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Brittney Griner, Phoenix Mercury teammates confronted at airport by 'provocateur,' WNBA says
June 11, 2023 9:50 am
The WNBA added charter flights for the playoffs this season, but only a handful of back-to-back regular-season games were scheduled for such flights.
Brittney Griner plays in WNBA for first time since Russia detention
May 13, 2023 12:30 pm
The two-time Olympic gold medalist was released from a Russian penal colony in a high-profile prisoner exchange with the United States late last year after she was arrested in February 2022 on drug charges.
Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury
February 19, 2023 11:07 am
Griner, who was a free agent, re-signed with the Mercury on a one-year contract according to a person familiar with the deal.
'I want to talk': Griner opened up during her long trip home
December 11, 2022 11:00 pm
“I have been in prison for 10 months now, listening to Russian. I want to talk,” Griner said, according to Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, who helped secure the basketball star’s release and bring her back to the U.S. last week.
Brittney Griner back in US for first time in 10 months
December 10, 2022 3:03 pm
Brittney Griner was detained at an airport near Moscow on Feb 17.
Russia says Viktor Bout part of prisoner swap plans with US: Who is this 'merchant of death'
November 20, 2022 9:51 am
How was Viktor Bout, whose life inspired a Hollywood movie, captured and convicted by the US? Why does Russia want him back?
Russian court upholds U.S. basketball star Griner's 9-year drug sentence
October 25, 2022 7:07 pm
Griner and her lawyers had asked for acquittal or at least a reduction in her sentence, which they said was disproportionate to the offence and at odds with Russian judicial practice.
Russian court hears appeal by Brittney Griner against 9-year sentence
October 25, 2022 2:57 pm
Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
Kremlin says Griner swap must be discussed without publicity
August 05, 2022 7:00 pm
A judge convicted the 31-year-old athlete Thursday of drug possession and smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison.
WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years
August 05, 2022 10:25 am
Defense attorney Maria Blagovolina told reporters later that Griner was "very upset, very stressed. She can hardly talk.
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