Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

Bird — whose paternal grandparents immigrated to the US from what is now Ukraine in the early 1900s and changed their surname from “Boorda” to “Bird” — also holds Israeli citizenship.

Sep 12, 2018; Washington, DC, USA; Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) dribbles the ball against the Washington Mystics during the second quarter in game three of the WNBA Finals at Eagle Bank Arena.

(photo credit: BRAD MILLS-USA TODAY SPORTS)

ByEMILY BURACK/JTA

JULY 22, 2021 01:34

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Sue Bird will be Team USA flag bearer at Olympics opening ceremony

Bird — whose paternal grandparents immigrated to the US from what is now Ukraine in the early 1900s and changed their surname from “Boorda” to “Bird” — also holds Israeli citizenship.

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