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Fans invited to join Storm's "Stormin' for the Cure" team

April 21, 2006 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Seattle Storm News Release


SEATTLE - The Seattle Storm today announced that its official race team, "Stormin' for the Cure" presented by Virginia Mason Medical Center, will participate in the 2006 Puget Sound Race for the Cure®. Fans are encouraged to join the "Stormin' for the Cure" race team to help set new team participation and funds-raised records. All of the "Stormin' for the Cure" team's proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Fans can register for the "Stormin' for the Cure" team online by logging on to storm.wnba.com. The registration fee is $25 and includes a pink Storm/Virginia Mason Medical Center water bottle.

Earlier this month, the Storm and the Puget Sound affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation announced that Seattle All-Star guard Sue Bird will serve as the local honorary chair of the Puget Sound Race for the Cure®.

The 2006 Puget Sound Race for the Cure® will take place at Qwest Field and at the Qwest Exhibition Center on Saturday, June 17. The race gathers more than 15,000 runners and walkers for the 5K and 1K events. Participants in the race include breast cancer survivors, co-survivors, advocates, teams and individual participants. The race is sponsored locally by Chevron and by 30 additional local sponsors in the Puget Sound region. To register for this year's Race, participants can log on to komenpugetsound.org or call 206-633-0303.

On Friday, June 23, the Storm's 7 p.m. game against the San Antonio Silver Stars at KeyArena will be themed as Breast Health Awareness Night and presented by Virginia Mason Medical Center. Before the game and throughout the evening, breast cancer survivors will be celebrated and honored for their strength and inspiration. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game in support of the cause, as Storm and Silver Stars players will wear pink Breast Health Awareness t-shirts during their pregame warm-ups.

2006 Facts about breast cancer - provided by the Susan G. Komen Foundation

- 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. - In the United States, every 3 minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer and every 13 minutes a woman will die of breast cancer. - 80% of all breast cancers occur in women with no known risk factors. - Washington has the highest incidence of breast cancer in the country.

Facts about the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Komen is a global leader in the fight against breast cancer and the world's largest private funding source for breast cancer research and community outreach programs. Since its incorporation in 1993, the Puget Sound Affiliate has raised over $14M for breast health education, screening and treatment for medically underserved women and families in Western Washington. In 2005, the Puget Sound Race for the Cure® raised over $1.2 million for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment in the Puget Sound region. 75% of funds raised through the Puget Sound Race for the Cure® remain in the region to benefit medically underserved women. The remaining 25% is invested into the Komen Foundation's National Research Program, which funds cutting edge breast cancer research at the national level.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. The Foundation is a national organization with a network of volunteers working through local affiliates and Komen Race for the Cure® events fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. Today, the Komen Foundation, with its dedicated network of volunteers and over 112 Komen Race for the Cure® events nationwide, is the world's leading catalyst in the fight against this devastating disease. The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® is the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world.

The Storm will open their 2006 season against Western Conference rival Los Angeles at KeyArena on Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. The following Tuesday, May 23, Seattle will host the Houston Comets at 8 p.m. at the Key. The Storm vs. Comets game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. For information on 2006 Storm tickets, call 206-217-WNBA or log on to storm.wnba.com.

The Seattle Sonics & Storm organization manages the Puget Sound region's professional basketball franchises - the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics and the WNBA's Seattle Storm. The organization oversees all sales, marketing, finance, public relations and basketball operations for the teams. The Basketball Club of Seattle LLC owns both teams.

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