Bleav in Sparks

Four-time WNBA Champion Seimone Augustus has retired and joined the Sparks coaching staff. One of the most decorated players of all time, Augustus felt now was the time, and she's excited about this part of the journey.

This is a bitter-sweet episode as we send Sydney off to her new team, the Washington Mystics. To know Syd is to love Syd. She will always be part of the Bleav family and she'll continue to be an incredible role model to all young women who want to be part of the W.

A conversation with Te’a Cooper, rookie Jasmine Walker and GM/Head Coach Derek Fisher.

The Sparks are into their training camp at Academy USA in Glendale. We’ll be bringing you post-practice conversations with GM/Head Coach Derek Fisher and a rotation of two players. First up, Sydney and Brittney Sykes.

LA drafted Rutgers Star Arella Guirantes with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2021 Draft. She was a projected top 5 pick but fell to the second round. Arella shares how she rises above the politics and continues to focus on the future.

General Manager/Head Coach Derek Fisher, along with the No. 7 overall pick Jasmine Walker (Alabama) and the No. 10 overall pick Stephanie Watts (UNC) join us on this podcast to talk about 2021 expectations.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert shares her thoughts on the draft, the Olympic break, expanding the league, the growth in media coverage, and more on this episode!

Violet Palmer, the NBA’s first female referee, officiated 919 NBA games in her 18 seasons as an on-court official. She was the first woman to oversee an NBA postseason game when she refereed Game 2 of a first-round Eastern Conference matchup between the Indiana Pacers and then-New Jersey Nets in 2006.

Nia Coffey spent two seasons in San Antonio before the Stars relocated to Las Vegas as the Aces in 2018. After being traded to the Atlanta Dream before the 2019 season, she started 18 of her 98 career games, averaging 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds in 12.4 minutes. Nia is reunited with Sparks assistant coach Latricia Trammel, who was an assistant at San Antonio during Coffey’s rookie season there.

Free agency in 2021 was exciting for the LA Sparks. The team re-signed Nneka Ogwumike, Chiney Ogwumike, Brittney Sykes, Te'a Cooper, Seimone Augustus and signed Erica Wheeler, Amanda Zahui B. and Bria Holmes. General Manager/Head Coach Derek Fisher joins us on this episode to talk about all the good things!