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Storm's Sue Bird out indefinitely with knee injury

By Jake Elman
Sue Bird is a three-time WNBA champion and 11-time All-Star. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Sue Bird is a three-time WNBA champion and 11-time All-Star. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo

May 21 (UPI) -- Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird is out indefinitely with a left knee injury, the team announced Tuesday.

Bird, 38, will undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove a fragment in her knee. The team did not announce when Bird will have that surgery.

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"I'm super disappointed to have to miss time with the team this season," Bird said in a statement. "There's nothing I want more than to be on the court with my teammates defending our title."

Bird is an 11-time WNBA All-Star and a three-time champion. She is the WNBA's oldest player.

Seattle also is without reigning WNBA MVP Brenna Stewart, who ruptured her right Achilles tendon in Europe this off-season. Stewart is expected to miss the entire season.

Head coach Dan Hughes also underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his digestive tract last week. A timetable has not been announced for his return.

Seattle begins its season against the Phoenix Mercury on Saturday.

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