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Sparks Notes: Candace Parker Reacts to Shohei Ohtani, Talks on NBA vs WNBA Leadership

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Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning during game four of the NLCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Oct 17, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning during game four of the NLCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Candace Parker, a former star for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, was on-site at Dodger Stadium on Friday to watch Shohei Ohtani's legendary performance in L.A.'s 5-1 win, clinching a 2025 World Series appearance — and Parker provided a plethora of thoughts and reactions, via TNT Sports.

"Seeing [Shohei] Ohtani up close ... it's crazy," Parker said, during the Dodgers win. "That's so cool."

Also, since Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier's late-September statement, in which she challenged WNBA leadership, both current Sparks' star forward Dearica Hamby and Parker, a former L.A. icon, have spoken out in support.

Now, Parker — on a recent episode of "Post Moves with Candace Parker & Aliyah Boston" — was honest in contrasting her respective relationships with both the WNBA's Cathy Engelbert and NBA's Adam Silver, the two league commissioners.

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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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