Dec. 16, 2007 - Having conquered college basketball, Candace Parker is ready for a new challenge: saving the WNBA. Probably with the Los Angeles Sparks.
The most dominant player in college basketball, the 6-foot-4 Parker is so superbly multidimensional that she is listed as a forward/center/guard for the University of Tennessee Lady Vols. During the 2006 NCAA Tournament she became the first woman to dunk in a championship college game.
At her college games in Knoxville, Parker plays in front of sellout crowds. She is in magazines and on national TV, and wherever she goes, people turn, gape or walk up and wish her well. She is the kind of transcendent player who just might be able to change the fortunes of the Sparks — and their league — all at once.
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