Seattle Storm News

The Seattle Storm got used to star center Lauren Jackson being absent because of injuries and commitments with the Australian national team.

There is one aspect of women's professional basketball that goes largely unnoticed by mainstream fans.

The WNBA match-up between the Seattle Storm and the Tulsa Shock began slowly for the Storm as the Shock took a 10-0 lead but by the end of the game it was Seattle who took the game 63-59 on Friday, May 17th at the KeyArena in Seattle.

A pair of former Florida State women's basketball stars will go head-to-head in a WNBA preseason game this Friday when the Tulsa Shock travels to Seattle to face the Storm at 7 p.m. at KeyArena.

For Seattle everyone besides Alexis Gray-Lawson and Tanisha Wright played in the win.

In case you missed it, the Seattle Storm announced this past Thursday that their franchise guard Sue Bird had successful knee surgery to remove her left knee cyst.

JULY 26: Sue Bird #10 of the Seattle Storm in action during the WNBA game against the Phoenix Mercury at US Airways Center on July 26, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Storm has set its 15-player roster for training camp, which begins Sunday. The Storm must cut its roster to 11 players by May 23.

The Seattle Storm have announced the signing of Dayton Flyers point guard Sam MacKay, making her the program's first-ever player to sign with a WNBA team.