Sue Bird

The Seattle Storm lost its semifinal game on Tuesday, bringing a bittersweet end to what the 41-year-old had said would be her final season.

And as vice president of the WNBA players union, she worked with her colleagues to navigate playing during a pandemic and [taking a stand](https://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-announces-a-2020-season-dedicated-to-social-justice/) against racial injustice. Bird has said she will miss basketball, and suggested she may not be leaving the sport entirely. "I feel really passionate about that, given my experience as a female athlete fighting for scraps," she said. Once I kind of jumped over that, I knew I did the right thing because of how I felt afterward." [storied career](https://www.wnba.com/player/sue-bird/) has redefined basketball in Seattle and nationwide. 1 overall draft pick went on to become WNBA's all-time leader in both assists (over 3,000) and career starts (549), and the only player in the league to have appeared in 500 career games. Everest players who you look to whenever you think about the greatness of the players," sports journalist Howard Bryant "Of course I'm sad, but there's happiness too, to be able to have a moment like that with the fans, to have them chant the way they did. Her retirement doesn't come as a surprise. She's won four WNBA championships and participated in a record 12 All-Star games, and also won five consecutive Olympic gold medals for the U.S. We're judged on what we look like, we're judged on who we love. I know the tears don't look like happy tears, but there's a lot of happiness."

Sue Bird's career came to an end as Chelsea Gray scored 15 of her 31 points in the fourth quarter, and the Las Vegas Aces advanced to the WNBA Finals with a ...

On this night, the aftermath of the result was all about Bird and the conclusion to her two decades as a pillar to the Storm franchise and the WNBA. “When Chelsea is rocking and rolling my biggest thing is just getting the hell out of her way,” Wilson said. And I then think as the emotions started to come to the surface that was also what I know deep down in that was my last game,” Bird said. is just the fact that we’re no longer going to be on the court with Sue,” Stewart said. Wilson’s three-point play put the Aces back ahead 85-83 and Gray wouldn’t miss, her jumper with 30 seconds left giving the Aces a 92-87 lead. Seattle pulled even at 67-all, only to have Gray hit a 3 as the shot clock expired. Bird finished her final game with eight points and eight assists. Breanna Stewart tied the WNBA playoff record with 42 points, just the fifth player to score 40 or more in a postseason game, and Jewell Loyd added 29. She wiped away tears while the crowd cheered and cried along with her, and chanted “Thank you, Sue.” I felt sad about the season and the game. It will be the third Finals appearance in franchise history for Las Vegas. SEATTLE (AP) — This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands.

Chelsea Gray's heroics end the Storm's season—and Sue Bird's career. This was perhaps the best game of this outstanding postseason. An unforgettable back-and- ...

[prevailing in a fifth-set tiebreak](https://youtu.be/qhX1Yl3SORo). [beat 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal](https://www.si.com/tennis/2022/09/06/us-open-frances-tiafoe-beats-rafael-nadal) in four sets Monday to make his first U.S. [wasn’t quite as dominant as it could have been](https://www.si.com/soccer/2022/09/06/psg-juventus-champions-league-mbappe-neymar-messi). [Blake’s career head-to-head against Nadal is impressive](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/atp-head-2-head/james-blake-vs-rafael-nadal/b676/n409). Wilson took over the starting job for the Seahawks before the 2012 season and immediately gave life to a franchise that hadn’t finished above .500 in a season since ’07. … And in the sports media world, College GameDay is adding [a big name to its lineup: Pat McAfee](http://si.com/college/2022/09/07/espn-college-gameday-adds-popular-ex-nfl-player-pat-mcafee). … Jonathan Wilson analyzes [Chelsea’s abrupt firing of manager Thomas Tuchel](https://www.si.com/soccer/2022/09/07/thomas-tuchel-fired-chelsea-boehly-potter-pochettino). Open run [ended in straight sets](https://twitter.com/TennisChannel/status/1567315134569394177?s=20&t=sS7LTyes26__iPjaKDLSMw), but fifth-seeded Ons Jabeur punched her ticket to the semifinals in yesterday’s other women’s singles match. [and the MMQB staff has dropped its first power rankings of the season](https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/09/06/nfl-preason-power-rankings-bills-packers-rams). … Meanwhile, the men’s draw got even more wide-open with [Nick Kyrgios getting bounced by Karen Khachanov in five sets](https://twitter.com/TennisChannel/status/1567377242552176640). … Nick Selbe wrote about [why you once again shouldn’t have counted out the Rays](https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/09/06/rays-resurrection) after a recent monthlong surge to solidify their playoff standing. Included on the hit list were vanquished playoff foes like the Titans’ Julio Jones (“season on the line that man was hiding”) and the Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill (“He’s a baby !

20 years after she was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft, Bird retires as one of the greatest that the game of basketball has ever ...

In the later years, Bird wasn't just along for the ride, either. The second title capped off an undefeated 39-0 campaign that was Bird's senior season in 2002 — a fitting send-off for a winner of Bird's magnitude. No other member of the 2002 All-WNBA Team played past 2016. And again in 2018. As an emotional Bird walked off the court for one final time after the Seattle Storm were eliminated from the 2022 WNBA Playoffs, phrases like "future Hall of Famer" and "G.O.A.T." 20 years after she was selected with the No.

There was immediate social media reaction when the Seattle Storm were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs, ending the UConn women's basketball legend's ...

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Dwyane Wade, one of the best NBA shooting guards of all time, is in awe of Sue Bird's remarkable 20-year career with the Storm.

For now, Sue Bird should take in all the plaudits and reflect blissfully on her storied 20-year career with the Storm. Even Dwyane Wade, the three-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat and one of the best NBA shooting guards of all time, is in awe of Bird’s remarkable career. After announcing that the 2022 season will be her last back in June, Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird sought to finish her career on top.

The WNBA star finished her 20-year career on Tuesday night after the Storm were eliminated by the Aces in the playoffs.

While playing college basketball at UConn, Bird helped the team earn two national titles. Most notably, she won four WNBA titles, earning 13 All-Star spots and was named to the All-WNBA first team five times and the second team three times. She retires from the game at the age of 41.

The Seattle Storm played four close semifinal games against the Las Vegas Aces, but lost the series 3-1.

Young was 5-of-6 from the field, 3-of-3 from beyond the arc and 5-of-5 at the stripe. But it was a deep three and Wilson closed out well, forcing Loyd to miss off the front rim. But Seattle nearly stole the ensuing inbound and settled for a jump ball between Loyd and A’ja Wilson that was collected by Stewart. All Vegas had to do was get the ball in, get fouled, make two free throws and it’d be a three-possession game. She is shooting 62.6 percent from the field in the 2022 playoffs, which is incredible for a guard, and 59.5 percent from distance. Stewart missed one of two free throws at 28.7 seconds remaining, failing to cut it to a one-possession game.

Sue Bird took her final bow in front of the Seattle Storm faithful on Tuesday night. Fans showed their appreciation by honoring the WNBA icon at Climate ...

"The impact will be felt for generations. but the love this city has for women’s basketball, Sue built that." "Sue has meant everything to the city of Seattle," Storm teammate Breanna Stewart said in the video. "She has done the groundwork to get it to where it is now. She sacrificed a lot of things to bring championships to the city." Sue Bird took her final bow in front of the Seattle Storm faithful on Tuesday night.

There was immediate social media reaction when the Seattle Storm were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs, ending Sue Bird's career.

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