Storm

A small cluster of fans had to be corralled behind a strip of red ribbon outside the Storm’s hotel in Minneapolis today. Thought for a moment that it might be because guard Sue Bird was in the restaurant’s bar watching World Cup soccer with French teammate Edwige Lawson-Wade, whose country was playing Switzerland. But, no, it’s because the Boston Red Sox are in the same hotel, arriving Monday evening.
The Red Sox begin a three-game series tonight at the Metrodome against the Minnesota Twins. And when a few of those players spotted the autograph seekers outside on the sidewalk, they immediately went back into the hotel and sat in the lobby complaining about signing autographs.
Now that’s something you don’t hear from WNBA players.