UConn legend Sue Bird is embracing a new phase of her basketball career, joining the ownership group for her former team the Seattle Storm.

Legendary retired WNBA player Sue Bird says becoming the newest member of the Seattle Storm's ownership group is "something that I've always wanted."

New Storm co-owner Sue Bird, a 13-time All-Star with Seattle, hopes to bring the players' perspective into two consequential negotiations involving the WNBA in the coming years.

Becoming a part-owner of the only WNBA franchise she ever played for felt like an inevitability for Sue Bird. It’s one more thing Bird is adding to an already busy agenda in retirement. “I don’t think there was a matter of timing.

Former UConn and WNBA star Sue Bird hopes to make impact and bring value as part of Seattle Storm's ownership group

Bird, who played college basketball at the University of Connecticut from 1998 to 2002, was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft.

WNBA legend Sue Bird is joining the Seattle Storm's ownership group, Force 10 Hoops. Bird spent her entire 19-year career with the Storm and helped

The Seattle Storm announced Wednesday that Sue Bird, a legendary name in women’s basketball basketball, has joined the team’s ownership group, Force 10 Hoops. The transition from the court to the boardroom marks a new chapter for Bird, who retired at the end of the 2022 season after a storied 19-year playing career.

Bird hosted the ESPN series “Sue’s Places,” co-founded the media company Togethxr, launched the production company A Touch More with fiancée and soccer star Megan Rapinoe and recently released a documentary about her final WNBA season.