Sue Bird Apologizes With 'My Bad on the Red' at Storm Game

sue bird apologized after showing up at the Seattle Storm’s preseason game in a bright red cardigan. She wrote, "My bad on the red," after attending the game against the Portland Fire on Wednesday evening.

Sue Bird and Seattle Storm

The Storm beat the Portland Fire 91-81 on Wednesday night, and Bird’s post turned a routine preseason appearance into the evening’s sharpest off-court moment. She was drafted first overall by Seattle in the 2002 WNBA draft, then built a résumé that includes four WNBA championships and 13 All-Star selections.

That background is what made the outfit apology land so cleanly. Bird is retired now, but she still carries the team history that made a red cardigan an obvious miss in a building tied to Seattle’s own colors.

Portland Fire Game Night

Bird’s post came on Instagram Story, the same channel she used to own the mistake in a single line. The red cardigan stood out because it was the wrong color for the matchup, and she did not try to dress it up any further.

Earlier this month, Bird and Megan Rapinoe announced that they had broken up. They wrote, "After a lot of thought, we've made the decision to separate as a couple." They added, "This hasn't been an easy decision, but it's one we've made together, with so much love, respect, and care for each other."

They also said, "We've shared a whole life over the last decade, through big moments and in quiet ones, and that is something we'll always carry with us." For Bird, Wednesday night was a small public misstep inside a much more visible stretch of her life, and she handled it with a brief apology instead of turning it into anything larger.

Bird's Instagram Story

The result on the court was straightforward: Seattle won 91-81. Bird’s apology was even simpler, and that is why it stood out — one line, one color, one mistake, posted before the night could be read any other way.