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Los Angeles Sparks
Team's name:  Los Angeles Sparks Conference: Western Location: Los Angeles, California Nickname: Sparks Mascot: none Team Colors: Purple, Gold Joined the League: 1997 General Manager: Penny Toler Basketball Coach: Michael Cooper Basketball Arena: Staples Center Current Capacity: 18,997 First Year of Basketball: 1997 League Titles: 2 WNBA Titles: 2001, 2002 3 Conference Titles: 2001, '02, '03 |
This women’s basketball team was first founded in 1997 and it has a vast background since in recent years the group has obtained two WNBA Championships and 3 conference titles.
The Los Angeles Sparks headquarters are based in Los Angeles, California. Throughout its history the Sparks has been coached by different leaders until Michael Cooper signed with the Sparks transforming them into a one of the most successful teams in the League.
The team’s overall record stands at 238 wins, 132 losses and a winning percentage of .643 during a period of 12 seasons while their playoffs record is .585 as a winning percentage as well.
Amongst some of the current female players that are listed in this season’s roster are: guards Kiesha Brown, Amber Jacobs, Sidney Spencer, Christi Tomas and forwards Marie Ferdinand-Harris, Jessica Moore and the only foreigner the Italian Raffaella Masciadri.
Roster
| No | Name | Pos | Age | HT | WT | College |
| 6 | Shannon Bobbitt | G | ||||
| 4 | Kiesha Brown | G | 29 | 5-10 | 134 | Georgia |
| 7 | Liron Cohen | SG | ||||
| 24 | Marie Ferdinand-Harris | G | 29 | 5-9 | 153 | LSU |
| 5 | Marta Fernandez | F | ||||
| 25 | Kamela Gissendanner | G | ||||
| 2 | Temeka Johnson | G | 25 | 5-3 | 145 | |
| 9 | Lisa Leslie | C | 36 | 6-5 | 170 | USC |
| 33 | Raffaella Masciadri | G | 27 | 6-0 | 169 | |
| 8 | DeLisha Milton-Jones | F | 33 | 6-1 | 185 | Florida |
| 31 | Jessica Moore | C | 26 | 6-3 | 180 | Connecticut |
| 00 | Murriel Page | C | 32 | 6-2 | 160 | Florida |
| 3 | Candace Parker | |||||
| 1 | Sidney Spencer | F | ||||
| 32 | Christi Thomas | F | 25 | 6-3 | 185 | Georgia |