Seattle Storm News

Published: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:18 p.m. The Seattle Storm are riding the WNBA's longest home winning streak in more than seven years.

Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird is joining other athletes who are supporting LIVESTRONG and cancer awareness this summer.

It's been over a year since the Seattle Storm lost at KeyArena. They'll attempt to extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 15 games Thursday night when they face the last-place Sacramento Monarchs.

Puget Sound Business Journal Virginia Mason Medical Center said it's signed a deal to become the "official medical care team" of the Seattle Storm professional women's basketball team.

After moving into first place in the Western Conference at the end of June, two tough losses have dropped the Seattle Storm back to the middle of the standings.

Sparks got Revenge at Home and Defeated the Storm >> Posted By SportsBetting 23 hours, 53 minutes ago in Sports The current fifth place of the Western Conference, Los Angeles Sparks, beat the Seattle Storm in the Staples Center this past Sunday 82-55. This win means a revenge for the Sparks, who lost against Seattle last Friday with a score 67-69.

Performances like Katie Douglas' 28-point effort in New York on June 26 have Indiana riding high at 6-2. Ray Amati/NBAE/Getty Images Back on June 9, the Indiana Fever were 0-2 and battling the talented Seattle Storm in a nationally televised game on ESPN2.

Seattle Storm fans are now the main component of KeyArena after the Sonics left for Oklahoma City and the Thunderbirds left for Kent.

I loved Steve Kelley's piece on the lightning rods in Seattle sports over the years .

Marie Ferdinand-Harris scored a season-high 15 points to lift the short-handed Sparks to an 82-55 victory against the Seattle Storm on Sunday night.

Lauren Jackson had 32 points and eight rebounds as the Seattle Storm withstood a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Sparks 69-67 Friday night.

With summer ready to kick into full swing, the Ballard Boys and Girls Club has partnered with the Seattle Storm to encourage kids to continue reading this summer vacation with its Read to Achieve program.

Star guard Sue Bird of the WNBA Seattle Storm talks about her other job in Russia, her love for Dave Chappelle, a possible future in Israel, how women would fare against men in hoops and her disappointment over Edward in the movie "Twilight.'' 1. During the winter and spring you play for Spartak, a team just outside of Moscow.

Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson , of Australia, goes up for a shot against Phoenix Mercury center Tangela Smith in the second quarter of a WNBA basketball game Sunday, June 21, 2009, in Phoenix.

Storm stops Mercury's 3-game win streak Eds: APNewsNow. Storm 93, Mercury 84. PHOENIX Lauren Jackson scored 25 points, including a 3-pointer with 1:03 left, as the Seattle Storm ended the Phoenix Mercury's three-game winning streak with a 93-84 victory Sunday night.

Lauren Jackson scored 21 of her 26 points in the first half, setting up the Seattle Storm's 90-62 win over the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA on Friday.

Minnesota Lynx star Seimone Augustus will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

Jackson, Storm rout Lynx 90-62 Eds: APNewsNow. Storm 90, Lynx 62. SEATTLE Lauren Jackson scored 21 of her 26 points in the first half on Friday night, and the Seattle Storm shot nearly 73 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes on the way to a 90-62 rout of the Minnesota Lynx.

The Seattle Sounders awarded the Golden Scarf during pre-game festivities to Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird and forward Swin Cash.

TOP ATHLETE. Andrea Geubelle of Curtis High School was named the female athlete of the year by the Tacoma Athletic Commission.