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2025 Los Angeles Sparks Season
The 2025 Los Angeles Sparks will be the franchise's 29th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first season under head coach Lynne Roberts. In addition to their preseason match-up against Golden State on May 6, the Sparks also had a closed scrimmage versus Seattle on May 10 at Pauley Pavilion. Draft Transactions Front office and coaching Trades Free agency Re-signed / activated Additions Subtractions / unsigned Roster Depth chart Schedule Preseason , - bgcolor=#bbffbb , 1 , May 6 , @ Golden State W 83–82, Rickea Jackson (13) , Azurá Stevens (11) , Dearica Hamby (6) , Chase Center17,428 , 1–0 Regular season , - style="background:#bbffbb" , 1 , May 16 , @ Golden State W 84–67, Kelsey Plum (37) , Dearica Hamby (10) , Plum, Sims (6) , Chase Center18,064 , 1–0 , - style="background:#fcc" , 2 , May 18 , Minnesota L 75–83, Azurá Stevens (21) , Dearica Hamby (10) , Kelsey Plum (5) , Crypto. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBA Western Conference
The Western Conference is one of two conferences that make up the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the other being the Eastern Conference. Both conferences currently consist of 6 teams, until 2025, when the Golden State Valkyries will join the Western Conference. From the league's second season in 1998 through 2015, the WNBA operated separate playoff brackets for its Eastern and Western Conferences. Each conference's playoff was divided into two playoff rounds, the Conference Semi-Finals and the Conference Finals, with the Conference Finals winners receiving Conference Championships and advancing to the WNBA Finals to determine the WNBA champion. In the final years of this playoff scheme, all in-conference playoff series were best-of-three. Since 2016, the league has abandoned separate conference playoffs in favor of a single league-wide playoff bracket. The top eight teams in the regular season, without regard to conference affiliation, advance to the playoffs, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024-25 South Carolina Gamecocks Women's Basketball Team
A coxless four, abbreviated as a 4- and also called a straight four, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and two on the bow side (rower's lefthand side). As there is no coxswain, the rudder is controlled by one of the crew, normally with the rudder cable attached to the toe of one of their shoes which can pivot about the ball of the foot, moving the cable left or right. The steersman may row at bow, who has the best vision when looking over their shoulder, or on straighter courses stroke may steer, since they can point the stern of the boat at some landmark at the start of the course. The equivalent boat when it is steered by a coxswain is called a "coxed four". Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Allemand
Julie Allemand (born 7 July 1996) is a Belgian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball), Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League, Turkish Women's Basketball Super League. In the 2016 WNBA draft, she was selected by the Indiana Fever in the third round. She was also a member of the Belgium women's national basketball team, Belgian national team that won the EuroBasket Women 2023 and EuroBasket Women 2025 championship. Career WNBA career Indiana Fever (2020) Allemand was drafted by the Indiana Fever in the third round of the 2016 WNBA draft. She spent 2016–19 playing in Europe before joining the Fever for the 2020 season. She had a successful rookie season, recording the second-most assists per game in the league (5.8). She was named to the 2020 AP All-Rookie team. She sat out of the 2021 season, citing mental health struggles and burnout aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexie Brown
Alexis Kiah "Lexie" Brown (born October 27, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Chicago Sky, Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Sun, and Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. Brown was the ninth overall pick by the Sun in the 2018 WNBA draft. She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and the Duke Blue Devils. Early life Brown was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Tammy and Dee Brown. Her father played twelve years in the NBA as a point guard, most notably for the Boston Celtics, with whom he won the 1991 Slam Dunk Contest. Brown played her freshman season at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Florida, where she helped the team achieve its first-ever undefeated regular season. After transferring to North Gwinnett in Suwanee, Georgia, she led her team to the state semifinals her junior year and the Class 5-A state championship game her senior year. Brow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Yueru
Li Yueru (; born 28 March 1999) is a Chinese basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also plays for the Chinese national team. Li was drafted in the third round of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. Professional career China Li started her professional career in China. She played for the Guangdong Dolphins (2015–2020) and Inner Mongolia (2020–2023) of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). WNBA Chicago Sky (2022) Li was originally drafted with the 35th pick by the Atlanta Dream in the 2019 WNBA draft. However, she continued playing in China and never joined the Dream. On 5 February 2022, her rights were traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with Chennedy Carter in exchange for Erica Wheeler, a 2023 WNBA draft first-round pick and a 2022 WNBA draft second-round pick. Li was subsequently traded on 30 March 2022, to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Lexie Brown. Li joined the team late, as s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewell Loyd
Jewell Loyd (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed the "Gold Mamba", she played college basketball at Notre Dame and was selected first overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2015 WNBA draft. Loyd won gold medals for the United States national team at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life and college Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93–31 record during that time. In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named ESPN's women's college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row. Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame's fifth-highest total ever. Professional career WNBA Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Las Vegas Aces Season
The 2025 Las Vegas Aces season is the franchise's ongoing 28th season in the Women's National Basketball Association and the eighth year the franchise is based in Las Vegas - after relocating from San Antonio and Utah. This will be the fourth season under head coach, Becky Hammon. The season will tip off on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Barclays Center versus the defending 2024 WNBA champs, New York Liberty. In April 2025, newly signed forward, Cheyenne Parker-Tyus, announced her second pregnancy and is expected to "miss at least the first three months" of the 2025 season. On May 1, 2025, the Aces announced that center, Megan Gustafson, suffered a left lower leg injury during training camp and would be sidelined indefinitely. In June 2025, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced that they again would be gifting players on the Aces roster $100,000 sponsorships. In May 2024, the WNBA opened an investigation into these sponsorships given to the 2024 Aces' p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Nicknamed "Plum Dawg", she is a three-time WNBA All-Star Game, WNBA All-Star and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2022. Plum won gold medals with the United States in Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament, 3x3 basketball in 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 and in Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 5x5 basketball in 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024. She is also the founder the Dawg Class basketball camp. Born in Poway, California, Plum attended La Jolla Country Day School, where she was named a McDonald's All-American Game, McDonald's All-American. She played college basketball at Washington Huskies women's basketball, Washington, where she left as the NCAA Division I women's all-time leading scorer. In her senior season, Plum was named n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Neighbors
Michael Earl Neighbors (born March 29, 1969) is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). He previously served as the head coach at Washington and at his alma mater, Arkansas. Early years Neighbors was born and raised in Greenwood, Arkansas, where he played basketball at Greenwood High School. His family was very involved in the school system, as teachers, school secretaries, assistant superintendent and superintendent positions. Neighbors completed his associate degree at Westark Community College (now the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith) in 1989 and bachelor's degree at the University of Arkansas in 1993. Coaching career In 1994, Neighbors became head girls' basketball coach at Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Arkansas. The team improved from a 1–24 record in his first season to winning at least 18 games in each of the next three seasons and reached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Blue
Anitra Necole "Nikki" Blue (born March 29, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference. High school Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, Blue played her high school career at West High School. Blue set the CIF Central Section record for points scored in a single season (913 in the 2000–01 season) and career (2,934 points). Blue averaged 29 points per game her senior year at West and lead Kern County in assists per game as well. Blue is regarded as the best player to ever come out of the CIF Central Section. However, due to the lack of talent around her, West High never won a section championship during Blue's career. The closest West came was in 2002 when West lost to crosstown rival Stockdale 82–55 in the CIF Central Section Division II championship game. Blue was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson (born May 10, 1989) is an American basketball executive, coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Oklahoma. She was selected sixth overall in the 2011 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played for 12 seasons in the WNBA with the Silver Stars (later known as the Stars, and since 2018, the Las Vegas Aces), Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury. College statistics Source USA Basketball Robinson was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in Belgrade, Serbia. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Robinson averaged 4.6 points per game. Professional career WNBA Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA draft (6th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
