Adidas names Candace Parker president of women's basketball
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Candace Parker was named Adidas' new president of women's basketball on Wednesday.
The longtime WNBA star retired from her playing career last week after 16 years in the league.
In 2010 Parker became the first woman to have a signature basketball shoe with Adidas, the ACE Commander.
"I said to (Adidas), 'I don't want to be a mascot,'" Parker told Fast Company in an int