Storm’s Sue Bird says ’22 will be final season
Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird announced Thursday the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA.
The announcement by Bird, 41, ended any speculation about her future; she had acknowledged in February
when she re-signed with Seattle that this would likely be her final season. She strongly considered retirement after last season before choosing to return for a 19th season as a player.
More WNBA: Natasha Howard scored a season-high 27 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 77-65.
LPGA: Jennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 at windy Blythefield Country Club to take the firstround lead in the Meijer Classic.
Soccer: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Kansas
City, Mo., were the newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host games at the 2026 World Cup, while Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tenn., and Orlando, Fla., were left out. Arlington, Texas; East Rutherford, N.J.; Foxborough, Mass., and Inglewood and Santa Clara, Calif., were the holdovers.
NFL: The Atlanta Falcons signed defensive lineman Jalen Dalton and offensive lineman Jonotthan Harrison to one-year contracts.
Tennis: Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev defeated Ilya Ivashka for the second time in a week, beating the Belarusian 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals at the Halle
Open. Medvedev next faces seventh-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat qualifier Tallon Griekspoor 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 . ... Defending champion Matteo Berrettini stayed on course for back-to-back grasscourt titles by recovering from a set down to beat lucky loser Denis Kudla and reach the Queen’s Club quarterfinals. Berrettini won 3-6, 7-5 (5), 6-4 and next faces Tommy Paul, who beat three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka 6-1, 6-4 . ... Coco Gauff reached her first grass-court quarterfinal by beating Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-0, 6-4 at the Berlin Open.