Storm stars Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson are representing the US and Australia, repectively,  at the summer games in London. Bird and the USA have gotten off to a strong start, pulling away from Croatia and blowing out Angola.

After leading the Australian delegation as flag bearer during the Opening Ceremony, Jackson got to work on the court. Australia defeated host Great Britain in the opener, but fell to France in overtime.

The two are good friends, I asked Sue if they kept in touch and if they had a bet going on who’d defeat who…