MIAMI (AP) — Brittney Griner is testing the free agent market for the first time in her career. Brittney Griner (AP) The All-Star center is taking meetings starting Tuesday, Jan. 21, with multiple teams, according to her agent. WNBA executives were in Miami for the opening of Unrivaled to talk...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- US women's basketball star Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia for 10 months in 2022 before being released in a prison exchange, was not among the 12 players named on Sunday, Feb. 4, to a US national team squad. Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury (AFP/File photo) Griner, a...
NEW YORK (AFP) --Â Brittney Griner, who missed all of last season while imprisoned in Russia, was named Sunday, June 25, as a starter for the Women's NBA All-Star Game on July 15 in Las Vegas. Â *Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury. (AFP)* It was Griner's ninth career All-Star selection,...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Brittney Griner made an emotional return to women's basketball on Friday, May 19, playing her first competitive game in nearly two years following her incarceration in Russia. *Vice President Kamala Harris (Center) laughs while standing with Brittney Griner (TOP) and other...
WASHINGTON (AFP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner was headed home on Thursday, Dec. 8, after being freed from a Russian prison in a swap for Viktor Bout, the notorious arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death." In this file photo taken on July 15, 2022 US WNBA basketball...
YAVAS, Russia (AFP) -- The news that American basketball player Brittney Griner had arrived in the IK-2 penal colony in Mordovia, also known as the Russian "land of prisons", left locals rather unmoved. A staff member cleans the snow at the entrance of the penalty colony IK-2in the town of Yavas in...
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Joe Biden voiced hope Wednesday, Nov. 9, that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would negotiate "more seriously" to free basketball star Brittney Griner, who was sent to a penal colony just ahead of US congressional elections. In this file photo taken on August...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Russia is moving detained US basketball star Brittney Griner to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday, Nov. 9, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House. In this file photo taken on August 04, 2022, US Women's National Basketball Association basketball player Brittney...
Eccentric former NBA star Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in an effort to seek the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner, NBC News reported on Sunday. Brittney Griner (AFP) The network quoted Rodman as saying that he was hoping to fly to Russia this week in an attempt to help...
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers attends a game between the Lakers and the Phoenix Suns during the 2022 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 08, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP) NBA superstar LeBron James criticized US efforts to bring home Women's NBA star Brittney...
US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 7, 2022. (AFP) The families of US basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan have asked veteran hostage negotiator Bill Richardson to seek their release from...
US basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug smuggling charges in a Russian court but denied intending to break the law in a case that has further inflamed tensions between Moscow and Washington. US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki...
