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Sports Briefs: Parker sparks Sparks

post-gazette.com
May 18, 2008
        

From local and wire dispatches Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the visiting Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury, 99-94, yesterday in the opener for both teams. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by...

                   

Sparks' Parker is exactly what WNBA needs

tennessean.com
May 18, 2008
        

PHOENIX — If for Candace Parker the rest of the WNBA season goes anything like it did during the Sparks' opening game here Saturday, folks like me are going to be in deep trouble. By season's end, the descriptions will be exhausted. How many times can you write the words fantastic, superb and...

Parker Scores 34 in Debut for Sparks

washingtonpost.com
May 18, 2008
        

Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most ever in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds yesterday to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury, 99-94. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft scored 10 straight points in the fourth quarter to give the visiting Sparks an 89-86...

Parker scores 34, the most ever in a WNBA debut

esearchnet.com
May 18, 2008
        

By ANDREW BAGNATO - AP Sports Writer Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most ever in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. The...

                   

Candace Parker Records WNBA Win #1

suite101.com
May 18, 2008
        

Candace Parker makes her first of many indelible impressions to come on the world's premier women's sports league. L.A.'s jack-of-all-trades (and drafts), Candace Parker drilled 34 points, 12 rebounds, and came away with 8 assists in her debut game as the Sparks outlasted the Phoenix Mercury...

Candace Parker shines in professional debut

wbir.com
May 18, 2008
        

Candace Parker had some jitters in her WNBA debut. Parker scored 34 points, the most in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. The...

                   

The L.A. SPARKS ASSAULT BEGINS.

foxsports.com
May 18, 2008
        

The defending champion Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA just found out what their NBA brothers, the Phoenix Suns, discovered this year about Los Angeles basketball. The L.A Sparks much hyped season began today with the professional debut of perhaps the best player ever to come out of women's college...

WNBA Capsules

iht.com
May 18, 2008
        

Candace Parker scored 34 points, the most ever in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 Saturday in the season opener. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. The game was tied at 79...

                   

Rookie Candace Parker leads Sparks to 99-94 victory over Mercury

cfrb.com
May 18, 2008
        

By: Andrew Bagnato, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX - Parker scored 34 points, the most in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. The...

                   

Rookie Candace Parker leads Sparks to 99-94 victory over Mercury

820cham.com
May 18, 2008
        

By: Andrew Bagnato, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX - Parker scored 34 points, the most in a WNBA debut, and added 12 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the defending champion Phoenix Mercury 99-94 on Saturday. The previous high in a WNBA debut was 25 points by Cynthia Cooper in 1997. The...