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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 […]

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 […]