“We do understand that there are still people out here who are enduring what I endure the last nine months of missing tremendously their loved ones,” Cherelle added. “So, thank you everybody to their support and today is a happy day for me and my family, but I’m going to smile right now.” On Dec. 8, Brittney was […]
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WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner is free Thursday after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer, according to a senior administration official. President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates, even though […]
Washington CNN — WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday. A source familiar with the matter tells CNN that the swap involves convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. “Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner,” Biden tweeted. “She is safe. She is […]
As efforts for a prisoner swap to bring WNBA star Brittney Griner home continue, her prison sentence will begin at one of the worst prisons in Russia. According to a report from The Nation (via TMZ), the conditions Griner will be facing at the penal colony in Yavas – about […]
A Russian appeals court is hearing the case of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced in August to nine years in prison in what the U.S. has called a wrongful detention. Griner, 32, was attending the hearing in the Moscow Regional Court early Tuesday via video conference from the detention […]
“Words that I deeply regret now overshadow nearly two decades of building organizations that brought people together — and strengthened the Phoenix area — through the unifying power of professional men’s and women’s basketball,” Sarver, the managing partner of both teams, said in a statement. Sarver had hoped the suspension […]
CNN — The Las Vegas Aces were given a heroine’s welcome by thousands of fans in Vegas on Tuesday after winning their first ever WNBA title. The championship parade started at Caesars Palace and ended at a stage in front of the fountain at the Bellagio. The celebrations were led […]
Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal problems in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine have prompted top WNBA to take their talents elsewhere this offseason. For the past few decades, Russia has been the preferred offseason destination for WNBA players because of salaries that can exceed $1m and the resources […]