Storm Chasers Chat (WNBA)

Recently, I was invited to discuss the Seattle Storm and the WNBA on KVRU 105.7 FM. Maggie Mertens hosts The Forecast , a Weekly show covering Women’s Sports in Seattle. I was the special guest a couple of weeks ago, and we talked about everything going on with the WNBA, the CBA negotiations, the Storm’s new Head Coach, the potential roster makeup, and more. The interview goes for nearly 40 minute...

Ahead of tonight’s final regular season game between the Seattle Storm and the Golden State Valkyries, the Seattle media interviewed Storm Coach Noelle Quinn. Quinn was asked about the mindset going into this final game, about Gabby Williams’ Defensive Player of the Year campaign, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episod...

Ahead of tonight’s game between the Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm, I had the chance to ask Coach Noelle Quinn a couple of questions about Ezi Magbegor and a potential playoff preview between the Lynx and Storm. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormchasersbasketball.com/subscribe

The Seattle Storm hosted several media members for a virtual press conference with Storm General Manager Talisa Rhea and Head Coach Noelle Quinn. Myself and other media members spent roughly 30 minutes asking questions. The topics include the bullying and harrassment claims, the team’s roster additions, specifics about the new players, team needs, the draft, and more. You can watch the full press...

The Seattle Storm 2024 season is officially over after they were eliminated by the Las Vegas Aces. During the team’s final post-game press conference for this season, I thought there were multiple eye-opening quotes from Coach Noelle Quinn and players Gabby Williams and Nneka Ogwumike. This podcast includes a quick summary and the post-game interviews with WNBA media. This is a public episode. If...

With the WNBA season starting this week I wanted to reach out to other WNBA reporters to talk about their teams as the regular season quickly gets underway. In this episode, I speak with Hunter Cruse, who covers the Atlanta Dream with The Next. My Around the W: Columns cover the entire WNBA and this podcast episode will focus on the Atlanta Dream - their training camp, preseason games, roster cons...

With the WNBA season starting this week I wanted to reach out to other WNBA reporters to talk about their teams as the regular season quickly approaches. In this episode, I speak with Kareem Copeland, a journalist with the Washington Post who covers the Washington Mystics. My Around the W: Columns cover the entire WNBA and this podcast episode will focus on the Washington Mystics - their training...

I’ve done a lot of reporting on the Seattle Storm and how their training camp and preseason games have gone. I wanted to reach out to other WNBA reporters to talk about their teams. In this episode, I speak with Myles Ehrlich, Senior Writer at Winsidr who covers the New York Liberty. My Around the W: Columns cover the entire WNBA and this podcast episode will focus on the New York Liberty - their...

I wanted to reach out to other WNBA reporters to talk about their teams as the regular season quickly approaches. In this episode, I speak with Annie Costabile, a journalist with the Chicago Sun-Times who covers the Chicago Sky. My Around the W: Columns cover the entire WNBA and this podcast episode will focus on the Chicago Sky - their training camp, preseason games, roster construction, and more...

I’ve done a lot of reporting on the Seattle Storm and how their training camp and preseason games have gone. I wanted to reach out to other WNBA reporters to talk about their teams. In this episode, I spoke with Eliav Gabay who covers the Phoenix Mercury and Mitch Hansen who covers the Minnesota Lynx. My Around the W: Columns cover the entire WNBA and this podcast episode is the first this year fo...

This week the Seattle Storm opened Training Camp and I was able to attend the first day of practice. With the South Carolina Gamecocks winning their third National Championship this year and the Storm having two players in training camp that helped South Carolina win their first title in 2017, I wanted to take the time to interview Alaina Coates and Kaela Davis so that we could discuss the South C...

Over this past week the 2024 WNBA Draft took place. On top of that, the Seattle Storm organization had their grand opening for their brand new Center for Basketball Performance. The Storm selected Nika Mühl out of UConn with the 14th overall pick and Mackenzie Holmes with the 26th overall pick. I interviewed Coach Noelle Quinn and General Manager Talisa Rhea about those draft picks. Then later in...

On Monday, the Seattle Storm introduced their two big off-season additions from Free Agency in Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith. After their press conference, I got to interview both players as well as Seattle Storm Coach Noelle Quinn and General Manager Talisa Rhea. The interviews last more than 30 minutes. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribe...

The Seattle Storm handed the Los Angeles Sparks a very damaging defeat on Thursday night by a final score of 72-61. This currently knocks the Sparks out of the playoffs as of tonight. They also no longer control their own destiny after losing back-to-back games to the Sky and the Storm. Seattle was led by Jewell Loyd who scored 25 points. Sami Whitcomb added 14 points as the only other player to r...

The Seattle Storm fell just short to the Indiana Fever on Thursday evening by a final score of 90-86. Jewell Loyd led the Storm with 32 points, including 19 in the 4th quarter. Ezi Magbegor contributed with a double-double of 19 points and 13 rebounds. Indiana was led by the 36 points from Kelsey Mitchell. NaLyssa Smith and Aliyah Boston both produced double-doubles as one of the brightest young f...

The Seattle Storm dropped another game to the Chicago Sky. This time by a final score of 90-85. The frustrating part was that Seattle led the entire way until the final minutes of the 4th quarter. They were outscored 22-10 over the final 10 minutes and didn’t make a single basket over the final five minutes of the contest. Jewell Loyd and Sami Whitcomb led the team with 19 points each. However, Lo...

Here are today’s pregame audio interviews with Jewell Loyd, rookie Jordan Horston, and Coach Noelle Quinn. We covered a lot of things specific to the Minnesota Lynx matchup, season progress, discussion on Jordan and Ezi Magbegor and more. Interview questions by myself, Mazvita Maraire, and Percy Allen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

In this episode of Storm Chasers Chat , there was a lot to talk about. I discuss the team’s back-to-back games against the Los Angeles Sparks. They lost the first game 92-85 on Saturday and then rallied to win 66-63 this past Tuesday. The Storm have also made a big roster move waiving Forward Kaila Charles. There are reports they’ve signed a new player that you’ll hear about in the episode. The tw...

In this episode of Storm Chasers Chat , I interviewed Sami Whitcomb and Arella Guirantes after the Seattle Storm’s games against the Dallas Wings and the New York Liberty . Seattle is still looking for their first WNBA win of the season but the team has seen improvement from the first week of the season. During the interviews, I spoke with Sami about her getting an opportunity at the point guard r...

After the Seattle Storm dropped their season opener to the Las Vegas Aces 105-64 , the team looks to regroup against their next opponent the Dallas Wings. This week I was able to interview Kia Nurse and Kaila Charles to learn more about what the team has been focusing on in practice this week. I wanted to get their initial scout on the Dallas Wings prior to Friday’s game. I spoke with Kia Nurse ab...

For this episode of Storm Chasers Chat, I was out at the Seattle Storm’s practice facility watching Day 1 of WNBA Training Camp. I wanted to meet the five new rookies and get to know them a little better. I thought Storm fans would enjoy hearing their personalities and some of the things the newest players are interested in. Those five new players are Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, Jade Melbourne, Madi...

For this episode of Storm Chasers Chat I had the opportunity to speak with Seattle Storm General Manager Talisa Rhea. I wanted to discuss the team’s moves in Free Agency and the WNBA Draft right before WNBA Training Camp begins at the end of the month. The interview is roughly 20 minutes long as we discussed Seattle’s approach to Free Agency. The additions of new players Arella Guirantes, Jasmine...

The Seattle Storm and the Las Vegas Aces begin their highly anticipated playoff series this Sunday down in Las Vegas. The two teams met in the 2020 WNBA Finals with Seattle coming away with the championship. This year, the Aces will be favored to win it all as they hold the #1 overall seed in the playoffs. Can Seattle pull off the upset? This week I had the opportunity to interview players from bo...

The Seattle Media just got done speaking with Coach Noelle Quinn prior to tip-off against the Las Vegas Aces. The game starts at 12:00 PM and airs nationally on ABC. Listen to the full interview before the game starts! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormchasersbasketball.com/subscribe

I’m trying to do a better job of also including audio content along with all of my written work. I was able to speak with Coach Noelle Quinn prior to tip-off for tonight’s game against the Phoenix Mercury. Instead of trying to transcribe the interview, I’m uploading the audio for everyone to listen to that’s interested. I spoke with Coach Quinn about the emotions of this game being the last time S...