Sparks bring back Ashley Walker using injury hardship exception

Ashley Walker is a Spark again — at least for the next few games.
The veteran forward who shone in a pair of preseason games but was waived on the final day of training camp has been added to the team with an injury hardship exception, the Sparks announced Monday.
With fewer than 10 players available — Candace Parker and Alana Beard are hurt and didn’t make the trip east to start the Sparks’ four-game trip and Maria Vadeeva is overseas fulfilling her Russian national team