Storm forward Lauren Jackson at Media Day. Jeff Reinking/NBAE/Getty

The Seattle Storm opens 2005 training camp looking to defend the WNBA Championship the Storm brought home last season. Coach Anne Donovan and company - a group limited with several players playing overseas at the start of camp - are working harder than ever to keep the Storm on top. The first week of training camp is spent at the Sonics and Storm practice facility, The Furtado Center, before the Storm travels to New York to scrimmage WNBA teams and play the New York Liberty in the preseason opener on May 7. The Storm returns home after that and will play a second preseason game on May 14 at KeyArena vs. Sacramento.

KEY DATES

April 25 - Media Day and first practice
May 2 - Scrimmage vs. Chinese National Team
May 3 - Departure for New York
May 3 - Mandatory cutdown to 15 players (only players in camp counted)
May 7 - Preseason Game #1 at New York - 1 p.m.
May 8 - Return to Seattle
May 14 - Preseason Game #2 vs. Sacramento - 7 p.m.
May 19 - Storm Tipoff Luncheon
May 20 - Final rosters due, 12 p.m.
May 21 - 2005 Opener vs. Los Angeles - 1 p.m.

ARTICLES

May 18, 2005

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Three Days Before Opener, Three Spot Still Open
Training Camp Notebook
Storm Waives Barnes

May 17, 2005

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Donovan No Fan of New Rules Interpretation

May 14, 2005 - Sacramento 72, Storm 71

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Boxscore
Live From Press Row
Postgame Quotes/Notes

May 12, 2005

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Last Storm Original Brings New Attitude
Training Camp Notebook
Storm Waives Brown and Frierson

May 9, 2005

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Storm Waives Greco and Montesdeoca

May 7, 2005 - New York 72, Storm 58

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Boxscore

May 6, 2005

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Lauren Jackson/ Betty Lennox Chat Transcript

May 3, 2005

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Storm Defeats Chinese in Exhibition
Storm-China Boxscore
Storm Requests Waivers on Taylor

April 29, 2005

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Barnes Feeling Good
Training Camp Notebook
Johnson Announces Retirement

April 28, 2005

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Storm Requests Waivers on Blackmon

April 26, 2005

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Storm Starts Camp Slowly

April 25, 2005

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MVPs Headline Media Day
More Questions Than Answers About Storm Roster
Storm Announces Training Camp Roster

April 22, 2005

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Storm Prepares For Training Camp

TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
NUM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB	FROM	YRS
9	Suzy Batkovic	G	6-4	203	12/17/80	Australia	R
45	Ashley Battle	F	6-0	183	5/31/82	Connecticut '05	R
10	Sue Bird	G	5-9	150	10/16/80	Connecticut '02	3
33	Janell Burse	C	6-5	199	5/19/79	Tulane '01	4
8	Iziane Castro Marques	F	6-0	140	3/13/82	Brazil	2
4	Simone Edwards	C	6-4	164	11/17/73	Iowa '96	5
15	Lauren Jackson	F	6-5	187	5/11/81	Australia	4
22	Betty Lennox	G	5-8	143	12/4/76	Louisiana Tech '00	5
54	Mandisa Stevenson	C	6-3	166	2/4/82	Auburn '04	1
43	Alicia Thompson	F	6-1	180	6/30/76	Texas Tech '98	5
6	Natalia Vodopyanova	F	6-3	181	4/6/81	Russia	R
30	Tanisha Wright	G	5-11	165	11/29/83	Penn State '05	R
7	Francesca Zara	G	5-10	146	12/8/76	Italy	R