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UNCOVERED: 9 | History Defined

WNBA World Reacts to Sue Bird’s Retirement Announcement

Fans will be sad to see the Seattle point guard go at the end of the year.

Sports Illustrated

Sue Bird makes it official, says 2022 will be her final WNBA season

Bird’s announcement ended any speculation about her future, though she acknowledged in February when she re-signed with Seattle that this would likely be her final season.

Chicago Sun-Times

WNBA star Sue Bird says 2022 will be her final season

Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird says the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA

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Sue Bird is retiring after the 2022 WNBA season, and heartbroken fans are celebrating her career

The GOAT is calling it a career.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sue Bird Announces She Will Retire After This Season

The WNBA legend has spent her entire career with the Storm.

Sports Illustrated

Former UConn women’s basketball stars share keys for Huskies to win national championship next season

Diana Taurasi found herself having flashbacks to her playing days at UConn.

Tribune News Service

‘We’re not safe’: Examining the impact of WNBA travel issues in a condensed 2022 season

HARTFORD, Conn. — Natasha Cloud felt like she was playing the best basketball of her career to start the 2022 WNBA season. Then, after a road game against the Minnesota Lynx on May 8, the Washington Mystics star tested positive for COVID-19.

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Sue Bird and JJ Redick on how the Boston Celtics finally broke through to the 2022 NBA Finals

Two great basketball minds discussed the Celtics' surprise ascent to the league's greatest stage in a recent podcast.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Courtney Vandersloot following Sue Bird’s lead — but will she follow Bird to Seattle?

Vandersloot, who’s from Kent, Washington, entered the Sky’s game Wednesday in Seattle in fourth on the league’s career assist list, 870 behind Bird. Vandersloot had 12 assists (and Bird seven) in the Sky’s 74-71 loss.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi Have Hilarious Exchange Mid-Game

The two WNBA legends were simply competing in a tightly-contested early season battle.

Sports Illustrated

Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird had the best soundbite as the two debated over a call

This was a classic moment between Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Former UConn women’s basketball star Tamika Williams-Jeter is right at home as Dayton head coach

HARTFORD, Conn. — As she drove to the University of Dayton in late March, Tamika Williams-Jeter still hadn’t fully processed the fact that she was the new head women’s basketball coach for her hometown school.

Tribune News Service

SI Swimsuit Reveals the Five WNBA Athletes in This Year’s Issue

The 2022 SI Swimsuit issue will feature five WNBA stars as the league enters its 26th season.

Sports Illustrated

Expert Picks, Predictions for 2022 WNBA Season

Who will overachieve? Who will underachieve? And who is coming out on top in the Finals? Answering that in more in a preseason roundtable.

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Q&A: Sue Bird is entering her 19th season, so we asked the Storm legend 19 questions

When Sue Bird talks, we listen.

Sports Illustrated

Power Rankings: Stacking Up Each Team Ahead of 2022 WNBA Season

Do the defending champions Sky hold the advantage heading into the 2022 season? Or does another contender look ripe for a title?

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Heat Did Not Mess Around

They look like a real title contender.

Sports Illustrated

Q&A: Sue Bird on Likely Final Season, WNBA’s Evolution, More

The legendary Seattle guard discusses the league’s biggest differences since she was drafted, the future of women’s basketball and what comes next after playing.

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There’s not much dispute about ‘Sloot’

A stroke of fortune landed point guard Courtney Vandersloot with Sky, and she has turned herself and her team into champs.

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Storm legend Lauren Jackson gets second chance to revive career, and looks like her old self

SEATTLE — Lauren Jackson, on the shortlist of the greatest women’s basketball players in history, limped reluctantly into retirement six years ago. Her heart and mind were still willing, but her chronically ailing knees simply would not allow Jackson to play the game she had dominated for so long in…

Tribune News Service

Sue Bird back to take her final flight with the Storm or is she?

There were several familiar faces — say hello again to Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd — plenty of newcomers and a handful of notable absences at the Storm's first training camp practice Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Brimming with the confidence of being a UConn women’s basketball player, Evina Westbrook now ready for what’s next in WNBA with Seattle Storm

Evina Westbrook and her family decided to keep it simple. They gathered at home in Salem, Ore., to watch the WNBA Draft on Monday.

Sports Illustrated

TOGETHXR Issues Legal Notice to XFL After Calling Out Similar Branding

The media company is accusing the football league of using parallel messaging.

The Independent UK

Dwayne Johnson threatened with legal action by Megan Rapinoe over new XFL logo

Soccer star finds strong similarities to wife’s TogetherXR company logo

Sports Illustrated

Megan Rapinoe Warns XFL of Similar Branding to Company 'TogethXR' Owned By Sue Bird

The USWNT star made sure to let the XFL know it will need an “entire new brand identity.”

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