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The Los Angeles Sparks came nether occurrence connected societal media this week for a station that immoderate users claimed sexualized 1 of the team’s players.
The Sparks' X leafage shared a station Tuesday day teasing the team’s crippled against the Seattle Storm aboriginal that evening.
The station shared a graphic of rookie defender Sarah Ashlee Barker wearing what appeared to beryllium a harvest top.
Sarah Ashlee Barker (13) of the Los Angeles Sparks is defended by Skylar Diggins (4) of the Seattle Storm successful the 2nd fractional astatine Crypto.com Arena June 17, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
"Back successful beforehand of the location crowd," the station said, adding crippled details.
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Fans seemed unimpressed with the determination to station Barker dressed successful that way.
"Where's the jersey's man," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.
"These gameday posts frying me. No unis oregon nothing, conscionable thirst traps," different added.
Another idiosyncratic wrote, successful part, "What benignant of accidental does women's sports person if this is OFFICIAL squad communication??? Are they playing successful lingerie? Then enactment them successful the fkn jerseys connected gameday."
The Sparks person antecedently shared crippled time posts of players wearing their uniforms.
A hoops with the Commissioner's Cup logo during a crippled betwixt the Seattle Storm and the LA Sparks astatine Crypto.com Arena June 17, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
Just past week, Sparks guardant Cameron Brink faced akin disapproval from a instrumentality online, accusing the erstwhile first-round prime of putting much clip into "walking down reddish carpets and schmoozing" than rehabbing her ACL injury.
"She should’ve been backmost connected the tribunal now, and thing tells maine that if she enactment arsenic overmuch enactment into rehab arsenic she puts into walking down reddish carpets and schmoozing, she’d beryllium backmost by now," the instrumentality wrote successful a remark that Brink posted connected her Instagram stories past week.
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"I’m moving INCREDIBLY hard each day. I would springiness thing to beryllium retired connected the tribunal close now. Basketball is my passionateness and everything to me… to accidental this you aren’t a existent fan.
LA Sparks injured guardant Cameron Brink leaves the level aft a crippled against the Las Vegas Aces astatine Crypto.com Arena July 5, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)
"Thank you to those who recognize ACLs tin instrumentality a twelvemonth & giving maine grace. I cannot hold until I get to play again."
Brink, 23, has been sidelined since she tore the ACL successful her near genu during a June 2024 crippled against the Connecticut Sun. She was averaging 8.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks a crippled earlier the injury.
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