“We don’t typically endorse endorse candidates, but these are NOT typical times,” one of the Storm’s co-owners tweeted.

The Seattle Storm endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president and vice president on Wednesday, a rare formal backing of a political campaign by a professional sports organization.  

Ginny Gilder, one of the team’s co-owners, tweeted Wednesday that she and co-owners Lisa Brummel and Dawn Trudeau are endorsing the Biden-Harris presidential ticket.

“We don’t typically endorse candidates, but these are NOT typical times. #Force4Change,” Gilder tweeted

“There is no doubt who we support in this election. For ourselves. For our family and friends. For our business. For our country. For our future. Vote for Biden/Harris,” Trudeau tweeted.

While sports team-owners providing generous donations to major political candidates is commonplace, a major American sports team formally endorsing a ticket appears to be an extraordinary occurrence.

According to FEC data, both Brummel and Trudeau appear to have