Expert Picks, Predictions and More for the 2022 WNBA Playoffs Will the No. 1 Aces go all the way for its first championship? Or will the Sky get the back-to-back titles? Sports Illustrated · Aug 17, 2022
An acupuncturist, chiropractors and more: How the Storm's training staff fuels longevity for players like Sue Bird SEATTLE — Among the Seattle Storm's players and the other sports training staff members, Melony Cable is known as "Magic Mel." New players don't even know her full name, she says with a smile. Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022
Rest or rhythm? Storm have playoff momentum, MVP race to consider in regular-season finale. SEATTLE — On the eve of an otherwise meaningless regular-season finale, Noelle Quinn is wrestling with the mind-bending conundrum that has baffled many playoff-bound coaches. Tribune News Service · Aug 14, 2022
Jim Souhan: Sylvia Fowles, Lynx’s last champion star, says goodbye MINNEAPOLIS — Leave it to a student of mortuary science to get the ending right. Tribune News Service · Aug 13, 2022
Lynx superstar Sylvia Fowles writing the final chapter to her story of basketball greatness MINNEAPOLIS — Sylvia Fowles' tears usually come at night. Tribune News Service · Aug 12, 2022
As Sue Bird calls it a career, Sky players and fans honor her legacy at Wintrust Arena: ‘She is one of the best to ever do it’ CHICAGO — Lake County, Ill., native Kari Juszczyk remembers the first time she turned on ESPN to see Sue Bird playing basketball. Chicago Tribune · Aug 10, 2022
Matt Calkins: Were boos directed at Russell Wilson a sign of things to come in his Seattle return? SEATTLE — I don't know what the most touching storyline was from Sue Bird's final regular-season home game Sunday. Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022
Storm hand Sky 111-100 loss in Sue Bird’s final regular-season game in Chicago Before the game, the Sky honored Bird with a pregame video and a pair of custom-made Nike Air Force 1 sneakers. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 10, 2022
Lauren Jackson’s improbable comeback is complete as former Storm star joins Australian national team SEATTLE — While 41-year-old Sue Bird puts the final touches on a remarkable career, her former Storm teammate Lauren Jackson is making an improbable comeback and returning to international competition next month at the age of 41. Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022
SI:AM | The GOAT’s Seattle Sendoff The biggest crowd in Storm history packed Climate Pledge Arena for Sue Bird’s final regular season home game. Sports Illustrated · Aug 8, 2022
Seahawks fans react to Russell Wilson getting booed at Storm game Wilson's Broncos will visit the Seahawks Week 1 on Monday Night Football. USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 8, 2022
Larry Stone: Sue Bird thanks Storm fans for remarkable 21-year journey When the all-day lovefest for Sue Bird was over, and the scores of posters expressing pure adulation had been taken down as the record crowd dispersed, the woman of the hour reflected on what it all meant. Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022
Seattle Mayor Declares August 7 As ‘Sue Bird Day’ The honor commemorates Bird’s final regular season home game for the Storm. Sports Illustrated · Aug 7, 2022
Jim Souhan: Don’t go, Sylvia ... but if you do, thanks for the memories MINNEAPOLIS — Sylvia Fowles will play in what might be her second-to-last home game on Sunday night at Target Center. Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022
Tribune News Service · Aug 6, 2022 ‘The end feels more like a celebration’ to Sue Bird ahead of her final regular-season home game SEATTLE — A 21-year journey that began when the Storm selected Sue Bird with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft has finally led her here, to the eve of her last regular-season game in Seattle.
Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022 Dom Amore: Paige Bueckers torn ACL a punch to the gut of UConn women’s basketball and to those who’ve grown to love watching her play HARTFORD, Conn. — The iPhone shook and the email popped up at 3:17 p.m. On a nondescript summer day what could the UConn women’s basketball program be announcing? A scheduling change, a new NIL deal, a bit of routine housekeeping?
Sports Illustrated · Jul 29, 2022 Sue Bird Becomes Minority Investor in NWSL’s Gotham FC The WNBA legend has agreed to join the ownership group of her home state’s only professional women’s soccer team.
Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022 Dom Amore: Sue Bird’s Connecticut farewell is another indication she’s leaving basketball in style HARTFORD, Conn. — Sue Bird tried to make like it just another day, another game and another fond farewell as her season of fond farewells winds down.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 29, 2022 SI:AM | How deGrom Impacts the Second Half Plus, the “homework clause” in Kyler Murray’s contract is no more
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 29, 2022 Report: Giants legend Eli Manning joins Gotham FC ownership group New York Giants great Eli Manning is joining the WNBA's Sue Bird as part of the NJ/NY Gotham FC (NWSL) ownership group.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 29, 2022 Connecticut Governor Declares Today ‘Sue Bird Day’ in State The former UConn great made a memorable stop on her farewell tour.
Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022 Current generation of UConn players reflect on ‘GOAT’ status, impact of the legendary Sue Bird HARTFORD, Conn. — Growing up in Croatia, Nika Mühl didn’t follow UConn women’s basketball, or really any American sports for that matter. She was more in tune with European hoops. But as soon as she committed to the Huskies in her junior season of high school, Mühl made a point…
Sports Illustrated · Jul 25, 2022 SI:AM | The Red Sox Are in Free Fall Getting swept by the Blue Jays was just the latest in a long string of misfortunes.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 23, 2022 It’s the End of an Era for Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi The two GOATs met for one final time, at least in the regular season, Friday night in Phoenix.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 23, 2022 WNBA Superstar Skylar Diggins-Smith rocks throwback Kobe jersey before dropping 35 points on the Seattle Storm Skylar Diggins-Smith did it all on Friday night.