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Napheesa Collier scores 29 to help the Lynx beat the Storm 102-93 in double overtime

May. 18, 2024 00:52 AM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier had 29 points, nine rebounds, five assists and six steals, Kayla McBride added 19 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 102-93 in double overtime on Friday night. Minnesota led 78-67 with 3:22 left in regulation before Seattle...

Alanna Smith scores career-high 22 points as the Lynx beat the new-look Storm 83-70

May. 15, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Alanna Smith scored 16 of her career-high 22 points in the first half, Napheesa Collier scored seven of her 20 points during a decisive fourth-quarter run, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Storm 83-70 on Tuesday night, spoiling the Seattle debuts of Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka...

Sue Bird says joining ownership group of the Seattle Storm felt inevitable

Apr. 29, 2024 17:13 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Becoming a part-owner of the only WNBA franchise she ever played for felt like an inevitability for Sue Bird. It’s one more thing Bird is adding to an already busy agenda in retirement. “I don’t think there was a matter of timing. … It’s not...

Former Seattle WNBA champion Sue Bird joins Storm ownership group

Apr. 24, 2024 22:00 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Sue Bird helped the Seattle Storm to four WNBA titles. Now, she will continue guiding the franchise as one of its owners. Team owners, Force 10 Hoops, said Wednesday that Bird has joined the ownership group. No financial details were provided about the transaction. ...

Seattle Storm become 2nd WNBA team to open their own practice facility

Apr. 18, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Alisha Valavanis walked around as the new performance center for the Seattle Storm was unveiled on Thursday filled mostly with joy and a little sadness. The joy for the CEO of the Storm — who has been with the team for nearly a decade — came from helping bring to...

Storm CFO Tricia McLean dies at 61

Mar. 21, 2024 20:58 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Tricia McLean, the chief financial officer for the Seattle Storm, has died, the WNBA team said Thursday. She was 61. McLean died Monday in Seattle, according to the Storm. The team did not disclose the manner of death. McLean was hired as the vice...

Diggins-Smith finds a fresh start with the Storm. She'll get to play with Ogwumike and Loyd

Feb. 20, 2024 09:42 AM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith knew she needed a fresh start. Now, she will get to have it while playing alongside WNBA scoring champion Jewell Loyd, former MVP Nneka Ogwumike and All-Defensive second-team rising star Ezi Magbegor in her first season with the Seattle Storm. ...