Sue Bird: Basketball

 Bird is an American professional basketball for the WNBA and an Olympic gold metalist.

Catching up with Storm All-Star Sue Bird

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Bird attended the University of Connecticut. She suffered a knee injury during her first year with the team but came back her sophomore year to be part of the 2000 NCAA Championship winning team. During the 2001/2002 season she received the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year. She is on the UConn record list several times including that for most scored points, most assists, and most steals. She was the first draft pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. During her rookie season she was picked to the All-WNBA First Team and WNBA Western Conference All-Star team. She is part of USA Baskeball and was part of the Olympic team that won gold in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Articles Tagged with "Sue Bird" on WomenTalkSports.com:

• Seattle Storm Guard Sue Bird has knee surgery
• Storm President Karen Bryant on Sue Bird: Her knee cyst was "increasing" and could put her at risk of a "catastrophic injury"
• Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird to sit out 2013 season due to upcoming knee surgery
• WNBA releases 2013 schedule, more from Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson about missing season
• Storm Exit Interviews: The word from Sue Bird
• Seimone Augustus on the point guard play of Sue Bird and Lindsay Whalen in the Western Conference Semifinals
• Some WNBA fans need to get over the college thing
• Photos: Tulsa Shock Finds "Stormy Weather" In Six-Win Season
• 2012 WNBA Point Guard Rankings: How Good Has The Lynx All-Time Assist Leader Been This Season?
• Tamika Catchings caught in a rare Olympic moment in Team USA women's basketball photo
• USA Women's Basketball Olympic Preview: Five Questions After Five Exhibition Games
• 2012 Olympics Basketball Preview: United States
• USA Basketball Women’s National Team ready to face Brazil
• Storm trades All-Star Swin Cash and Le'coe Willingham
• Sue Bird and Candace Parker Talk About Pick Up Games with the Boys
• Storm All-Star Sue Bird checks in after hip surgery
• Seattle Storm's Sue Bird has surgery
• Storm All-Star Swin Cash prepares for USA Basketball tour
• Storm guard Sue Bird contemplates surgery
• Mercury Vs. Storm: Post Game Reactions and Quotes
• Seattle Storm 78, Tulsa Shock 72 - "There's no one like Bird. She's got ice in her veins"
• WNBA MVP Rankings: Tamika Catchings Leads A Strong Field Of Candidates
• Sue Bird becomes first WNBA player with 4000 points, 1500 assists In 63-55 Seattle Storm win
• More on Sue Bird's shot
• Sun coach Mike Thibault says Sue Bird used an illegal screen to get buzzer-beater shot off. You decide! (Video)

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