![SCNG reporter John Davis during the first half of a Moore League prep football game at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer)](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/john_davis-bio.jpg?w=85)
John W. Davis
John W. Davis is a Sports Reporter at the Long Beach Press-Telegram. He is also the UCLA Men's Basketball reporter and Los Angeles Sparks reporter for the Southern California News Group.
Based in Long Beach, he has worked on-air in local television markets as a multimedia journalist/news reporter in Orlando, Florida, and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He has also worked as a community-based journalist covering public health, racial justice, homelessness, development, and gentrification in South Los Angeles and Inglewood. Previously, he spent several years covering the Sparks and the greater WNBA as a reporter and podcast host.
Davis is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast and cinematic arts. He is also a graduate of Syracuse University, where he received a master’s degree in broadcast journalism.
Davis is also a journalism professor at a local community college.
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![The Sparks have lost 10 of their last 11 games, but the Wings are one of four teams they’ve beaten this season. The Sparks have lost 10 of their last 11 games, but the Wings are one of four teams they’ve beaten this season.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-21565870-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
Sparks hope their turnaround begins in Dallas
![The Sparks start flat, trail by 16 points at halftime and can’t take advantage of the absence of MVP candidate Napheesa Collier, losing to Minnesota for the seventh consecutive time, 82-67. The Sparks start flat, trail by 16 points at halftime and can’t take advantage of the absence of MVP candidate Napheesa Collier, losing to Minnesota for the seventh consecutive time, 82-67.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sparks-new-logo-1.jpg?w=140)
Sparks dominated by short-handed Lynx, lose for 10th time in past 11 games
![The Sparks have lost nine of their last 10 games and have often lacked composure heading into Tuesday’s home game against Minnesota, which will be without MVP candidate Napheesa Collier. The Sparks have lost nine of their last 10 games and have often lacked composure heading into Tuesday’s home game against Minnesota, which will be without MVP candidate Napheesa Collier.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-SPARKS-0706-KB15-1.jpg?w=133)
Sparks coach Curt Miller seeks intensity against Lynx
![Sparks are 0-2 against Phoenix and Diana Taurasi but feeling better after Friday night's overtime victory over the Las Vegas Aces snapped an eight-game skid Sparks are 0-2 against Phoenix and Diana Taurasi but feeling better after Friday night's overtime victory over the Las Vegas Aces snapped an eight-game skid](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-SPARKS-0706-KB32-1.jpg?w=130)
Sparks look to maintain confidence against Mercury
![The Sparks force overtime on a game-tying jump shot by Stephanie Talbot with less than four seconds left in regulation. Dearica Hamby has 28 points and 14 rebounds in the 98-93 win. The Sparks force overtime on a game-tying jump shot by Stephanie Talbot with less than four seconds left in regulation. Dearica Hamby has 28 points and 14 rebounds in the 98-93 win.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-SPARKS-0706-KB37.jpg?w=140)
Sparks outlast Aces in OT, snap 8-game losing streak
![Snapping the losing streak will be challenging Friday night as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces come to town Snapping the losing streak will be challenging Friday night as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces come to town](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0705_SPO_LDN-L-SPARK-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
Sparks look to avoid franchise-worst 9-game skid
![Hamby is honored for the third time in four years then logs another double-double, but the Mystics outscore the Sparks 30-16 in the fourth quarter to hand them an 82-80 defeat. Hamby is honored for the third time in four years then logs another double-double, but the Mystics outscore the Sparks 30-16 in the fourth quarter to hand them an 82-80 defeat.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/imageedit_3_5798547918.jpg?w=140)
Dearica Hamby named All-Star before Sparks’ losing streak reaches 8 games
![Guard Zia Cooke says the beleaguered team needs to stay together going into Tuesday’s game with Washington; Azurá Stevens says she’s close to her season debut. Guard Zia Cooke says the beleaguered team needs to stay together going into Tuesday’s game with Washington; Azurá Stevens says she’s close to her season debut.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/0702_SPO_LDN-L-SPARK-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
Sparks come home hopeful after winless 7-game road trip
![The Sparks are 0-6 on their current road trip and have implemented a new starting lineup after Cameron Brink’s season-ending ACL injury. The Sparks are 0-6 on their current road trip and have implemented a new starting lineup after Cameron Brink’s season-ending ACL injury.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LDN-L-SPARKS-0608-KB32-1.jpg?w=125)
Lexie Brown out indefinitely, Sparks looking to break 6-game losing streak vs. Mercury
![The reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year was the only Bruin who entered the 2024 draft. The reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year was the only Bruin who entered the 2024 draft.](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24070221285042_8fffc3.jpg?w=132)