SPARKS TODAY

at Washington

* 1 p.m. PDT

* Channel 4

Site--MCI Center, Washington.

Radio--KLAC (570).

Records--Sparks 10-15, Mystics 2-22.

Update--The short-handed Sparks will be missing No. 2 scorer Tamecka Dixon again today, and she might miss the entire four-game trip. She suffered a partial tear of a tendon in her left knee at Utah on Aug. 1 and has been sidelined the last three games. She is to be examined again Monday morning. Los Angeles plays at Eastern Conference leader Charlotte on Wednesday, then will have only three remaining games--at home Friday against Utah and Aug. 16 against Detroit, and the season finale Aug. 19 at Houston.