Jun 29, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Former Los Angeles Sparks Candace Parker acknowledges the crowd during a jersey retirement ceremony at halftime at Crypto.com Arena.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Candace Parker could put music to her jersey retirement ceremony, it would be “I Did It My Way,” the Jay-Z remix of Frank Sinatra’s hit.

The Candace Curse struck early. On a day the Sparks retired the jersey of the superstar whose departure has coincided with their five-year funk, Candace Parker nearly missed her pregame news ...

Parker won another MVP award in 2013, and led the Sparks to a championship in 2016 -- ending a 14-year title drought for the proud franchise -- and another Finals appearance in 2017.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Candace Parker could put music to her jersey retirement ceremony, it would be “I Did It My Way,” the Jay-Z remix of Frank Sinatra’s hit. Parker’s No. 3 Los Angeles ...

The Sparks retired Parker’s No. 3 jersey to celebrate all she’s done for and with the franchise. During her tenure, she served as the face of the WNBA and made an immediate impact from the outset.

Candace Parker’s name rang out far beyond her hometown. Word soon reached every elite college basketball program in the country — from Durham, N.C., to College Park, Md., to Knoxville, Tenn ...

Parker, who was flanked by her family for the ceremony, was a two-time WNBA MVP with the Sparks, in 2008 and 2013. She’s the franchise’s career assists leader with 1,331 and is second in ...

LOS ANGELES — If Candace Parker could put music to her jersey retirement ceremony, it would be “I Did It My Way,” the Jay-Z remix of Frank Sinatra’s hit. Parker’s No. 3 Los Angeles ...

After a shoot, O’Neal invited Parker to fly with him to Los Angeles on his private jet. At first, Parker thought it sounded great. “OK, that beats getting in line at Delta,” she joked.