'By being themselves, they encouraged a generation of people — not just women, or Black people, or gay people, but all people — to assert themselves as well. writes inkstainedretch about Serena Williams and Sue Bird.
took the court before an exhibition match against another player with her top and skirt stuffed, mocking Serena’s curves.This is not an obituary. It is an appreciation. Serena and Sue aren’t disappearing. They’re recalibrating. Serena has a 5-year-old daughter and venture-capital firm. Bird owns part of a women’s pro soccer team, part of a media company, and will continue to pursue a career in broadcasting.
Relevant? Absolutely. Bird averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 assists in 35.6 minutes and started all six playoff games. Serena, at her end, was even better. Serena was the best female tennis player in history and the best female athlete of her age; maybe the bestBird wasn’t the best WNBA player of her age, but she might be the most relatable. Her NCAA titles in 2000 and 2002 at UConn began the Huskies’ dynasty. The plucky Long Island point guard was the national player of the year in 2002, when she went No. 1 overall in the 2002 WNBA draft. The Storm was the league’s worst team. With Bird, it won four WNBA titles.
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