Seattle’s Sue Bird makes WNBA All-Star team

NEW YORK — Seattle's Sue Bird will start in the WNBA All-Star Game in front of her home crowd after she was selected Tuesday as a starter. Bird will be making her 10th All-Star appearance, tying her with Tamika Catchings, who retired last year, for most in WNBA history. [...] because the game is being held in Seattle and I'll get to represent my team and city, but also the fans, the other players in the league and the media were the ones that chose. Parker was tied with teammate and Stanford alum Nneka Ogwumike in votes by players and select media members but received more fan votes to earn the starting position. For the first time, fans accounted for 50 percent of the vote to determine the starters; players and a media panel accounted for 25 percent each. Tiffany Mitchell of Indiana was second in the fan voting but 10th in the media voting and 14th in player voting, so she wasn't named a starter, unlike in previous years. "The fans have always had a big hand in selecting who our All-Stars are," WNBA President Lisa Borders said.