WNBA: Storm purchased by group of local women

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No Place Like Home: WNBA Storm Purchased by Seattle Group
Published 1/8/2008 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... WNBA President Donna Orender and Karen Bryant, the Storm's chief operating officer, are scheduled to announce the sale today at an 11 a.m. PT news conference to announce that the team has been sold to a local group, with the expressed intent on keeping the Storm in Seattle. As reported by the Seattle Times: ...

The Roundup: Durant Goes Down, Promoting Brock Lesnar, and Tom Cruise to Coach the Skins?
Published 1/9/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... (Washington Post) Tom Cruise has a chance to be the next Redskins coach. (Brahsome) Missed this embarrassing offensive show, but do you know who coaches Savannah State? Former Georgetown guard Horace Broadnax. (ESPN) What does the number 1,467 have to do with boxing? (Philly Daily News) The latest high school football phenom and his autographed wristband. (Mondesi’s House) The Sonics are leaving town, but the Storm get to stay! (Seattle Times) Photos of the 2007 Phillies rookies getting hazed. ...

Well, That Sucked: Clay Bennett Era in Seattle Ends with Buyout, General Sense of Having Been Effed
Published 7/3/2008 by David Roth at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... . They’ll leave behind the team colors and name, which means at least the WNBA team in Seattle (which is staying) will get to play in green-themed jerseys in an arena with a Spencer Haywood jersey in the rafters. It’s not really something anyone other than Clay and his homeboys — and presumably the people in OKC who approved a $121 million sales tax hike earlier this year in order to help expedite the move — is excited about. A couple of current and several former Sonics go ...