ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Candace Parker is finally in the WNBA Finals.Her first trip to the championship caps off an eventful, and at times difficult, year for the Los Angeles Sparks star.She was left off the Olympic team despite being a two-time gold medalist and mourned the passing of her college coach, Tennessees Pat Summitt. Now she has a chance to win her first WNBA title, the only thing missing from her incredible basketball resume.Parker scored 29 points and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 95-75 on Tuesday night to advance to the WNBA Finals.Its been a long journey. We havent done anything yet. We havent accomplished our goal, Parker said.Parker shot 6 of 10 from the field and made 14 of her 15 free throws to lead the Sparks to the finals for the first time since 2003 after they won championships in 2001 and 2002.Its been an emotional year for her, Sparks coach Brian Agler said. She had a great year, a great playoff. We all know Candace is one of the best in the world. We like it when the ball is in her hands.Parker missed the finals her rookie year in 2008 when the Sparks lost in the Western Conference finals.Youre young. You think, `Oh, well be back next year, Parker said. That didnt happen, then the next and the next. You look up and its eight years. I really appreciate this.Kristi Toliver added 21 points and league MVP Nneka Ogwumike had 17 points and nine rebounds for the second-seeded Sparks, who won the semifinal series 3-1.They will face the defending champion Minnesota Lynx in a best-of-5 series for the league title. The top-seeded Lynx swept Phoenix in the other semifinal and will be going for their fourth title in six years.Cappie Pondexter scored 19 points and rookie Imani Boyette had 15 to lead the fourth-seeded Sky. Clarissa Dos Santos had 14 points and Jessica Breland added 12. Chicago played without 2015 MVP and leading scorer Elena Delle Donne, who has a thumb injury.The Sparks won the first two games of the series by an average of 17.5 points before the Sky took Game 3 70-66 on Sunday.For the most part we played with a lot more composure tonight, Agler said.After shooting 6-of-33 from beyond the arc in Game 3 against the Skys zone, the Sparks made 9 of their 13 3-pointers Tuesday. Toliver hit all four of her 3s.We just countered (the zone) with movement, Ogwumike said. A lot of times you can get stuck literally without moving the ball and bodies in the zone. We did a great job of moving the ball and recognizing gaps.The Sparks shot 55 percent from the field and made 28 of their 30 free throws.The Sky got within eight early in the fourth quarter before Parker scored the next eight points on a 3-pointer and five free throws to put the game away.I give her all the credit. She did what she had to do for her team to advance, Pondexter said.TIP-INS:The Sparks won six of their seven games against Chicago this season and scored at least 93 points in five of those victories. . Los Angeles dropped two of three to Minnesota during the regular season. ... Toliver has made at least one 3 in every game she has played.STILL SIDELINEDDelle Donne missed her 10th consecutive game after undergoing thumb surgery on Sept. 13.Im extremely proud of them, but Im not surprised, Sky coach Pokey Chatman said of how her team played without Delle Donne. We sped up the pace a little bit.UP NEXTGame 1 of the WNBA Finals is Sunday in Minneapolis Nike Tn Noir . Kyle Denbrook, a soccer player from Saint Marys University, took the CIS male athlete of the week honour. Stanley, a fourth-year business administration student from Charlottetown, scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Dalhousie on Friday and tallied again in a 1-0 win over Saint Marys on Sunday. Nike Tn Blanche Pas Cher . 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The top-ranked Tide survived those miscues and a scoop-and-score fumble in a come-from-way-behind 48-43 victory Saturday over No. 23 Mississippi.It wasnt always pretty.You dont ever want to beat yourself and when you do things like that, you give yourself an opportunity to beat yourself, Saban said on Monday. Its one thing to get beat physically. Cant cover them. Cant block them up front. Thats different, and that may happen someday. But all this other stuff, you beat yourself. Thats what weve got to get fixed.The Tide has gone 365 days -- as of Monday -- since losing to an opponent. And even that required five `Bama turnovers last season against the Rebels.The silver lining to the Ole Miss win is that Alabama found a way to battle back from a 24-3 first-half deficit. The downside for Saban is the Tide was down that far in the first place and then allowed two touchdowns in the final 2:59 after getting ahead by 18 points in the fourth quarter.That included an onside kick when the Tide missed a block and Calvin Ridley misjudged the ball, which went over his head. Sabans praise of the performance has to include buts.But when you look at things, the devil is kind of in the details, Saban said. We could have really lost the game based on mental mistakes, mental errors, lack of execution at times that led to really bad plays for our team. Our focus needs to be on getting these things corrected but having the ability to focus on sort of each and every play.The early deficit came after quarterback Jalen Hurts fumbled on a big hit that Saban blamed on a botched execution on an offensive line call.dddddddddddd. A coverage bust had earlier left star Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram wide open for a 63-yard touchdown catch.Those plays led to the kind of test Alabama had not faced in the first two games, which both ended with lopsided wins after slow starts.The Tide seems unlikely to face a similar challenge in the next two weeks from Sabans alma mater, Kent State, and Kentucky.Now, the question is if overcoming such adversity will lead to a growth spurt for Alabama and the freshman Hurts. The Tide won out into the playoffs after the Ole Miss losses the past two seasons.I mean, I think if you can be happy about the way you competed in the game and that you won, but also be disappointed enough in the way you play as if you lost, then youll learn something, Saban said. I dont know if you can do that or not. Its not really human nature to do that. But if we can do that, well accomplish something.Hurts poise in bouncing back during his first college game at an opponents stadium was a good sign for Alabamas ambitions of a repeat national title. Center Bradley Bozeman said Hurts told his blockers on the sideline not to sweat the hit he took to cause the fumble.He was just like, `I still got yalls back. Yall got mine. Lets keep rolling, Bozeman said. He didnt let it affect him at all. He got back in the game and kept playing.So did Alabama.NOTE: Wide receiver ArDarius Stewarts status is uncertain with a sprained left knee sustained against Ole Miss. That would leave Robert Foster, Cam Sims and maybe freshman receiver/defensive back/return man Trevon Diggs to get more playing time if he cant go.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '