LA Sparks Begin Commissioner's Cup Play Sunday

The L.A. Sparks will begin play in the fourth Commissioner's Cup Sunday with a road game against the Phoenix Mercury. The WNBA has reconfigured the format of its in-season tournament, designating all games between Saturday and June 13 as Commissioner's Cup games. Each team will play every other team in its six-team conference once during the competition. The teams with the best records in Commissioner's Cup games in each conference will meet for the championship June 25 at the arena of the team with the best record in cup play, with a $500,000 prize pool at stake.