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Leslie Expects Parker Back in Late June

May. 20, 2009
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) -- Lisa Leslie wants another championship. And she's expecting to have Candace Parker back in late June to help make it happen.
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11 suspended after WNBA brawl

NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- Ten players and one coach were suspended Thursday by WNBA officials reacting to an on-court brawl involving the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock.

Tennessee's Parker wins women's Naismith

TAMPA, Fla., April 7 (UPI) -- Candace Parker of Tennessee won the 2008 Naismith Trophy Monday as the Atlanta Tipoff Club's women's college basketball player of the year.
Parker repeats as player of the year

Parker repeats as player of the year

ST. LOUIS, April 3 (UPI) -- Tennessee's Candace Parker has been selected the women's national collegiate player of the year for the second consecutive season.

WNBA's Lisa Leslie gives birth to daughter

LOS ANGELES, June 16 (UPI) -- Basketball star Lisa Leslie is a new mom after giving birth to a daughter, Lauren, in Los Angeles late Friday.

WNBA: Los Angeles 69, Houston 59 (sat)

HOUSTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Tamika Whitmore scored 20 points Saturday night as Los Angeles beat the Houston Comets, 69-59.

Parker Bowles to be queen after all

LONDON, March 21 (UPI) -- Camilla Parker Bowles, who is to wed Britain's Prince Charles, will become queen once Charles is crowned king, a government official said.

WNBA Roundup

Lisa Leslie scored five points in overtime to lead the Los Angeles Sparks to a 76-74 win over the Connecticut Sun Monday.

West 84, East 75

NEW YORK, July 12 (UPI) -- After Lisa Leslie left the WNBA All-Star Game with a knee injury Saturday, Nikki Teasley took over and led the West to an 84-75 victory over the East.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch