JULY 26, 2021 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM
SEATTLE STORM 25-15 · 3RD IN WESTERN
25-15 · 3RD IN WESTERN
USA Olympic women's basketball roster: Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi headline star-studded team in Tokyo Team USA is bringing multiple WNBA MVPs to Tokyo for the 2021 Olympics.
Team USA women's team a 'legacy' program that will last long after Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi The American women's Olympic success in basketball can be attributed, in part, to continuity, while the men experience high roster turnover.
JULY 24, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM
Sue Bird sees no hypocrisy in US staying on court for anthem
Sue Bird sees no contradiction with the U.S. team staying on the court during the national anthem at the OlympicsJULY 24, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former Stanford star Sue Bird, Eddy Alvarez to carry U.S. flags at Olympics' opening ceremony Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Bird and baseball player Alvarez (a 2014 speedskating medalist) were chosen by a vote of...
JULY 22, 2021 • MERCURYNEWS.COM
LEADING OFF: Alvarez carries U.S. flag, big rivalries abound
Miami Marlins infielder Eddy Alvarez and four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird will be the U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo GamesJULY 22, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEADING OFF: Alvarez carries U.S. flag, big rivalries abound
Miami Marlins infielder Eddy Alvarez and four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird will be the U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo GamesJULY 22, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sue Bird, Eddy Alvarez chosen to carry US flag at opening ceremony Alvarez, who won a silver medal in speedskating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, and Bird were chosen by a vote of fellow U.S. athletes.
JULY 21, 2021 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
2021 Olympics: U.S. women's basketball roster, schedule, players to watch The star-studded United States women’s basketball team, headlined by Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, looks to secure their seventh consecutive G...
JULY 21, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM
Storm's Sue Bird to carry U.S. flag at Olympics opening ceremony Four-time Olympic women's basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez were chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the openin...
JULY 21, 2021 • SEATTLETIMES.COM
Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez are chosen to carry the US flag for Friday's opening ceremony Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez were chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the openin...
JULY 21, 2021 • ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM
Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez are chosen to carry the US flag for Friday's opening ceremony Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez were chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the openin...
JULY 21, 2021 • SUN-SENTINEL.COM
Bird, Alvarez chosen to carry US flag at opening ceremony
Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as USA flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the OlympicsJULY 21, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
2021 Olympics: Sue Bird, Eddy Alvarez are U.S. flag bearers for opening ceremony Bird will participate in her fifth Olympics, while Alvarez becomes one of the rare athletes to compete at both the Summer and Winter Games.
JULY 21, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM
U.S. men's and women's basketball teams are the latest to be disrupted by the coronavirus. Guard Zach LaVine entered coronavirus health and safety protocols and did not travel with the men’s team, and Katie Lou Samuelson, a member...
JULY 20, 2021 • NYTIMES.COM
Storm's Katie Lou Samuelson Withdraws from 3x3 Olympic Team ' SLAM After being placed under health and safety protocols, Katie Lou Samuelson announced on her Instagram that she is withdrawing from the 2021 O...
JULY 19, 2021 • SLAMONLINE.COM
Storm's Katie Lou Samuelson to miss Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 Katie Lou Samuelson’s dreams of making history at the Summer Olympics came to a halt this weekend. The Storm guard said she was heartbroken...
JULY 19, 2021 • SEATTLETIMES.COM
Samuelson tests positive for COVID-19, out of Olympics
Katie Lou Samuelson is out of 3-on-3 basketball at the Olympics after contracting COVID-19 while training in Las VegasJULY 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charlotte Carroll: Katie Lou Samuelson was placed under health and... - The Athletic Katie Lou Samuelson was placed under health and safety protocols and will not be able to participate on the Olympic 3x3 team, USA Basketball...
JULY 19, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM
U.S. women earn first exhibition win, routing Nigeria 93-62 A’ja Wilson scored 16 points and Breanna Stewart added 14 to help the U.S. beat Nigeria 93-62 in the teams' final pre-Olympic exhibition tun...
JULY 19, 2021 • USATODAY.COM
Missed 3-pointers, 18 turnovers doom U.S. women in 70-67 pre-Olympic loss to Australia Breanna Stewart and her U.S. Olympic teammates aren’t panicking, even though they’ve lost consecutive games for the first time in a decade.
JULY 17, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM
At twilight of her career, LI's Bird finally being recognized for her greatness They were just supposed to be thankful. When Sue Bird played in her first Olympics in 2004 in Athens, this was the prevailing attitude in th...
JULY 15, 2021 • NEWSDAY.COM
Storm coach hoping long break doesn't quell all of the team's current momentum It's great to have six players in the Olympics, but now might not be the best time to be away for five weeks.
JULY 13, 2021 • SEATTLETIMES.COM
Epiphanny Prince And Sue Bird Get It Done For Storm In Win (July 11, 2021)
JULY 12, 2021 • YOUTUBE
PHOENIX MERCURY vs. SEATTLE STORM ' FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS ' July 11, 2021
JULY 12, 2021 • YOUTUBE
Storm beat Mercury 82-75 head into break with top record Epiphanny Prince scored 15 points, Katie Lou Samuelson matched her career high with 14, and the Seattle Storm beat the Phoenix Mercury 82-75...
JULY 12, 2021 • SACBEE.COM
