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In every non-playoffs sports season, you can date the moment when your team's hopes collapsed. For the last place 2008 Mariners, it was approximately mid-April. This year's Mariners lasted far longer in the playoff hunt. Nevertheless, July 24-26 was their undoing.

All we missed was perhaps the most dramatic local sports event of the year, a three-overtime classic that included a team-record seven three pointers from Sue Bird, an ejection for Lauren Jackson, and twelve lead changes.

What team can get thoroughly outclassed, yet consider their game a success? The Sounders, if they draw 65,000 fans to Qwest Field -- most of them in Sounders green -- for a game against international powerhouse Chelsea FC.

The Storm tie Phoenix atop the Western Conference in an entertaining, fast-paced game reminiscent of last year's Pac-10 men's UW/Arizona battles. The Storm jumped ahead early behind Swin Cash's ten first quarter points, but the Mercury came back to grab the lead in the second half. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson took over in the fourth, with Bird scoring 7 unanswered to open the quarter, and Jackson hitting a game-clinching three. Storm 5-2, T1st. Box score. Next game Friday vs. LA Sparks.

By establishing herself as an offensive threat, Bird's forcing teams to guard her and opening up the floor for her teammates. As a result, she leads the league in assists with 16 in two games.

Spitfire is impressive to people who are mesmerized by flat screens, not unlike birds by shiny objects. Initially we felt disdain for the vulgar abundance of screens but eventually got sucked in ourselves. There’s just too much to ignore. The problem with Spitfire is it’s a blank slate. You would never know it was here, the only thing in the place that says "Seattle" is the liquor license. No "Hawk fan12" sports radio placards, no Sue Bird bobble head, nada. Disloyal like nearby Sport, but even worse because there was no discernible sports memorabilia anything--not even Boston crap--just a few sports-oriented paintings that look like they belong in Jay Buhner’s billiards room.

After the loss of Lauren Jackson to ankle surgery a few weeks ago, the Storm powered their way into the playoffs with strong defense, good rebounding and an uptick in backcourt scoring. Last night, in their 71-64 season-ending loss to the L.A. Sparks, the Storm failed on all three.

The Storm dropped Game 1 of the best-of-three series last night 77-69 in a game that was not as close as the score would seem to indicate. The Storm trailed the LA Sparks the entire game, and were behind by 17 points at the half. Sue Bird had a playoff-best 23 points in the loss. The team returns to action at Key Arena Sunday, where the Storm were 16-1 during the regular season.

This Seattlest has never been the world's biggest sports fan, as we've mentioned before. But Storm guard Sue Bird has made us care about women's basketball this season.

Sue Bird is on a mission. With WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson nursing a bad ankle, Bird scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Seattle Storm to a 70-62 win over the Chicago Sky. The win seals a playoff spot for the fifth year in a row.

The Seattle Storm downed host Atlanta Dream Tuesday night 83-69 behind Sue Bird's 21 points and 9 assists. Camille Little and Yolanda Griffith each added 16 points in a win which moved the Storm into a first-place tie with San Antonio for the best record in the Western Conference at 19-10. The Storm resume their road trip in Chicago on Thursday night.

The Seattle Storm had good news on and off the court last night. At Key Arena, the Storm downed the Houston Comets 66-49, behind Sue Bird's 22 points, who before the game promised to pick up her offensive play with the loss of Lauren Jackson. Earlier in the day, Jackson had successful ankle surgery and walked out of the hospital. Team officials hope she might be ready for the second round of the WNBA playoffs. (However, those Aussies sure have a strange way of breaking good news.)

The Seattle Storm return to Key Arena tonight at 7:00 p.m. as the WNBA regular season draws to a close after pausing for the Beijing Olympics. At 17-9, the Storm are a half game in back of San Antonio for the Western Conference lead going into the final three weeks of play. The team faces a severe challenge, as star forward Lauren Jackson will miss the remainder of the season with an ankle injury. Jackson was the team's leading scorer, averaging just over 20 points per game.

THAT'S FUNNY, BITCHES: Chris Rock is one of those people who can just stand there and we'll laugh. But when he opens his mouth, forget it. We kind of laugh so hard we can't even hear what he's saying half the time, cycling through our various laughs from chuckle to cackle and snort. So you're probably glad we won't be at the Paramount tonight for his show. We'd just distract everything, and he'd probably make fun of us. Which would be funny.

Soccer Comes to Seattle: Seattlest was lucky enough, to catch the international friendly between Brazil and Canada at Qwest Field Saturday evening. Seeing an explosive game between well-matched teams, from some truly great seats, got us even more excited for the inaugural season of the Seattle Sounders FC. We hope the Sounders inspire a dedicated drum section like the Brazil team brought along. We don't know if we've ever been to a more exciting professional sports game. And they said soccer in the U.S. would never succeed...

After years of active avoidance, Seattlest went to our first-ever Storm game Saturday night. And it was the best sporting event we've been to this year.

Here in Seattle, it's a slow sports day. The only major local team in action is the Husky women's basketball team, who host Michigan tonight. It's high school basketball night, but there aren't any particularly compelling matchups.

Unless you count the grillers at Teddy Bear BBQ in Monroe, the Seattle Storm are the only local team with a world championship.