SPARKS ARE LEFT TO PLAY THE WAITING GAME WNBA: TENNESSEE STAR PARKER STILL HAS NOT DECLARED FOR TODAY'S DRAFT.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer The future of the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego -- and the Sparks -- depends on the performance of a fax machine. Sometime late Tuesday night or early this morning, a small group of league executives with gather in a room at the Intersport Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. and literally wait by the fax machine. Tennessee star Candace Parker Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American collegiate basketball player, playing for the University of Tennessee. She may be best known for being the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college has until 10 a.m. Eastern time today to fax in her intent to forgo her final year of eligibility and make herself available for this year's WNBA draft The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The first WNBA draft was held in 1997. , which begins at 1 p.m. Eastern. A league spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that Parker, who helped the Volunteers defeat Stanford 64-48 in the women's national title game Tuesday, has not filed her paperwork to enter the draft. It's making for anxious moments for the WNBA and the Sparks, who own the No. 1 pick in the draft. The Sparks have fielded overtures from just about every team in the league, wondering if they might be tempted to part with the pick. But the Sparks are expected to begin building their franchise around her and center Lisa Leslie "Already she has changed the interest in the WNBA because here in L.A. we're hearing a lot of people talk about how they would come see her no matter what team she's on," Sparks coach Michael Cooper said." Hopefully we can get some of those single guys who only watch the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= to come watch the WNBA." ramona.shelburne@dailynews.com |
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