation to her, […]

The Los Angeles Sparks were part of a blockbuster trade on Saturday, also involving the Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces, amid the WNBA free agency period. The main part of the trade for the Sparks is All-Star guard Kelsey Plum. The deal has to be a sign-and-trade for the Sparks since Plum had hit […]

The Seattle Storm reportedly are trading six-time All-Star Jewell Loyd to the Las Vegas Aces in a three-team trade that also sends three-time All-Star Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. The Storm are getting the No. 2 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft and Li Yueru from the […]

The WNBA free agency negotiation period is underway, and some of the biggest name free agents, like Brittney Griner, have been taking free agent meetings with interested teams. But with only minor free agent signings official so far, there is apparently one potential move that is holding up the WNBA free agency dominoes from falling. […]

The WNBA free agency period is set to begin on Jan. 21, but in the meantime teams are allowed to tender qualifying offers to reserved and restricted free agents as well as assign core designations. The Los Angeles Sparks made one such move ahead of the WNBA free agency period by tendering a qualifying offer […]

Despite all the records Caitlin Clark broke during her rookie season, it wasn’t enough for voters to crown her as the league MVP. It would’ve been just the second time in league history that a player would be crowned WNBA Rookie of the Year (ROY) and MVP in the same season. But since A’ja Wilson […]

The 2025 WNBA free agency period officially kicked off this weekend with teams being able to extend qualifying offers to restricted free agents as well as designated core tags to players. A couple of moves have already been made with the Las Vegas Aces coring Kelsey Plum and the New York Liberty expected to core […]

Cameron Brink is feeling good, but the recovery from a torn ACL is a long one. The Los Angeles Sparks rookie spoke to the media on Tuesday as part of an availability for Unrivaled, where she gave an update on her road back from the injury that cut short her first WNBA campaign. “I’m not […]

Los Angeles Sparks star Cameron Brink is Unrivaled. Brink, the rookie out of Stanford, will join the Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier-led Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league, which begins play in January. She will suit up for the Lunar Owls in 2026 after she heals from the ACL tear she suffered during her first WNBA season. […]

The Los Angeles Sparks are coming off their fourth consecutive season of missing the WNBA playoffs. The last time the team made the postseason was during the bubble year in 2020 when they were eliminated in the second round after receiving a first round bye as the No. 3 seed. But with new head coach […]

Utah women’s basketball already had a major adjustment period ahead of itself after joining the Big 12 Conference, but now it must also endure a midseason head coaching change. Lynne Roberts is signing on to lead the Los Angeles Sparks, causing quite the shock through both the WNBA and NCAA on Tuesday. No one wants […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have settled on a new head coach following the surprising end of season ouster of Curt Miller. The Sparks announced on Tuesday that they have selected Lynne Roberts as their new head coach for the 2025 season. Roberts has been the head coach at the University of Utah for the past […]

The Los Angeles Sparks came into Sunday’s 2025 WNBA Draft lottery with the top odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick. But that was not to be as the Dallas Wings bumped them to grab the No. 1 pick in the draft. Instead, the Sparks will once again have the No. 2 pick in […]

When the 2024 WNBA season came to an end, the Los Angeles Sparks had locked in the top odds at the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft. But when the draft lottery was held on Sunday, it was the Dallas Wings that grabbed the No. 1 pick. Following the WNBA Draft lottery results, […]

Los Angeles Sparks star Cameron Brink is taking a moment off the basketball court to step into a new spotlight: the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The 22-year-old has become one of the most dynamic figures in women’s basketball, known for her stellar play on the court and now her captivating presence in front of […]

The Dallas Wings have yet to find their next head coach after moving on from Latricia Trammell, but they have found their next general manager. On Friday, the Wings announced that they hired former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Curt Miller to be their executive vice president of basketball operations and general manager. Miller has […]

The Indiana Fever’s search for a new head coach has intensified, and Stephanie White, very recently departed from the Connecticut Sun, is among the top candidates to replace Christie Sides. The Fever are seeking a leader with WNBA experience and a strong defensive approach, qualities White is known for. White, a former head coach of […]

Since the 2024 WNBA regular season ended, several head coaches have been let go from their respective teams. The Los Angeles Sparks opted to part ways with Curt Miller after two seasons of lottery finishes. The Sparks search for a new head coach has brought them to possibility of Las Vegas Aces assistant coach Tyler […]

When the 2025 WNBA season tips-off, there will be a new expansion team in the Golden State Valkyries. It’s the first expansion team in the league since the Atlanta Dream in 2008. With the addition of the Valkyries will come an expansion draft. The Los Angeles Sparks, and every other team in the league, will […]

The WNBA coaching carousel is going to be a wild one this offseason, with three teams currently looking to fill openings. The Chicago Sky parted ways with Teresa Witherspoon after just one season, the Dallas Wings fired Latricia Trammel on Friday and Curt Miller is leaving the Los Angeles Sparks after two seasons. The Sky, […]

Cameron Brink’s fiancé is Ben Felter. Cameron Brink is a starting power forward for the Los Angeles Sparks who just completed her rookie season. Brink was born in Princeton, N.J., on Dec. 31, 2001. She lived in Amsterdam for three years when she was young because her parents worked with Nike, but she returned to […]

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 […]