Percy Allen

5 days ago | seattletimes.com | Percy Allen

One of the biggest questions the Storm needed to answer during training camp was who replaces Jewell Loyd, their six-time WNBA All-Star guard who forced a trade in January that ended a 10-year tenure, which netted league championships in 2018 and 2020. Perhaps unwittingly, the Storm began preparing for the post-Loyd era late last season when Gabby Williams, the team’s dynamic wing, arrived for the final 12 regular-season games.

5 days ago | seattletimes.com | Percy Allen

In a moment of candor, former Washington Huskies star Quincy Pondexter shrugged his shoulders and expressed a bit of remorse following his first game at Alaska Airlines Arena as an opponent. “I had tears in my eyes the whole first half,” said Pondexter, an assistant with the USC men’s basketball team after the Trojans clobbered the Huskies 85-61 last December. Five months later, Pondexter is returning to Montlake … again.

6 days ago | tri-cityherald.com | Percy Allen

May 6-It didn't take long for Dominique Malonga to showcase a facet of her unique skill set that made her the No. 2 overall pick in last month's WNBA draft. Three days after arriving from France and midway through her first workout with the Storm, the 19-year-old phenom flushed a dunk during a drill that left spectators in awe and sent a jolt through the practice facility. "(It) kind of gave us some energy within the drill that we were doing," coach Noelle Quinn said.

6 days ago | bellinghamherald.com | Percy Allen

May 6-It didn't take long for Dominique Malonga to showcase a facet of her unique skill set that made her the No. 2 overall pick in last month's WNBA draft. Three days after arriving from France and midway through her first workout with the Storm, the 19-year-old phenom flushed a dunk during a drill that left spectators in awe and sent a jolt through the practice facility. "(It) kind of gave us some energy within the drill that we were doing," coach Noelle Quinn said.

1 week ago | theolympian.com | Percy Allen

May 5-Richard "Dick" Crews, a sports pioneer who was the first Black player on the Washington men's basketball team, died early Monday morning in hospice after battling with Alzheimer's and dementia. He was 89. Crews, a 5-foot-11 point guard, made history 70 years ago when he integrated a UW team coached by Tippy Dye in 1955. In a Seattle P-I story published in 2004, Crews said Dye received pressure to kick him off and keep him on the team.