Sue Bird talks about her role in US women’s basketball
WNBA legend Sue Bird talks about her future role in U.S. women’s basketball.
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Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird have announced their separation.
Rapinoe and Byrd made the announcement in a joint statement on Instagram on Friday, April 17, saying, “There really is no smoother or easier way to share this news. After much consideration, we have made the decision to separate as a couple.”
The former professional athletes said it was not an “easy decision” but one they made together “with great love, respect and compassion for each other.”
Bird, a Hall of Fame basketball player and five-time Olympic gold medalist, and Rapinoe, a fellow gold medalist and two-time World Cup champion soccer player, met at the Rio Olympics and began dating in 2016. The two announced their engagement on Instagram in October 2020.
“For the past 10 years, we have shared our lives together, in both the big and quiet moments, and we hope to continue to do so,” Bird and Rapinoe said in a statement. “We are so grateful for this amazing community that has supported us, welcomed us, and supported us as who we are. So many of you have reminded us over and over again why it’s important to love out loud.”
Bird, 45, and Rapinoe, 40, founded the A Touch More production company together and share a joint podcast of the same name. They released an update on the status of the podcast in a statement, revealing its termination.
“It has been an incredible joy to create A Touch More: The Podcast and build a network around it,” they said. “The conversation, the laughter, the connection, it means more than we can put into words. This chapter of doing the podcast together is over, but what we’ve built with you guys isn’t. Thank you for being with us through it all…it means the world to us.”
Contact USA TODAY national women’s sports reporter Sydney Henderson at chenderson@gannett.com and follow her at X. @CydHenderson.
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