The Sparks are retiring the jersey of the Illinois native and Tennessee All-American who helped define the WNBA game as a star with three franchises.

Candace Parker is viewed by most fans and experts as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time. She started her career ...

The 2006-07 Tennessee Lady Volunteers were one of the best women's basketball squads ever assembled in school history, with power forward Candace Parker leading the charge and the legendary Pat Summit ...

Candace Parker has been on the go since she announced her retirement from the WNBA in 2024. From broadcasting college and pro games to taking over as the president of Women's Basketball for Adidas ...

Tennessee coach Pat Summitt gives instructions to Candace Parker during the 2007 NCAA title game against Rutgers. (Tony Dejak / Associated Press) Quinn experienced the Summitt-Parker era firsthand.

Quinn experienced the Summitt-Parker era firsthand. In 2006, she led UCLA into an early-season clash on the road against No. 1 Tennessee — the start of Parker’s first title run.

“Candace is the most versatile 6-foot-3 player at this stage of her game that I’ve ever seen,” Summitt said in a Tennessee news release announcing Parker’s signing a letter of intent.

“In terms of Pat Summitt and what she's meant to the rest of women's basketball, why can't or why shouldn't we have a team in Tennessee. I think it would be a state team and wouldn't just be a ...

Sparks’ Candace Parker Ignores Slights, Heeding Pat Summitt’s Lessons Parker, left off the roster for the Rio Olympics and absent from the all-W.N.B.A. teams, has kept the focus instilled by ...