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Jewish basketball legend Sue Bird will retire after this season

In the WNBA, the 12-time All-Star is the only player in league history to win titles in three different decades.

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Sep 12, 2018; Washington, DC, USA; Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) dribbles the ball against the Washington Mystics during the second quarter in game three of the WNBA Finals at Eagle Bank Arena.
Sep 12, 2018; Washington, DC, USA; Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) dribbles the ball against the Washington Mystics during the second quarter in game three of the WNBA Finals at Eagle Bank Arena.

Sue Bird wins 5th gold medal in 5 Olympic outings

Sue Bird and her teammate, Diana Taurasi, are the only basketball players to ever win five gold medals

|ByEMILY BURACK/JTA
Sep 12, 2018; Washington, DC, USA; Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) dribbles the ball against the Washington Mystics during the second quarter in game three of the WNBA Finals at Eagle Bank Arena.

Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

Bird — whose paternal grandparents immigrated to the US from what is now Ukraine in the early 1900s and changed their surname from “Boorda” to “Bird” — also holds Israeli citizenship.

|ByEMILY BURACK/JTA
Clockwise, from top left: Alysha Clark, Zach Banner, Ben Harbach and Sue Bird

Sue Bird, Zach Banner and Alysha Clark talk tikkun olam, social justice

"There’s a quote [that] ‘ally is a verb, not a noun.’ And that stuck with me. What does it actually mean to be an ally?" Bird asked.

|BySAM SOKOL/JTA

Two-time World Cup winner Rapinoe, WNBA champ Bird announce engagement

The pair, who have been an item for more than three years, became the first openly gay couple to appear in the ESPN "Body Issue" in 2018.

OCTOBER 31, 2020ByREUTERS
Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates scoring their first goal during the France v United States game during the Women's World Cup Quarter Final at Parc des Princes, Paris, France June 28, 2019.

Sue Bird bashes Trump, defends her girlfriend Megan Rapinoe

The Israeli-American basketball star who has been dating Rapinoe since 2016, called Trump a “full adolescent boy” for his comments.

JULY 3, 2019ByEMILY BURACK/ JTA
Sep 12, 2018; Washington, DC, USA; Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) dribbles the ball against the Washington Mystics during the second quarter in game three of the WNBA Finals at Eagle Bank Arena.