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Sue Bird is recovering from knee surgery, which will sideline her for the entire summer season that began this weekend and runs through August. Bird had surgery on a cyst in her knee on May 9.

Storm-Sparks Preview

As espnW.com previews the 2013 WNBA season, Michelle Smith takes a look at the Seattle Storm.

What sort of season is Seattle in store for without Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird? Someone on the Storm needs to step up quickly.

Brittney Griner left an indelible mark on women's college basketball. Now she's ready to take on the pros.

While many teams fared well in Monday's WNBA draft, no one did better than Bill Laimbeer and the New York Liberty.

ESPN and the WNBA have extended their agreement through the 2022 season, it was announced at a news conference in New York City on Thursday.

Lauren Jackson says she has no plans to play basketball until she returns to the Seattle Storm next May for the 2014 WNBA season, and that she's experiencing no pain for the first time in three years.

Sue Bird is no stranger to surgeries. She'll have her fourth one in six years in early May to remove a cyst from her left knee.

The Seattle Storm will be down another All-Star after the team announced Tuesday that Sue Bird will miss the 2013 season because she needs knee surgery.

On the same day one former WNBA champion officially signed to return to the league, it was announced that another will sit out this season to recover from knee surgery.

The Tulsa Shock acquired two former All-Americans from Stanford on Friday, picking up guard Candice Wiggins from the Minnesota Lynx and forward Nicole Powell from the New York Liberty.

The New York Liberty have re-signed guard-forward Essence Carson and signed forward Katie Smith.

The defending WNBA champion Indiana Fever will open the 2013 season against the San Antonio Silver Stars on May 24.

The Seattle Storm will be without three-time league MVP Lauren Jackson for the 2013 season while she stays in Australia to recover from recent hamstring surgery.

No one wants to see one of the league's top players miss an entire season. But sitting out 2013 -- even if it leaves Seattle scrambling right now for what appears to be a very competitive Western Conference race -- just might be exactly what Lauren Jackson needs.