Storm Point Guard Sue Bird Ready to Lead Team USA

2008/07/31 20:00:53 @NBA.com: News

In the SEATTLE TIMES, Jayda Evans writes "it's a position she envisioned 15 years ago. When Storm star Sue Bird began playing basketball on the neighborhood courts in Syosset, N.Y., there wasn't a visible professional women's league like the WNBA. The Olympics were her dream. She also saw her desire d future. "When I was watching that game, I said, 'I'd love to play for that team,' Bird said. 'It became my goal. That's when it was really real.' More than a decade later, in Beijing beginning next week, Bird will be part of a different era for U.S. women's basketball. She's the leader of a group that has experienced losing in the red, white, and blue uniform. It's a team that wants to use this Olympics to put fear back in the world that has seen the Americans aren't invincible.”
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