The Los Angeles Sparks have been bringing competitive effort, showing they can contend against the best teams in the league. An example of this was their 83-89 loss to the Seattle Storm.
The Los Angeles Sparks battled with grit to defeat the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces 96-92. The win was a team effort as every Sparks player who played scored.
The Morningside Monarchs girl’s basketball team recently made history during their run in the Division 4A Southern Section playoffs.
The Los Angeles Sparks announced today the signing of Rae Burrell to a hardship contract. This is Burrell’s second stint with the Sparks this season. She signed a hardship contract with the club on May 27, appearing in one game, scoring five points and grabbing four rebounds in 15 minutes. The Las Vegas native was drafted 9th overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She appeared in three games for the Sparks in 2022 before undergoing season ending knee surgery. She was waived on May 16, 2023 during training camp. Burrell attended the University of Tennessee for all four years of
The Los Angeles Sparks head into the 2022 season with a roster full of players who competed on the game’s biggest stages. While the players have noteworthy backgrounds, the focus is merging their talents into cohesive gameplay.
In the 2022 Draft, the Los Angeles Sparks selected Tennessee forward Rae Burrell, Kianna Smith of Louisville, UCONN center Olivia Nelson-Ododa, and Hawaii guard Amy Atwell. Head coach and general manager Derek Fisher was seeking out players who were positionless on defense and scorers on offense.