SEATTLE — In a back-and-forth overtime duel between the Seattle Storm and the Los Angeles Sparks that lasted until the game’s final seconds, it was the Sparks who got the final word at KeyArena.
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Lewis-Clark Twins scored 10 runs over the final two innings and defeated the Walla Walla Bears 17-11 here Sunday to conclude play in the Missoula summer baseball tournament.
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SEATTLE — Jewell Loyd scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 24.6 seconds left, to lift the Seattle Storm to a 65-61 win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday.
EVERETT — After 10 games, the identity shift is nearly complete as the Storm falls in line behind its new leaders, Natasha Howard and Jewell Loyd.
SEATTLE — Isaiah Thomas was restless and looking to get on the basketball court, so the Denver Nuggets point guard and former Husky star sent a message via social media to the Storm.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun are tough to beat this season, especially at home.
INDIANAPOLIS — Jewell Loyd hit three free throws in the final 24.4 seconds and Natasha Howard scored 26 points as the Storm pulled out an 84-82 win over Indiana in front of 3,506 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in WNBA play Tuesday night.
CHICAGO — Cheyenne Parker came off the bench and scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and the Chicago Sky held off the Seattle Storm 78-71 on Sunday night.
SEATTLE — The Storm waived second-round draft pick Anriel Howard to make room on the 12-player roster for free agent Blake Dietrick, which shores up the depth at point guard.
EVERETT – Sitting at a postgame news conference after the Storm’s 84-77 WNBA victory over Minnesota, Alysha Clark scanned the stat sheet and gasped at Seattle’s season-high 20 turnovers.
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird has undergone arthroscopic surgery on her left knee, though there remains no word on a return this season.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Odyssey Sims had 15 points, Sylvia Fowles grabbed 13 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the defending champion Seattle Storm 72-61 on Wednesday night.
EVERETT — After collecting their diamond-encrusted rings and unveiling a new championship banner, the Storm officially closed the books on the 2018 season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart will act as an ambassador for the WNBA this season and be paid by the league after the reigning MVP tore her Achilles tendon over the winter and is out for the year, a person familiar with the details said.
SEATTLE — Entering her 18th year in the WNBA, Sue Bird had a bad feeling this offseason was a little different from others.
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird needs arthroscopic surgery on her left knee and will be out indefinitely, another big blow for the defending WNBA champs.
EVERETT — The Storm opened the exhibition season in a new city and new arena without its head coach and five standouts from last year’s WNBA championship team.
SEATTLE — Seattle Storm coach Dan Hughes had surgery Tuesday to remove a cancerous tumor in his digestive tract.
SEATTLE — “Hello, my name is …” sticker tags might have been appropriate at the opening of the Storm’s training camp considering all the fresh faces.
SEATTLE — The Storm is expected to be without the WNBA’s reigning most valuable player, Breanna Stewart, for the 2019 season, the team announced Wednesday.
SEATTLE — Storm star Breanna Stewart is expected to undergo surgery this week in Los Angeles to repair an injured Achilles tendon, her father Brian Stewart told Syracuse.com on Monday.
SOPRON, Hungary — Reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart was helped off the court during the EuroLeague Women championship game with what appeared to be a serious leg injury.
SEATTLE — With a 38-year-old point guard, a reigning MVP superstar and a veteran roster, the defending WNBA champion Storm is in win-now mode and seeking to become the first team in 17 years to collect back-to-back titles.
SEATTLE — In recent years, the Storm didn’t have to put much thought into how it would use its first-round pick in the WNBA draft.
SEATTLE — Barring an extremely unlikely blockbuster trade, the Storm had no chance of selecting Oregon standout Sabrina Ionescu, a guard who surprised many with her decision to return to school for her senior season.
SEATTLE — The defending WNBA champion Storm took its first steps in free agency and re-signed Crystal Langhorne and Mercedes Russell to multi-year contracts.
SEATTLE — The defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm will open the 2019 season against the Phoenix Mercury on May 25 in a rematch of the playoff semifinal from last season.
Sue Bird quit moonlighting overseas during the WNBA offseason some time ago.
SEATTLE — Sue Bird headlines the 12 players picked to play for the USA Basketball Women’s National team that’s seeking its third consecutive FIBA World Cup championship.
SEATTLE — No one mentioned it publicly during the five-month run up to the WNBA Finals because they knew Sue Bird wouldn’t approve.
FAIRFAX, Va. – As bedlam burst and champagne poured, Breanna Stewart stood tall inside the cramped, plastic-lined visitor’s locker room and allowed herself a smile of gratification.
FAIRFAX, Va. — The last time the Storm was in this situation and had the opportunity to sweep a series with a win on the road, Seattle played one of its worst games of the season.
SEATTLE — The Seattle Storm is one victory from winning the 2018 WNBA title and claiming the third championship in franchise history.
There are plenty of plays to describe, moments to detail and highlights to depict.
SEATTLE — A lot of Breanna Stewart in the closing minutes and one big defensive stop in the final seconds has the Seattle Storm on the cusp of a third WNBA title.
SEATTLE — Inside a training room beneath Seattle Pacific University’s Royal Brougham Pavilion, the headliners of the WNBA Finals congratulated each other on reaching the championship round and commiserated their respective injuries.
SEATTLE — When it was over, Diana Taurasi tracked down Sue Bird in the KeyArena tunnel outside the Storm locker room and said what everyone in the building was thinking.
SEATTLE — Heading into a winner-take-all Game 5 in the WNBA semifinal against rival Phoenix, it’s Breanna Stewart’s time to shine.
SEATTLE — Sue Bird recognized that look of determination on Diana Taurasi’s face, but she and the top-seeded Storm were helpless to stop the Phoenix star who took over in the fourth quarter.
SEATTLE — Storm coach Dan Hughes expects his former assistant, Sandy Brondello, to make changes in the wake of top-seeded Seattle’s 91-87 victory over No. 5 Phoenix in Sunday’s opener of their best-of-five WNBA semifinal playoff series.
SEATTLE (AP) — On the day Breanna Stewart became the newly minted WNBA MVP, a key part of her supporting cast came through with a couple of big shots the Seattle Storm needed in the closing minutes.
SEATTLE — By virtue of the team’s No.1 playoff seed, the road to the WNBA Finals must wind through Seattle, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the Storm is the favorite to win its third league championship.
NEW YORK — Breanna Stewart has taken her game to a new level this year to lead Seattle to the top spot in the league.
SEATTLE — Having clinched the No. 1 seed to the WNBA playoffs and seemingly secured her first MVP trophy, Breanna Stewart didn’t need to play in Sunday’s regular-season finale.
SEATTLE — Three-pointer after 3-pointer after 3-pointer.
SEATTLE — The Storm reached an agreement with the University of Washington to play 2019 regular-season games at Alaska Airlines Arena while KeyArena undergoes a two-year $700 million renovation.
MINNEAPOLIS — Natasha Howard scored 21 points, Breanna Stewart had 17 points and a season-high 17 rebounds and the Seattle Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx 81-72 on Sunday night.
SEATTLE — Regardless of where this season ends, the Storm will advance further in the playoffs than it had in the past eight years.
WASHINGTON — Elena Delle Donne scored 30 points, LaToya Sanders had 17 points and 10 rebounds and the Washington Mystics beat the league-leading Seattle Storm 100-77 on Thursday for their fifth straight victory.
INDIANAPOLIS – Natasha Howard collected 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists, Sue Bird became the WNBA leader in minutes played and the league-leading Seattle Storm beat the Indiana Fever 94-79 on Tuesday.
