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Just yesterday I read about 22-year-old WNBA star Candace Parker, a player considered essential to the success of the league, who is expecting a baby in the spring. She is not the first WNBA star to have a child mid-career -- Lisa Leslie missed an entire season when she had a child -- but as the "new face" of the league there has been some grumbling by some fans and sports writers that Parker is letting everyone down. But overall, the league and coaches and teammates have been supportive. Parker told the Los Angeles Times that she wanted her children...

NORFOLK, Va. -- Tennessee's Candace Parker became the fourth woman to dunk in a college game -- and the first do it twice -- when the Lady Vols played Army in the first round of the NCAA tournament Sunday. The first came when the 6-foot-4 redshirt freshman took an outlet pass from Sidney Spencer and jammed one-handed on a breakaway 6:12 into the game. With the large contingent of Tennessee fans roaring even before the attempt, Parker threw it down as Army's Margaree King looked on helplessly. Later, with 14:18 to go in the second half, she was in the...