Earl Thomas, Kyle Seager, Clint Dempsey, Obafemi Martins, Shaq Thompson, the University of Washington crew and the Seattle Seahawks triumph at  the Super Bowl are among the nominees for the MTR Western Sports Star of the Year Awards at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle.

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Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson Monday underwent emergency surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her right knee as well as her left Achilles tendon. Jackson, 32, will sit out the 2014 season, according to a statement released Wednesday by the team. It will be the second season in a row Jackson has missed because of injuries.

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Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird will undergo surgery on her right knee this spring -- date undetermined -- and will miss the entire WNBA season, the team's head coach and general manager, Brian Agler, announced Tuesday.

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The Seattle Storm went more than half of the 2012 regular season without all-star forward Lauren Jackson.

She will miss all of 2013.

According to a statement released Wednesday by the Storm, the Australia native will remain at home to rehabilitate her injured hamstring.

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Art Thiel is LIVE from the red carpet at the 78th Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards at Benaroya Hall.

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After struggling in silence with the injury in the second half of the season, Sue Bird had successful surgery to repair the torn labrum in her left hip, replicating the same surgery the Seattle Storm star had a her right hip a year ago, the club said Friday.

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The final shot of the game was given to Lauren Jackson, the three-time WNBA most valuable player. This time, it became the final shot of the Seattle Storm's tumultuous season because Jackson missed the 10-foot baseline jumper, which gave the Minnesota Lynx a harrowing 73-72 triumph Tuesday night in Minneapolis and a 2-1 playoff series victory.

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Whatever happens in the final game of the playoff series between the Seattle Storm and the Minnesota Lynx Tuesday night in Minneapolis, the Storm will always have Game 2.

When she arrived home from KeyArena Sunday night, Sue Bird gloried in the phone calls and text messages celebrating the Storm's remarkable double-overtime, 86-79  triumph that put a big cheesy grin on a season that had been largely frowns and grimaces.

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Despite gimpy stars and long odds against the defending champs, the Storm came up big late, stunning the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx 86-79 in a double-overtime playoff thriller Sunday night at KeyArena, extending Seattle's season at least one more game.

Sue Bird, seeming to forget the pain in her hip as the grueling game wore on, scored 22 points, including a pair of threes in the second OT that broke the will of the Lynx.

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No one, including the star herself, is willing to offer up how physically limited Sue Bird will be when she takes the KeyArena court at 6 p.m. Sunday for what could be the Storm's final game of 2012.

But it's unlikely she's any healthier than Friday, when she had eight points and five turnovers in the Storm's 78-70 loss in Minneapolis that made the Sunday game against the defending champion Lynx do or die for Seattle's WNBA season.

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An icy cold Storm settled in Minneapolis's Target Center Friday, and it froze out Seattle's chances for a dramatic upset win in its WNBA playoff opener.

The Storm missed its first eight shots and never overcame the start, giving the Minnesota Lynx a wire-to-wire, 78-70 triumph and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series that moves to Seattle for the second game Sunday.

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After a wildly discordant WNBA season, Brian Agler has herded his cats into one spot for one good win, from which he hopes to claw to a second.

"We know we won our last three because we kept a focus on improving, not worrying about the (regular-season) record -- nothing more than that," the Storm coach said by phone from his hotel room in Minneapolis Wednesday. "If we play good basketball, we can do this."

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A discombobulated regular season came to successful end for the Storm, finishing with a 71-57 win in Phoenix Sunday afternoon, the third win in a row to help build a little momentum for the WNBA playoffs starting Friday.

Coach Brian Agler kept the minutes down for Lauren Jackson (12) and Sue Bird (19) against the helpless Mercury, which finished with seven losses in a row as part of a franchise-worst 27-loss season.

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The Storm raced to a 21-point, second-quarter lead, then weathered a San Antonio rally that closed the gap to four before Seattle settled down for a 84-75 triumph Friday night that saw Lauren Jackson return after a three-game injury absence.

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Game: San Antonio Silver Stars (20-12) at Seattle Storm (14-18). When: 7 p.m. Friday. Where: KeyArena.  Series: San Antonio 2-1. TV: None. Radio: KPTK 1090 AM

Since the Storm is already locked into its first-round playoff match-up, the final two regular-season games are mostly meaningless -- unless the Storm has a desire to pull its act together.

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The return of Sue Bird had a calming influence on the Storm and made for an easy conclusion to a franchise record-tying, four-game losing streak Tuesday night with a wire-to-wire, 75-60 triumph over the Chicago Sky at KeyArena.

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Game: Chicago Sky (13-18) at Seattle Storm (13-18). When: 7 p.m. Tuesday. Where: KeyArena.  Series: Chicago, 1-0. TV: None. Radio: 1090 AM

For the glass half-full crowd, the Storm in its most recent game almost beat the Connecticut Sun, a top-tier WNBA team, without injured stars Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird.

For the glass half-empty crowd, the Storm, losers of eight of its past 11, is waiting too long to gear up for the playoffs.

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The Storm rested their stars again Sunday, and again the Storm lost. At least it wasn't a blowout. Renee Montgomery made two free throws with 14.4 seconds left to help give Connecticut a 60-58 win at KeyArena, the fourth loss in a row for the Storm, which again did not play Sue Bird or Lauren Jackson.

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Game: Connecticut Sun (22-9) at Seattle Storm (13-17). When: 6 p.m. Sunday. Where: KeyArena. Series: Seattle, 1-0. TV: KONG. Radio: 1090 AM

Apparently the Storm has decided to get well before attempting to get better.

Returning home Sunday after a a four-game road trip whose last three games were defeats by an average of 21 points, the Seattle Storm won't know until game time whether Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson will play.

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Missing their two Olympians, Sue Bird (hip flexor) and Lauren Jackson (strained hamstrong) with injuries, Friday night in San Antonio, the Storm had almost no shot.

After a 25-20 lead after first quarter, the Storm collapsed, 90-66, to end a four-game road trip with three consecutive losses. The Storm have lost seven of their past 10 despite the return of Bird and Jackson. Bird missed her second game in a row.

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