Los Angeles Sparks

Five Los Angeles Sparks players wrap their arms around each other's waists as they huddle.

Los Angeles Sparks name Raegan Pebley general manager

By Allie Griffith / January 5, 2024

After a successful 21-year NCAA head coaching career, Pebley steps into WNBA front office role

Members of the Los Angeles Sparks huddle together. They are wearing their team uniforms.

Los Angeles Sparks use lottery luck to move up to No. 2

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / December 11, 2023

Los Angeles has the chance to grab a foundational player in the 2024 WNBA Draft

Numbered balls bouncing around inside a lottery machine, the mechanism used in the 2024 WNBA draft lottery

How to watch the 2024 WNBA Draft lottery

By Em Adler / December 10, 2023

How it works, who’s going to matter, and what to root for

Kristi Toliver runs onto the court as a spotlight shines on her.

Phoenix Mercury secure elite hire in WNBA All-Star Kristi Toliver

By Jesse Morrison / December 2, 2023

Two-time WNBA champion named Mercury associate head coach

Dearica Hamby, wearing purple and yellow Sparks jersey, drives to the basket against Lynx forward Naphessa Collier, wearing white and blue.

Dearica Hamby relishes Olympic opportunity

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / November 13, 2023

Sparks veteran forward is looking to regain her All-Star form

Dearica Hamby

Dearica Hamby files complaint against Las Vegas Aces, WNBA

By Aya Abdeen / October 5, 2023

EEOC lawsuit also names WNBA over investigation

Indiana center Aliyah Boston, the unanimous Rookie of the Year, stands on the court in front of two Fever teammates during pregame player introductions while surrounded by smoke.

The Next’s 2023 WNBA Awards: Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team

By Em Adler / October 1, 2023

A shocking turn of events as Aliyah Boston sweeps the vote

A close-up photo of USA and Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike. The phrases "WNBA Retrospect" and "Positional Value in WNBA Draft Evaluation" are overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the upper right corner.

Locked on Women’s Basketball: How did Nneka Ogwumike fare as a WNBA draft prospect?

By The Next / September 30, 2023

‘She’s just an intensely talented basketball player, an elegant mover’

Members of the Los Angeles Sparks huddle together. They are wearing their team uniforms.

What comes next for the Sparks?

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / September 22, 2023

Sparks head into the offseason with firm goals in mind

A three-picture collage of the leading WNBA Most Improved Player vote-getters: on top, Jordin Canada dribbles past a Connecticut Sun defender who has fallen over; on the bottom-left, Satou Sabally drives baseline into the paint; on the bottom-right, Alanna Smith looks surprised.

The Next’s 2023 WNBA Awards: Most Improved Player

By Em Adler / September 20, 2023

Jordin Canada takes the internal vote from The Next staff