Los Angeles Sparks

No. 8 Baylor routs 17th-ranked Cal

California's Lauren Greif, center, fights for a loose ball with Baylor's Kelli Griffin (21) and Shanay Washington, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP...

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Redemption: Giving athletes a second chance

At one time, Heath Hawkins could run forty yards in 4.3 seconds. After his arrest, Hawkins was sent to a Pennsylvania boot camp and spent time at a half-way house. For almost two years, Hawkins petitioned repeatedly to be...

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Wagner honored by alma mater in Arizona

Sue Wagner has long been recognized as one of Nevada's great public servants, and now our sister state of Arizona has paid tribute as well. Wagner, who has served as lieutenant governor, assembly-woman, state senator, on the...

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Did Blaze Burn the Liberty?

by Clay Kallam The two most important franchises in the WNBA are the Los Angeles Sparks and the New York Liberty – not necessarily in that order. And while the Sparks are a competent, if not superior, franchise, the Liberty are...

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Sparks PD takes over investigation of Fallon man's death

Sparks PD takes over investigation of Fallon man's death By Steve Puterski LVN Staff Writer A 23-year-old man originally from Fallon was shot and killed by Reno police on Sunday after an attempted robbery. According to Lt....

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Zimbabwe: GNU Issues - Setting the Record Straight

I FELT very sad when I read the article by Allister Sparks in the Business Day October 31 edition (which the Zimbabwe Independent carried on October 30) headed "Time for Zuma to stand up to Mugabe". Though I have never met him,...

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Monarchs to pick second in WNBA draft

For the fifth time in team history, the Monarchs will have the second overall pick of the 2010 WNBA draft. Coach and general manager John Whisenant just hopes to draft a player who will be as good as some of their prior No. 2...

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Strikers get historic win

By SHELDON LONGLEY ~ NG Sports Editor ~ slongley@nasguard.com:The St. Cecilia's Strikers are off to their best start ever in the Catholic Primary Schools basketball league, but more importantly, they ...

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FanHouse: Laimbeer moving up coaching ladder

MINNEAPOLIS -- "I don't know what you're talking about,'' Laimbeer said when asked if he's teaching those on the young Minnesota Timberwolves to flop. That's something Timberwolves forward Brian Cardinal, one of the few...

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Winners: Lions clubs collect 68 boxes of 'goodies' for USS Nimitz sailors

Members of the Sparks Greenbrae Lions and the Spanish Springs Lions, for mailing 68 boxes of "goodies" to the young men and women on board the USS Nimitz. All of the products -- cookies, licorice, candy, chips, jerky, popcorn,...

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