Sparks’ Alana Beard announces WNBA retirement

In casual fashion, L.A. Sparks guard Alana Beard announced her retirement Wednesday on the Tim Fletcher Show, a program on 1130 KWKH, a sports talk station serving her native Shreveport, Louisiana.
After demurring when asked to address her playing future immediately after the season, Beard responded to Fletcher’s question about whether she planned to play a 16th WNBA season by saying: “You just put me on the spot … I’m still working on that. I’m gonna say probably