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Group of Seattle Women Buy WNBA's Storm

Posted Jan 9, 08 10:29 AM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – Though the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics could be on the way to Oklahoma City, the WNBA's Storm appears set to remain in the Emerald City thanks to a deal by four local women to buy the women's basketball franchise. The foursome, which includes a pair of Microsoft executives, will pay Sonics owner Clay Bennett $10 million, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

The new ownership group has until the end of February to finalize the deal and get league approval. "I thought, 'Wow!' I never thought about this and never thought about doing it with all women," one of the women said. "It's not just keeping the team in town, it's the fact we're doing it with women leadership."
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Anne Levinson, Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel and Ginny Gilder, from left, finish a news conference announcing the planned purchase of the WNBA's Seattle Storm basketball team, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Seattle....   (Associated Press)
Former Seattle Deputy Mayor Anne Levinson addresses a news conference announcing the planned purchase of the Seattle Storm by a group of investors, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in Seattle. The group of Seattle...   (Associated Press)
New Seattle Storm owners Dawn Trudeau, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Anne Levinson, from left, hold team jerseys with their names as they pose following a news conference announcing the planned purchase...   (Associated Press)
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