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Sparks Host Dodgers Night in LA With Limited Edition Giveaway

The Sparks provided fans with a limited-edition Dodgers giveaway at Thursday's game.
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May 20, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Sparks Cameron Brink (22) and Rickea Jackson (2) throw out the first pitch prior to the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
May 20, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Sparks Cameron Brink (22) and Rickea Jackson (2) throw out the first pitch prior to the game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Sparks held "Dodgers Night" at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, during their home contest against the Connecticut Sun.

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The first 5,000 fans in attendance received a limited edition, co-branded Sparks x Dodgers hat — with both of the L.A. teams' logos visible.

Furthermore, in addition to a plethora of in-game promotions, both the Sparks' mascot, "Sparky," and the Dodgers' "unique performance character" were present for the special event.

The giveaway promotion night comes nearly two months since Mark Walter agreed to purchase a majority ownership stake of the L.A. Lakers from the Buss family for approximately $10 billion — the largest-ever sale of a professional sports franchise, per ESPN.

Walter, a Lakers minority stakeholder since 2021, also has ownership in both the MLB's Dodgers and WNBA's Sparks — with the two L.A. sport franchises continuing a long-time owner partnership.

The WNBA and NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the purchase of the Sparks in 2014 by Guggenheim Partners, an investment group led by Walter, Magic Johnson and fellow Dodger co-owners Todd Boehly, Robert Patton and Stan Kasten.

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"Their knowledge of L.A., their passion for sports in L.A., it's just a great thing," WNBA president Laurel Richie told ESPN after the 2014 sale. "I could say it a million times: We are truly, truly excited."

Just two years later in 2016, the ownership group was awarded with the Sparks' third WNBA title in franchise history.

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Ben Geffner is an award-winning sports journalist and current student at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. A greater Los Angeles native now with countless years of extensive and dedicated experience — including beat reporting, writing, play-by-play broadcast, television anchoring, podcasting and video production — Ben remains eager to contribute as credentialed media covering the LA Sparks.

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