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Swish Appeal photographer Christina Merrion captured the retirement of Candace Parker’s No. 3 Los Angeles Sparks jersey.

The Sparks have not been the same since they let Candace Parker walk, as the game surrounding her jersey retirement proved.

Candace Parker should have spent her whole career with the Sparks. They let her go, and have been irrelevant ever since.

The 39-year-old Parker is the third Sparks player to have her jersey retired, joining Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie (No. 9) and Penny Toler (No. 11). The five-time All-Star has always had big dreams ...

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