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Aug 8, 2021 · Megan Rapinoe gave fiancée Sue Bird a kiss after basketball star won her fifth gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, postponed to 2021. Rapinoe and Bird met at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de ...
- Ronnie Koenig
Aug 8, 2021 · Soccer star Megan Rapinoe was on hand to celebrate with her basketball-playing fiancée Sue Bird on Sunday for her history-making victory at the Tokyo Games. Rapinoe shared in a celebratory kiss...
Jul 7, 2019 · The co-captain of the USWNT, 34, celebrated her hard-earned (and well-deserved) victory after the game, finding her WNBA girlfriend Sue Bird on the sidelines and sharing a celebratory kiss.
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- August 2016: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Meet at The Olympics and Start Dating
- Sue Bird Comes Out as Gay and Announces Her Relationship with Megan Rapinoe
- June 2018: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Pose For ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue
- July 2019: Sue Bird Defends Megan Rapinoe Against President Donald Trump
- July 7, 2019: Sue Bird Supports Megan Rapinoe as She Wins The World Cup
- October 17, 2019: Megan Rapinoe Says She Is Sue Bird's "Number One Superfan"
- June 21, 2020: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Host The 2020 Espy Awards
- October 23, 2020: Megan Rapinoe Opens Up About Her Relationship with Sue Bird
- October 30, 2020: Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Get Engaged
- November 5, 2020: Megan Rapinoe Reflects on Spending The Pandemic with Sue Bird
While doing press for NBC at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rapinoe and Bird happened to cross paths. What followed was a memorable meet-cute. "She was in her basketball uniform and she had her hair down," Rapinoe later recalled to NBC Sports. "We kinda crossed and she was like, 'Oh, hey! Ready for your game?' " Bird chimed in, "I was like, 'ha-ha … fun...
While Rapinoe publicly came out as gay in 2012 via an OUT magazine feature, Bird did not come out until 2017. "I'm gay. Megan's my girlfriend. ... These aren't secrets to people who know me," the WNBA star told ESPNW, per Bleacher Report. "I don't feel like I've not lived my life. I think people have this assumption that if you're not talking about...
After nearly two years of dating, Rapinoe and Bird posed nude together for ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue. They were the first same-sex couple the magazine ever featured. "I think it's important to do these things first. It's important for people to come out. Visibility is important," Rapinoe told ESPN The Magazine at the time. "I feel like [there ...
In July 2019, Rapinoe said in a video that she would not go "to the f------ White House"if the U.S. women's national soccer team won the World Cup that season. President Donald Trump responded to the video in a series of tweets about Rapinoe and the soccer team. Bird was quick to jump to her girlfriend's defense with an essay titled "So the Preside...
Later that month, Rapinoe won her second World Cup trophy as Bird watched from the stands. After the final whistle, the soccer player ran to the stands and kissed Bird in celebration.
In October 2019, Rapinoe opened up about her special relationship with Bird in an interview with PEOPLE. "We are huge fans of each other. I have become, like, a Seattle Storm number one superfan, of course," Rapinoe said. "I think it is just the understanding of what we have to go through and the appreciation of, you know, each other's skills and l...
On June 21, 2020, Rapinoe and Bird joined forces to host the annual ESPY Awards alongside fellow Seattle-based athlete Russell Wilson. The online show featured recorded acceptance speeches along with a segmentabout racial injustice, during which both Rapinoe and Bird spoke about the importance of taking a stand.
The soccer player spoke to PEOPLE in October 2020 about the status of her relationship, sharing, "We've talked about [marriage], definitely. I think in the future, for sure." "We're not like, 'Oh, let's just — ' but I always tell her that if she were ever to break up with me or want to, that's totally fine, that's your choice," Rapinoe added. "Just...
Just one week after Rapinoe told PEOPLE that she'd be open to marrying Bird, the couple announced that they were officially engaged. The news came in the form of a captionless post on Bird's Instagramthat showed Rapinoe down on one knee next to Bird, who was standing in the pool.
In another interview with PEOPLE, Rapinoe said Bird was a source of strength for her during the pandemic. "I think Sue's ability to stay in the moment and steady us both and be that rock for us both during all of this and have that really pragmatic approach of, 'This is just what it is. We're going to make the best of it and do what we can. And tha...
- Meg Walters
Aug 8, 2021 · The engaged lovebirds shared a kiss after Sue won her fifth Olympic gold medal with Team USA during a basketball game against Japan and excitingly ran up to her fiancée in the stands.
Aug 1, 2023 · U.S. women's national soccer team and World Cup star Megan Rapinoe is engaged to WNBA legend Sue Bird. Here's a timeline of their love story.
Aug 8, 2021 · Sue Bird and her fiancée, US Women National Team’s Megan Rapinoe, celebrated the basketball star’s Olympic gold medal win with a kiss. See the photo.
