Sue Bird has played her last game in a two-decade career. She finished with more titles than nearly anyone—across college, the Olympics and WNBA—and helped transform the women’s game.
When Sue Bird was growing up in the Long Island hamlet of Syosset, N.Y., she would go to New York Knicks games and gape. Her favorite player was Kenny “Sky” Walker, the Knicks forward who won the 1989 NBA slam-dunk contest.Photo:At the time, there was no WNBA. Many sports fans had little concept that a women’s game existed. But something remarkable has happened during Bird’s lifetime, which will reach 42 years on Oct. 16: The profile of women’s basketball has surged.
“You make sure that you tell her that I am really honored that she said that she looked up to me,” Walker said in an interview. “Tell her that I got a big smile on my face. I can always tell my buddies that Sue Bird liked me more than she liked Michael Jordan.” , behind men’s basketball. The U.S. women’s basketball team has won the past seven Olympic gold medals and nine of the 12 ever awarded. The WNBA is the longest-running major women’s professional league in the U.S.
She helped lead UConn to the second and third of its record 11 NCAA titles, establishing the Huskies’ dynasty. She played on five gold medal-winning Olympic teams, a feat equaled only by Diana Taurasi, a teammate of Bird’s at UConn. Bird helped lead the Storm to four WNBA championships over her 19 seasons, all in Seattle. Bird was the WNBA’s No. 1 overall pick in 2002. She leaves as a league-leading 13-time All-Star.
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