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ALL Eyes On Me Movie

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Jevone Moore
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WESTWOOD, CA - JUNE 06: Attendes at the Premiere of Lionsgate's 'All Eyes on Me' at Westwwod Village Theaters on June 14, 2017 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Jevone Moore/fi360 News)

Westwood, CA – The Untold Story of Tupac Shakur ‘ALL EYES ON ME’ Legends Never Die opens Friday June 16th across the nation.

This is a Codeblack Films a Lionsgate company who let Tupac chronicles of his life be relived on the big screen.

Los Angeles was the sight for the west coast Premiere of ALL EYES ON ME. The Black carpet was sea of folks eager to be associated with a great film on the life and legacy of Tupac. The movie takes through his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records.

Tupac rose to become a cultural icon all by the age of 25. Now after this movie the next generation will know and see who extraordinary this young talent was a forever will be.

Those that lived seem to please with director Benny Boom portray from the films writers Jeremy Haft and Eddie Gonzalez.

“By the time the movie ends, you forgot that you weren’t watching Pac.” The Game

The movies star Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac pulls off a great performance.

“It’s an amazing film,” said Shipp Jr. “I just ready for the world to see it and let’s see how it all turns out.”

 

 

Sparks clip the Dallas Wings

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Vincent Nyguen
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ALL-WNBA Dallas Wings Diggs and Los Angeles Sparks Parker battling at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca on June 13, 2017. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)

Los Angeles, Ca – The Los Angeles Sparks climbed into the driver’s seat and cruised to a 97-87 win against the Dallas Wings at STAPLES Center on Tuesday and avenged last week’s heartbreaking loss in Dallas.

The Sparks’ rim penetration and high-pressure defense was key to propelling them to a resounding 23-8 lead at the end of the first quarter on the back of two lengthy runs.

“I liked how our focus was in the beginning of the game,” Los Angeles Sparks head coach Brian Agler said. “We defended well in the first quarter. It’s a tough team to play against.”

Chelsea Gray led the Sparks with a team-high 24 points as Los Angeles had five players in double-digit scoring. Skylar Diggins-Smith led both teams with a game-high 28 points, 12 of which came in the final quarter after a slow, first-half start. Wings teammate Glory Johnson finished with a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

L.A. capped a 9-2 run in the opening three minutes of the game and went on another 14-4 stroll midway into the quarter. The Wings couldn’t find a bucket for three minutes, hitting a Sparks’ opponent season-low eight points at the end of the opening frame.

It looked like the Sparks were going to repeat its first quarter run when Ogwumike scored the first five points of the second frame, but the Wings found their scoring groove and struck gold with the three-ball for the second 10 minutes. Dallas missed all five of its first distance shots in the first quarter, but exploded hitting five-of-seven from three to close a once 17-point gap to five.

“It’s just the flow,” Dallas Wings head coach Fred Williams said about the free-flowing three-pointers. “Our main thing was to still try to get to the rim on drives and I thought L.A. shut us down in the first quarter, for sure.”

It didn’t matter to L.A., which closed out the first half with an 8-0 run to lead 48-35 going into the locker room.

“They were trying to make that adjustment and our defense did make that adjustment in the third quarter,” Sparks forward Candace Parker said. “Sometimes it takes a team a quarter to figure out our defense and then it takes a quarter for our defense to make an adjustment of what the other team is doing, and I think we did that in the third quarter. “

Just when it looked all but over with the lead at a game-high 22 points, Diggins-Smith mustered up 12 points – eight of which were in the final minute – to keep the Wings within distance and cut the lead to eight points.

“There’s no lead in this league that’s insurmountable,” Agler said. “Everybody can come back on you. If you go up 20 and you relax, you’re going to look up and it’s down to 10. We have to try to find a way to keep our focus, but for the most part it was pretty good tonight.”

Los Angeles CES dominates Arleta for div 2 crown

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Jevone Moore
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LACES celebrate after defeating Arleta in LA City Division II baseball championship at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Los Angeles. LACES won 7-1. (Photo by Michael Yanow for fi360 News)

Los Angeles, Ca – Los Angeles CES rode the arm of Finn Starzyk, a 6-foot-6 junior pitcher to 7-1 victory over Arleta for the Los Angeles City Division II Championship at Dodgers Stadium.

Arleta the 14 seed rolled its way to the championship game even defeating No 2 seed Locke. The dream season ended with Starzyk giving them more than they could handle at the plate.

“I realize we’re playing at Dodger Stadium and that’s something special, but it’s still 60 feet, 6 inches to the mound,” Starzyk said. “It’s still 90 feet bases and we’re just playing another baseball game. And after that first batter, I got the nerves out of my system and went out and pitched like I know how to do.”

With the victory LACES claimed it’s fourth CIF title and first Division II title.

 

Birmingham takes the City title

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Jevone Moore
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Birmingham players celebrate after the final out during the LA City Division I baseball championship against the Chatsworth at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Los Angeles. Birmingham won 4-3. (Photo by Michael Yanow for fi360 News)

Los Angeles, Ca – On the big stage players rise or fall under the bright lights. The Birmingham Patriots pitcher Eddie Rosales fighting the elements found a way withstand a late Chatsworth rally for 4-3 victory for the title at Dodgers Stadium.

Rosales had to dig deep after the favorite Chatsworth just delivered a two-run double by Josh Medina in bottom of 7th inn with two-out. You could ask for better spot to be in to show your greatness.

“I’m going to Disneyland,” said Rosales “We’re City Champs.”

Birmingham grad night was little more special after leaving Dodgers Stadium with the win.

They always say it’s very tough to beat a team three times in a year. This was their third time meeting up this year being league rivals. Chatsworth would definitely give away one of the regular season wins for the big one.

Birmingham’s title victory was its second in four years. Chatsworth finished a runner-up for the fourth time in six years. So best believe this two teams will have more battles to come.

PAC-12 THE FIRST CONFERENCE TO 500 NCAA TITLES

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WASHINGTON’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES PAC-12 THE
FIRST CONFERENCE TO 500 NCAA TITLES
Pac-12 is the all-time leader in men’s, women’s, and combined titles

SAN FRANCISCO – With WASHINGTON’s historic win at the 2017 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships on Sunday morning, the Pac-12 became the first collegiate conference with 500 NCAA Championships.

On a history-making morning for the Pac-12, Washington women’s rowing claimed its fourth NCAA title by becoming the first team to sweep the three major races at the championships – the Fours, the Second Eights Grand Final and Eights Grand Final.

In the Conference’s 101-year history, Pac-12 schools have claimed 500 NCAA titles in 29 different sports with eight programs winning more than 20 NCAA titles in their history. The top-three universities with the most NCAA titles are from the Pac-12 with STANFORD (113), UCLA (113) and USC (104) as the only programs with at least 100. National championships have come in 29 different sports and is the leaders in titles in 14, including baseball, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s swimming.

“I am immensely proud of the 500 NCAA Championships won by Pac-12 member schools, and more than that, I’m proud of what this milestone represents about our athletics programs,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott. “Pac-12 athletics departments set a standard of excellence across a broad base of men’s and women’s sports, and for more than 100 years, they have attracted the most talented and driven young people
in the nation.”

The Pac-12 has outdistanced all other conferences in total NCAA titles, winning nearly 200 more than the next-closest league (Big Ten – 307, based on current membership). Other conferences also do not come close to the number of men’s (297 vs. 215 – Big Ten), women’s (173 vs. 100 – SEC), and combined (30 vs. 21 – Big 12) NCAA titles of the next-closest conferences.

This year has been no exception with Pac-12 universities winning 12 NCAA titles so far, more than double the number of any other conference this season. Seven different Pac-12 universities have claimed NCAA Championships this season, including four by STANFORD, two by OREGON and USC, and ARIZONA STATE, CALIFORNIA, UTAH and WASHINGTON each winning one. The titles have come in 10 women’s sports, two men’s, and one combined sport (skiing).

It is the ninth time Pac-12 schools have won double-digit NCAA titles, leading the country in 51 of the last 57 years, including the 2016-17 campaign. In the last 36 years, Pac-12 members have won at least four women’s titles 28 times, including 10 this year. The Pac-12 has averaged just over nine NCAA titles per year since 1981-82, the first year the Association began sponsoring women’s sports.

The academic season is not over yet, with Pac-12 teams still vying for NCAA Championships in men’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, and baseball.

– www.pac-12.com –

L.A. Stadium & Entertainment District Delayed 2020

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East View Hollywood Park & Stadium Site on August 9th, 2016 on site in Inglewood, Ca. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)

Inglewood, CA – We want to provide an update on the 70,000-seat stadium and 300-acre entertainment district being built on the site of the legendary Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, CA. The stadium will be the home of both the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams as well as feature sporting events, major concerts, and other entertainment year-round.

The development team broke ground last November and since then hundreds of people every day have been working tirelessly on the construction. To date, the stadium bowl is 90-feet deep and fully excavated, with six million cubic yards of dirt removed across the site.

Unfortunately, Southern California experienced record-setting rain this winter. Despite bringing drought relief to the region, the rain fell during the mass excavation period of construction when no other work could proceed in wet conditions. As a result, we experienced significant delays and lost the better part of two months from early January into the beginning of March.

In the best interest of the project, we have decided to move the opening date to summer of 2020. This new target gives us flexibility to accommodate any additional delays that may arise while still delivering an unparalleled experience upon opening. This is a stadium that Angelenos, visitors and world-class athletes will celebrate for years to come, and we are committed to making sure this venue is exceptional from the day it opens.

The development team felt it best to make the decision now, early in the process, to cause the least amount of disruption to our fans, partners and the community later on. We will open the stadium with entertainment and sporting events leading into a full slate of home games for both the Rams and Chargers.

Our promise is to deliver a transformational district that represents a merger of sports, entertainment and real estate that is unparalleled. We owe it to NFL fans, partners of the project, the cities of Inglewood and Los Angeles, and the NFL to get this right. For more information about the L.A. Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park, visit LASED.com.

 

WNBA Champions Los Angeles Sparks Media Day 2017 Outlook

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Vincent Nyguen
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WNBA 2017: Los Angeles Sparks Media Day for WNBA Champions at Los Angeles Athletic Club in Los Angeles, Ca on May 16, 2017. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)

Los Angeles, Ca – When you’ve reached the pinnacle of professional basketball earning the coveted championship ring, where do you go from there?

The answer is simple, according to Los Angeles Sparks head coach Brian Agler during the team’s media gathering on Tuesday, May 16 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

You don’t think about it. Instead, you focus on the present; what’s in front of you.

As the 2017 WNBA season tipped-off for reigning champion the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday with a 78-68 win over the Seattle Storm, the newly crowned royalty of professional basketball addressed the media with one goal and one goal only: to repeat last year’s championship feat.

“We get better day by day,” Agler said. “Training camp helped established culture. I’m a firm believer in staying focused.”

With a slew of new faces, Agler and the organization’s long-time general manager Penny Toler knows that the veteran core of 2016 league MVP Nneka Ogwumike, forward Candace Parker, center Jantel Lavender and guard Alana Beard must prepare to lead a new pack of wolves if they want a repeat.

To keep it simple, it’s easier said than done.

“It’s all about getting better,” Toler said, “Everything changes. The work we did last year will not be enough this year.”

With a target constantly on the team’s back for the rest of the season, the Sparks are wary of what’s to come, and it’s not going to come easy. Regardless, the focus will always be on the team in order to accomplish the ultimate goal.

“I see concerns and obstacles as challenges,” Ogwumike said, “I don’t think about anybody else. I just think about us.”

Last year’s team were battle-ready with experience coming off the bench, but this time around, it can get a little tricky with some fresh legs dawning the court for the first time in their careers.

With the move of guard Kristi Toliver to the Washington Mystic in the offseason, the team brought in two seasoned guards in Odyssey Sims and Riquna Williams, the latter coming off a season-ending injury. Both players addressed the team’s tight-knit atmosphere and defensive strengths as reasons why they made the move.

Amongst the newcomers are rookies Senegalese international Maimouna Diarra and Sydney Wiese, the 11th-overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft from Oregon State. Diarra brings another post player to guard the basket and score on the other, while Wiese’s sharpshooting abilities adds depth to the Sparks’ bench.

Surely, the additions will accommodate the Sparks for the majority of the season. The team knows it’ll take way more than accommodation for another shot at the title, especially when expectations are not only higher because of what was accomplished last year, but because it is and always will be a Los Angeles team.

BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE RETURNS FOR THE 5TH

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Press Release
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Erykah Badu skates into her interview with electric skates. Janelle Mona and her talk to Reggie Osse about their music careers and the future.

LOS ANGELES – (May 1, 2017) – Today, BET NETWORKS and AEG announced participants in this year’s highly anticipated BETX Celebrity Basketball Game sponsored by Sprite® and State Farm, taking place at BET Experience at L.A. LIVE, June 22-25, 2017. Players will include Nick Cannon, The Game, YG, Joey Bada$$, Tank, Soulja Boy, Bell Biv DeVoe, DJ Mustard, Jidenna, Brandon T Jackson, Trevor Jackson, Doug Christie, Dave East, Stevie J, and Rotimi, alongside ESPN guest announcers Jemele Hill and Michael Smith. Tip off for the BETX Celebrity Basketball Game takes place at 12:00 p.m. PST and will be streamed LIVE to fans at home on www.bet.com.

Also announced is a fresh new interactive sneaker event, Kicksperience. The activation will highlight the sneaker culture phenomenon, bringing together generations of culture defining sneakers, streetwear brands, art, and music to the robust BET Fan Fest line-up. The electrifying pop-up will incorporate artists and tastemakers, authentic to sneaker culture, for the ultimate buy-sell-trade experience. On-site activations at the event will include the Vendor Village featuring a new hashtag buy-sell-trade trading pit, unique customization and collection battles, live art mural painting by artist JC.Ro, and a Half Court Stage including performances, live DJs, and meet & greets with Fat Joe and Joey Bada$$. The one-of-a-kind event will also feature the New Kicks and Chill Lounge where attendees can capture the excitement of securing their new kicks with a 180-degree sneaker photo booth, limited releases, and a special NBA 2k17 activation.

Fans will also be able to enjoy incredible concerts as a part of the BET Fan Fest on Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25, with just announced performances from hit makers and hot up-and-comers including Cardi B, Aminé, Dave East, Goldlink, Nick Grant, Kap G, A Boogie, PnB Rock and Kyle on the BETX Main Stage sponsored by Nissan. The Coca-Cola Music Studio will also feature some of today’s hottest newly discovered acts including Taylor Girlz, Billion Dollar Baby, Zay Hilfigerr and Zayion McCall (“Juju On That Beat”), The Bomb Digz, Ayo & Teo, Christian Combs, Elhae and Spencer Ludwig. On Sunday, BET will host a joyful Gospel Event on the BETX Main Stage with moving performances from Israel Houghton, Tasha Cobbs, Jonathan McReynolds and Mali Music as well as Pastor Touré Roberts and Sarah Jakes Roberts delivering a powerful message.

This year, the BET Experience is introducing the new BET Fan Fest wristband which all attendees will be required to wear upon arrival to enter the BET Fan Fest. Beginning today, fans will be able to register for the BET Fan Fest wristbands by downloading the BETX ’17 app or going to betexperience.com. The BET Fan Fest wristband gives access to some of the hottest events happening during the BET Experience weekend, including the BET Experience Main Stage music performances, Genius Talks sponsored by AT&T, BET Experience Fashion & Beauty, Coca Cola Music Studio, the NEW Kicksperience, World of Dance, Dell Gaming Station, Nickelodeons’ $50K Kids’ Choice Sports Triple Shot Challenge, and the NEW BET Casting Call. Additionally, access to the BETX Celebrity Basketball Game will be available for purchase starting today.

As previously announced, BET Networks will make its return to Los Angeles for the four-day music and entertainment festival, the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola®, June 22 – 25, 2017. Teaming up with AEG, one of the leading entertainment companies in the world and developer/operator of L.A. LIVE and STAPLES Center, the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® will feature some of today’s hottest artists including Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Migos, A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, Bryson Tiller, Kid Cudi, Gucci Mane, Jhené Aiko, Rae Sremmurd, Jidenna, Young Thug, Desiigner, Lil Yatchy, Pusha T, THEY., H.E.R., Playboi Carti and Khalid. The four day event will showcase the best in music, entertainment and interactive activations at the fan festival, BETX Live Show tapings, seminars and celebrity appearances.

VIP Packages for the 5th year of the BET Experience weekend are better than ever and now on-sale. In addition to VIP amenities throughout the weekend and incredible seats for STAPLES Center shows, three levels of BETX VIP Packages offer guests the only opportunity to purchase tickets to the highly-anticipated BET Awards, broadcast live from Microsoft Theater. Last year the in-demand VIP Packages sold out, so guests are encouraged to purchase now before the allotment is depleted. Full package amenities and pricing for the Diamond, Platinum and Gold VIP Packages can be found by visiting BETExperience.com or by calling (877) 234-8425.

General tickets for the BET Experience at L.A. LIVE presented by Coca-Cola® are on sale now at http://www.axs.com/betexperience.

Download the BETX ’17 app powered by AT&T, the #1 source for everything BETX, including real-time event updates, full schedules, BET Fan Fest wristbands, daily prizes, ticket giveaways, live streams and much more.

Follow the BET Experience on Twitter @betexperience for the latest and greatest and join the hottest conversation by using #BETX. Feel free to also check us out online at http://www.betexperience.com.

ABOUT BET NETWORKS
BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B sted NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the nation’s leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 90 million households and can be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading Internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; CENTRIC, a 24-hour entertainment network targeting the African-American Woman; BET Music Networks – BET Jams, BET Soul and BET Gospel; BET Home Entertainment; BET Live, BET’s growing festival business; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, which operates BET around the globe.

BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE PRESENTED BY COCA-COLA®

BET Networks, an entertainment powerhouse, and AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company and developer/operator of L.A. LIVE, have teamed up once again to create the BET EXPERIENCE AT L.A. LIVE (BETX), June 22 – 25, 2017 presented by Coca-Cola®. This four-day festival will be filled with music concerts taking place at The Novo by Microsoft and STAPLES Center; BET Fan Fest at the Los Angeles Convention Center including seminars, celebrity basketball games, celebrity meet & greets; and other special appearances. The weekend will be capped off with the “BET Awards” on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Microsoft Theater.

Los Angeles Charger Girls Unveil 2017-18 Squad

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2017 Season: LA Charger Girls Auditions- Finals at Novo/ L.A. LIVE on May 11, 2017. (Chargers Courtesy Photo)

Los Angeles, Ca – The Los Angeles Charger Girls, one of America’s top professional dance and cheerleading teams, today unveiled the 28 members of its 2017-18 dance squad.

With hundreds of talented hopefuls originally auditioning on May 6 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, the 28 members of this year’s team were selected from a group of 65 finalists who completed a five-day audition process that culminated with panel interviews and a final dance routine on May 11 at The Novo at LA Live.

“The pool of talent auditioning for this year’s team was both deep and impressive,” said Charger Girls Director Lisa Simmons. “Los Angeles draws an incredible amount of talented dancers and performers with exceptional backgrounds and extensive experience working in this industry. We had to make some tough decisions in narrowing the field to the final 28. This level of competition has helped ensure that we’ll have one of our finest squads ever.”

Given the Charger Girls’ history of serving as ambassadors for the organization both nationally and abroad, with international trips that have included Australia, Germany, Mexico, Guam and Japan among other destinations, dancers from around the world showed up for preliminary auditions.

The 2017-18 Charger Girls are comprised of women who range in age from 19 to 36 from a variety of backgrounds, including one dancer from Taipei, Taiwan. With nine returning veterans and 19 first-time Charger Girls, the group features a real estate professional, an actor, an events manager and students from Cal State Long Beach, Azusa Pacific University and Cal State Fullerton.

To meet the entire 2017-18 team, visit:Charger Girls 2017

 

Defending WNBA Champions Sparks Win Opening Game

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Jevone Moore
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WNBA 2017: Seattle Storm vs Los Angeles Sparks game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca on May 13, 2017. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)

Los Angeles, CA – Another WNBA Season has officially started with the defending Champions the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first game at Staples 78-68 over the Seattle Storm.

Before tipoff the team and the fans counted down the unveiling of last year Championship banner at top west end of the arena. A large roar from the crowd when the black curtain dropped with owner Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant standing courtside.

2016 MVP Nneka Ogwumike willed her team to victory scoring 23 points, 3 steals, and 3 assists in 37 minutes of play.

Seattle’s Jewell Loyd lead her team with 25 points, along with Ramu Tokashiki with 14 points and 4 rebounds.

You could tell this was the opening game of the season with missed opportunities and turnovers by both teams.  Seattle was able to keep this game close scoring 29 points off Sparks turnovers.

The Sparks who only shot 46% from the field, got a big boost from reserve guard Odyssey Sims who dropped 20 points. Sims new to the Sparks this year looks to be a great addition to the team thus far.

This game could have went either way with eight different lead changes, it wasn’t until the 4th quarter that the Sparks held their biggest lead of the game which was 10 points.

Los Angeles Sparks head coach Brian Agler made some moves in off season to bring in some more aggressive guards with quick hands. As a team they had 14 steals in the game which was huge leading to seven fast break points and few more possessions.

The team will have few days off before their next game on Friday,  May 19 which will be the night team receives their 2016 WNBA Championship rings.  Candace Parker and Jantel Lavender are expected to be back for this game.

 

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