Is Candace Parker a Bears fan?

What has Candace Parker said about the Chicago Bears?

Nothing in the material here comes from Candace Parker herself. The claim rests on a report: Sportskeeda wrote on March 26, 2025 that "Candace Parker is a diehard Chicago Bears fan." That is the outlet's description of her, written by a Sportskeeda writer, and it carries no quote from Parker confirming it. The fair reading is that she has been reported as a Bears fan, and that the report was current as of that date.

Did Candace Parker grow up a Bears fan?

The geography fits. Parker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 19, 1986, and moved with her family to Naperville, Illinois, at the age of two, where she spent her childhood. She went on to attend Naperville Central, a high school in that same suburb, so the Chicago area is where she grew up and went to school.

The tie is described as a hometown team and as lifelong, and it is a reported fandom rather than one Parker has confirmed herself. Sportskeeda carried the report in March 2025. It places the fandom in her childhood in the Chicago area, but it does not point to a specific moment when she started rooting for the Bears.

Does her career line up with the Bears?

Parker's playing path ran through several cities, and one of her stops was the Chicago Sky, which put her back in the market where she grew up. Her career otherwise took her to the Los Angeles Sparks, who drafted her first overall in 2008 after her years at Tennessee, and to UMMC Ekaterinburg, the Guangdong Dolphins, Fenerbahçe and the Xinjiang Tianshan Deers, before the Las Vegas Aces. Her career ran from 2008 to 2023, and she is now retired. Nothing in the material links any of those stops to a change in her football loyalties. The Bears connection is tied to Naperville and the Chicago area, not to where she played professionally.

Which other players are Bears fans?

Parker is not the only name connected to the Bears in these records, though the two others are listed as fans of the team in different strengths. Tim Duncan is reported as a fan, which puts him in the same category as Parker: a claim made by an outlet, not confirmed by his own words. Dwyane Wade is listed as a fan in his own words, which is the stronger form of the claim.

Questions people ask

Is Candace Parker a Bears fan?

Reportedly, yes. Sportskeeda wrote on March 26, 2025 that she is a "diehard Chicago Bears fan," though the claim comes from the outlet and not from Parker directly.

Did Candace Parker grow up a Bears fan?

The report describes the fandom as lifelong, dating to her childhood. She moved to Naperville, Illinois, at age two and spent her childhood there.

Which other athletes are Bears fans?

Tim Duncan is reported as a Bears fan, and Dwyane Wade is listed as one in his own words.