Candace Parker proves that it’s not just male athletes who are ill tempered.
Parker, of the Los Angeles Sparks, threw down with Lisa Leslie and her Detroit Shock in the closing seconds of a game on Tuesday. The Shock, ironically, are coached by former NBA bad boy Bill Laimbeer. This comes just three day after IndyCar driver Danica Patrick got in the face of Milka Duno in the pits.
Parker keeps breaking new ground in the WNBA. In June, she became the league’s first player to dunk (and did it in back-to-back games) and now, she’s the ringleader in what’s probably the league’s first brawl. Watch the video here. –Matt Hennie
Matt Hennie blogs on Atlanta’s sports scene at Gaytlsports.com.
on Jul 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Candice Parker and Lisa Leslie are teammates for the Sparks. Parker “threw down” with Plenette Pierson of the Detroit Schock.
on Jul 24th, 2008 at 1:28 PM
First league brawl?? PUUUUUUUHLEEZE! Detroit and Cleveland had the first league brawl, which took place back in 1999. There have been other fights in the league, with the biggest one probably between Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson.
on Jul 24th, 2008 at 3:29 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v377/sebibb/rmbl.flv
That’s the first brawl in wnba history