To celebrate Madeleine’s birthday, we went to our first Los Angeles Sparks game. It was a lot more fun than I had expected, the players were good (a woman on the Sparks from Zaire whose name is Maketa hit seven of nine three-pointers – a record) and the atmopshere more family and relaxed than the NBA. Cheaper too, of course. Because it was Father’s Day, they invited father’s and daughters (some sons) down on the field to welcome the Sparks with high-fives.
They also gave the kids basketballs. Here’s Madeleine enjoying hers and the Sparks’ victory over the Sacramento Monarchs, last year’s WNBA champs.
Later she was able to get the ball signed by Sparks star Lisa Leslie, arguably the greatest woman player of all time. (She once scored 101 points in a game – take that, Kobe!) She and the other Sparks were very generous with the kids.
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Father’s Day (and birthday) update
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4 Comments
1. scott:Maddie has a cool dad,and vice versa.
Jun 20, 2006 - 12:18 am 2. Charlie (Colorado):You seem so calm while that purple thing is eating her head.
Jun 20, 2006 - 7:29 am 3. smtpgirl08:wnba rocks
AT least Allen Iverson is not at the party
You people suck
I SUPPORT THE WNBA, I have had season tickets for 5 years
Again, a man in a safari hat is not to be trusted.
Roger, I’d like to know, how was the dinner with Mary anyway???
Must have tasted like a dead mussel, like funk
Jun 20, 2006 - 9:58 pm 4. smtpgirl08:So, I can’t give an anonomyous point of view,
WNBA ROCKS,
Dudes have small penises in order to post.
Have been to WNBA games, and men are absent.
If it is a “free, democratic society” why don’t more men attend WNBA games?
Men are afraid of “lesbians”.
The Terps brought women’s basketbal to where it should be.
I GUESS WOMEN DON’T HAVE A SAY!!!!
I AM A MAJORITY MINORITY, what an oxymron, or a faux pas!!
Jun 20, 2006 - 10:56 pm