Chicago Sky's Candace Parker to be first woman on cover of NBA 2K

NEW YORK -- Candace Parker grew up playing video games, and now she'll be the first female basketball player on the cover of one.

The Chicago Sky star will appear on the NBA 2K22 cover for the WNBA 25th Anniversary special edition when it's released Sept. 10.

"I grew up a video game fanatic, that's what I did, to the point where my brothers would give me the fake controller when I was younger where I think I was playing and I wasn't," Parker said. "All I wanted to do was just be like them. As a kid growing up, you dream of having your own shoe and dream of being in a video game. Those are an athlete as a kid's dreams. To be able to experience that, I don't take it lightly."

Parker said when she was just starting in the WNBA in 2008, she might not have appreciated it as much as she does now.

"I think when you're young and experience these type of things, you're onto the next thing," she said. "As I've gotten older, I've really savored the moment."

Source: ESPN