"President welcomes the WNBA Champion Seattle Storm to the White House" (video)

WhiteHouse.gov, video (06:38):

President welcomes the WNBA Champion Seattle Storm to the White House.

"Seattle Storm meets with President Obama at White House"

KING 5 NEWS:

President Barack Obama welcomed the WNBA champion Seattle Storm to the White House Rose Garden Wednesday morning. The Storm swept the Atlanta Dream last September.

Howie P.S.: I'm on the lookout for video. Meanwhile, here's a longer story from Pam's House Blend.

Hey Seattle, We Have a Championship!

Photo by Erika Schultz (Seattle Times)

Full details here about Friday's celebration, starting @ 7pm. Greet the team when they arrive back in Seattle on Delta flight 2129 at 1:20 p.m. Park in the main airport terminal parking garage, cross the skybridge and follow signs towards the South Ground Transportation Lot.

Seattle Storm: BRING IT!!

"Seattle Storm WNBA Finals Game Day: Game 1 Dream At Storm (ABC, Noon)"---(SeattleSBNation.com):

After the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty, a friend asked, “Would it be a disaster if this year’s WNBA Finals was boring after last season’s got so much attention as the best ever?”

With the Seattle Storm being so dominant all year long, it was somewhat difficult to imagine that the Dream could really contend with them. Moreover, given the Dream’s gritty style of play – predicated quite a bit on energy and scrappiness during the regular season – it definitely seemed like this would be series not made for television, Angel McCoughtry’s 42 points aside.

“Well it’s gonna be a battle of wills – who can impose their will, who can be the hungrier of the two teams and get the ball in their possession,” said Storm assistant coach Nancy Darsch. “It’s not gonna be pretty basketball all the time, but that’s the way it is in the playoffs: it’s a battle.” MORE...