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LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Sparks announced today it has signed guard Odyssey Sims to a 7-day hardship contract. In 11 WNBA seasons with five organizations, including the Sparks, the 5-foot-8 guard has averaged 11.3 points, 3.7 assists and 2.5 rebounds, while shooting 39.5 percent from the field and 27.8 percent from distance. This season, Sims started seven of nine games for the Dallas Wings, averaging 17.2 points, 5.6 assists and 1.7 steals, while shooting 53.5% from the field and 50.0%...
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Sparks today announced the re-signing of guard Layshia Clarendon and forward Rae Burrell. Per team policy, the terms of the agreements were not released. In 2023, Clarendon averaged a career-best 11.1 points and 1.1 steals while shooting 45.7 percent from the three-point line in her first season with the Sparks. Last year, she set a career-high against the New York Liberty late in the season scoring 30 points. The Sparks were 14-10 with Clarendon in the lineup. In 11 seasons in the league, she has averaged 7.9 poin...
The Los Angeles Sparks are playing their best basketball of the season after defeating the Atlanta Dream, 85-74 last Saturday night. The win over the Dream gave the team its third straight victory. This is the first time this year the team has won three straight games. "Third win a row but its been the third fourth quarter that we've had a very productive final quarter," said Sparks coach Curt Miller after their win last Saturday. "That helped us pull away in our most complete game and biggest w...
The second half of the WNBA season is here after a successful All-Star weekend in Las Vegas. Their fans are ready for their teams to finish the season strong and make a push for the playoffs. In Los Angeles fans are wondering if the Sparks can get back to the level of play that had the Lady Sparks sitting in the fourth seed earlier in the season. The last time Los Angeles was on the court, July 12, they were dismantled by the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces, 97-78 at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. The purple and gold are limping into the...
The second half of the WNBA season is here after a successful All-Star weekend in Las Vegas. Their fans are ready for their teams to finish the season strong and make a push for the playoffs. In Los Angeles fans are wondering if the Sparks can get back to the level of play that had the Lady Sparks sitting in the fourth seed earlier in the season. The last time Los Angeles was on the court, July 12, they were dismantled by the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces, 97-78 at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los...
The Los Angeles Sparks announced today the re-signing of Karlie Samuelson to a rest of season contract. Samuelson has appeared in five games (one start) this season with the Sparks, where she's averaged 9.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 23 minutes per game. She's shooting 58.8% from behind the arc, good for 2nd in the WNBA, and 56.0% from the field. Samuelson had a standout performance against the Las Vegas Aces on May 27, where she scored 13 points to go along with seven rebounds...
The Los Angeles Sparks has started this season off just like a roller coaster, high ups and very low downs. After eight games played the Sparks are 4-4 so far this season. Los Angeles has had some really nice wins like the two victories over the Phoenix Mercury and their 77-62, home victory last Friday night over the Chicago Sky at the Crypto.com Arena. But the lows come from two loses to the two teams at the bottom of the WNBA standings, the Seattle Storm and the Minnesota Lynx. In both of thos...
By Mykell Mathieu The WNBA season is officially back and the Sparks are hoping that this season is the spark that leads this organization back into prominence. The Sparks, are now led by the former coach of the Connecticut Sun, Curt Miller, and some key new veteran additions (Jasmine Thomas, Dearica Hamby, Layshia Clarendon & Azura Stevens) along with the return of five players from last year's team including the Ogwumike sisters (Nneka & Chiney). The team also drafted the University of South...
The Los Angeles Sparks announced today that Karlie Samuelson and Rae Burrell have been waived. Samuelson's most recent WNBA season was in 2022 with the Phoenix Mercury on a hardship contract. In 2021, she played with the Los Angeles Sparks where she started in three of 11 games played. She averaged 3.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and shot 47.8% from three-point range. She has played in 42 total WNBA games for the Los Angeles Sparks, Seattle Storm, Dallas Wings, and Phoenix Mercury. Burrell was...
