Sue Bird joins ownership group for Storm

Former WNBAer Sue Bird has joined the Storm’s ownership group Force 10 Hoops, which includes Lisa Brummel, Ginny Gilder and Dawn Trudeau -- a move that "many had speculated" since her retirement in 2022. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bird is just the third former player to join a WNBA team’s ownership group following former Sparks F Lisa Leslie and Dream G Renee Montgomery. Two years ago, Bird became a minority investor in the NWSL’s NJ/NY Gotham FC. Bird was "surprisingly" not among the 15 investors who bought a stake in the Storm last year during a sale, which reportedly raised at least $21M and "helped finance" the construction of the team's practice facility and HQ that opened last week (SEATTLE TIMES, 4/24).