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Seattle Storm (soccer), F.C. Seattle
The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry Ackerley, Barry ahead of the 2000 WNBA season, 2000 season. The team is currently owned by Force 10 Hoops LLC, which is composed of Seattle businesswomen Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder, along with former player Sue Bird. The Storm have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in 19 of their List of Seattle Storm seasons, 25 seasons in Seattle. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as former Connecticut Huskies women's basketball, UConn stars Sue Bird, Swin Cash, and Breanna Stewart; 2004 WNBA Finals, 2004 Finals MVP Betty Lennox; and Australian power forward Lauren Jackson, a three-time league MVP. The Storm are four-time WNBA Champions, with victories in 2004 WNBA season, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup
The 2021 WNBA Commissioner's Cup was the WNBA's first ever Commissioner's Cup in league history. The Cup Final featured the top Eastern Conference Cup Connecticut Sun facing off against the top Western Conference team Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Gi .... The Sun came into the Cup Final with a Cup record of 9–1 against fellow Eastern Conference teams, while the Storm entered with a 8–2 record against their Western Conference counterparts. Led by Cup MVP Breanna Stewart, Seattle won the game by double-digits, claiming the inaugural Cup Final Title. Road to the Cup Final The Commissioner's Cup starts by designating a portion of regular-season games – 10 games per team – as counting towards Cup play. The team from each conference with the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox (born December 4, 1976) is an American retired professional basketball player. She played for the Minnesota Lynx, Miami Sol, Cleveland Rockers, Seattle Storm, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks and Tulsa Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money." Childhood Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lennox grew up in the small town of Grant. Daughter of Bernice Jefferies and A. B. Lennox, and was raised by her mother primarily. She was the eighth of nine children and the youngest daughter in the family. She has five brothers, named Freddy, Karl, A. B., Alfred, and Charles. She also has three sisters named Lela, Ruby, and Victoria, all of them older than she is. She learned to play basketball with her four older brothers and one younger, who did not cut her any slack because she was a girl. She would learn to not be intimated by others while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanna Stewart
Breanna Mackenzie Stewart ( ; Born, August 27, 1994), nicknamed "Stewie", is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is one of the most accomplished women in basketball history. Stewart is also a founder of the Unrivaled basketball league along with Napheesa Collier. In high school, Stewart was the National Gatorade Player of the Year, the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and a McDonald's All-American. She led the University of Connecticut Huskies to four consecutive national championships, was named the Final Four's most outstanding player a record four times, and was a three-time consensus national player of the year. Stewart was the first overall pick in the 2016 WNBA draft and was named the 2016 WNBA Rookie of the Year. She was named the WNBA MVP in 2018 and 2023, and was named an All-Star in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023. She led the Storm to two championships in 2018 and 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash Canal (born September 22, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. She played in college for the University of Connecticut and professionally for 15 years in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and overseas leagues. Since 2019, she has served as vice president of basketball operations and team development for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the UConn Huskies to national titles in 2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2000 and 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, 2002. She was drafted second overall in the 2002 WNBA draft by the Detroit Shock, and helped lead the team to championships in 2003 WNBA Finals, 2003 and 2006 WNBA Finals, 2006. She won a third championship with the Seattle Storm in 2010 WNBA Finals, 2010, and also played for the Chicago Sky and New York Libert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Huskies Women's Basketball
The UConn Huskies women's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, in the NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. They currently play in the Big East Conference. The UConn Huskies are the most successful women's basketball program in the nation, having won a record 12 NCAA Division I National Championships and a women's record four in a row, from 2013 through 2016, plus over 50 conference regular season and tournament championships. They have taken part in every NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA tournament since 1989 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, 1989; as of the end of the 2018–19 season, this is the third-longest active streak in Division I. From 2008 to 2022, they appeared in a record 14 consecutive Final Fours. UConn owns the two longest Basketball winning streaks, winning streaks (men's or women's) in college basketball history. The longest streak, 111 strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Seattle Storm Seasons
The Seattle Storm are a professional American women's basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, that competes in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They are a member of the Western Conference and joined the league in the 2000 season as one of four expansion franchises that year. The Storm initially shared ownership with the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played at the same home venue, KeyArena on the Seattle Center campus. During the relocation of the SuperSonics, the Storm were sold to a new ownership group and remained at KeyArena until it closed after the 2018 season for major renovations. The team temporarily relocated to the Hec Edmundson Pavilion on the University of Washington campus during the 2019 season and Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett during the 2019 and 2021 seasons; the shortened 2020 season was played entirely behind closed doors at an isolated site in Bradenton, Florida, due to the COVID-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginny Gilder
Virginia Anne Gilder (born June 4, 1958), also known as Ginny Gilder, is a former American rower and Olympic silver medalist. Gilder is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA. Early life Gilder is the daughter of Richard Gilder and was raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She attended the Chapin School, followed by Dana Hall School where she graduated one year early. In 1976, Gilder attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in history in 1979. Rowing career While at Yale, Gilder was on the women's crew team. However, there was no locker room available for the women's crew team, so they had to wait on the bus after practice while the men showered before they could return to campus. In 1976, she was part of a protest in which nineteen members of the Yale women's crew wrote "TITLE IX" on their bodies and went into athletic director Joni Barnett's office naked, and then rower Chris Ernst read a statement about the wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Brummel
Lisa E. Brummel (born 1959/1960) is an American businesswoman who served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Microsoft until her retirement on December 31, 2014. She previously served as corporate vice president of the company's Home & Retail Division. Brummel was raised in Connecticut. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Yale University in 1981, followed by a master's degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined Microsoft in 1989. In December 2014, Brummel left Microsoft after 25 years of service and almost a decade leading the Human Resources Organization. She is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Gi ..., a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 WNBA Season
The 2000 WNBA season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fourth season. The 2000 season saw four expansion teams join the league, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm. The season ended with the Houston Comets winning their fourth WNBA championship. Regular season Standings Eastern Conference Western Conference Note: Teams with an "X" clinched playoff spots. Playoffs Awards ''Reference'': Individual Team Players of the Week Coaches Eastern Conference *Charlotte Sting: T.R. Dunn *Cleveland Rockers: Dan Hughes *Detroit Shock: Nancy Lieberman *Indiana Fever: Anne Donovan *Miami Sol: Ron Rothstein *New York Liberty: Richie Adubato *Orlando Miracle: Carolyn Peck *Washington Mystics: Nancy Darsch and Darrell Walker Western Conference *Houston Comets: Van Chancellor *Los Angeles Sparks: Michael Cooper *Minnesota Lynx: Brian Agler *Phoenix Mercury: Cheryl Miller *Portland Fire: Linda Hargrove *Sacramento Monarchs: Sonny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Ackerley
Barry Allan Ackerley (April 15, 1934 – March 21, 2011) was an American businessman. He was the former chairman and CEO of the Ackerley Group media company. He was also the owner of the Seattle SuperSonics basketball franchise from 1983 to 2001 and the Seattle Storm basketball franchise from 2000 to 2001. Biography Born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1934, Barry Ackerley began his career in the advertising industry selling space for the magazine ''Better Homes & Gardens''. In 1964, he approached a wealthy family in Wichita, Kansas, and asked for their financial assistance in acquiring billboards. The family agreed and, as a minority shareholder in the venture, Ackerley purchased billboards in Fresno and Bakersfield, California. Over the next four years, Ackerley purchased additional billboards in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, California. By 1968, the billboards in northern California had generated enough income to provide Ackerley with the start-up capital he had lacked in Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
