If you�re going to interview Sue Bird, you had better be prepared. As I stand courtside talking to the Storm�s rookie point guard, I mistakenly refer to her 38-0 season at UConn last year. She shoots me a sly grin and says, �You didn�t do your homework, did you?� (1)
Bird�s stunning college success helped prepare her for everything in the WNBA except losing. Bird has lost more games this season than she lost in four years of college (2), but her whip-smart playmaking ability has the Storm winning more than they ever have before. (3)
�I�m starting to learn to deal with it a little bit better,� says Bird of not winning every game, �but I�m not getting used to it.�
If she continues to demonstrate the same tenacity against opponents (and interviewers), losing is something Sue Bird will never have to get used to.
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Stuffing
1. As a communications major at UConn,
Bird learned the importance of doing research before
an interview.
2. During Bird�s tenure at UConn, the Huskies lost only nine games.
3. The Storm went
16-48 in its first two
seasons, and 17-15 this year with Bird
to earn their first playoff berth.