Candace Parker: June 2008 Archives

At the 35 second mark you can see Candace Parker dunk for the last of her 22 points on Tuesday night. The Naperville Central graduate became the first WNBA player to dunk in back to back games.

"A lot of us have just seen history," Sparks Coach Michael Cooper said. "You're going to see more because Candace Parker is very, very good."

In the LA Sparks 77-63 victory over the Indiana Fever last night, Candace Parker became just the second woman in WNBA history to dunk in a game. But no doubt, their will be some who say it wasn't a "true dunk." And I've got a tiny problem with that.

This is the first of two posts of an "In my own words" feature on FSN Prime Ticket, which is a cable network in the Los Angeles market. In his this interview Candace Parker tells her athletic life story, including describing herself as "a girly tomboy" when she was a youngster growing up in Naperville.

Parker also explained that Ron Harper, not Michael Jordan, was her favorite Bulls player.

In part two, Candace Parker backs down from singing a Little Mermaid song after claiming she new all of them. She also said the following phrase: "Grandma, you can't listen to Wu-Tang." That's good stuff.

As my colleague Brad Engel posted earlier, the WNBA has got game and Candace Parker fits in nicely. Just check out the highlights from her rookie debut, which also happened to be the best in league history.

All right, I'll admit it:

I didn't watch the WNBA until Candace Parker cracked the league earlier this year. Not only did I not watch it, I didn't even follow it.

Heck, I can't believe it's been around for a decade already. Eh, I guess most people can say the same about Major League Soccer, too. I digress.

Naperville native Candace Parker now has plans for this summer.

Parker was one of nine players, along with Los Angeles Sparks teammate Lisa Leslie, who were named to the U.S. women's basketball roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics on Saturday.