Brittney Griner

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August 3, 2022
In interviews with theGrio, advocates continue to call for a religious delegation to Russia to return Brittney Griner to the…
Brittney Griner, theGrio.com
July 28, 2022
Griner may be used as a pawn in negotiations between Russia and the U.S., but America's weed policies have been…
July 27, 2022
Brittney Griner testified at her drug possession trial in Russia on Wednesday that officials did not provide an explanation of…
July 27, 2022
The drug trial of WNBA star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia,…
July 15, 2022
A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner gave a Russian court a U.S. doctor's letter recommending she use medical cannabis…
LeBron James
July 14, 2022
If LeBron James wants to be a voice for social justice, as is his right, he should read up a…
July 14, 2022
American basketball star Brittney Griner was due back in a Russian court Thursday for trial after she pleaded guilty last week to…
July 11, 2022
Rapinoe showed support for Griner during Thursday's ceremony at the White House, where she received a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
July 11, 2022
A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and the rest of the WNBA All-Stars wore Griner's name and her No. 42 on the…
July 9, 2022
Nena Ogwumike, the president of the WNBA players’ association, joined Griner’s wife, Cherelle, for a press conference calling for mercy.
Brittney Griner, theGrio.com
July 8, 2022
As the Biden administration works to free Griner, her wife Cherelle Griner tells theGrio her "life" and "safety is at…
July 7, 2022
Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Britney Griner, tells theGrio she does not plan to watch Thursday’s hearing in…
July 7, 2022
President Biden called Griner’s wife, Cherelle, on Wednesday to tell her he is working to free the WNBA star as…
July 7, 2022
There's a growing chorus of calls for Washington to do more to secure Griner's release nearly five months after her…
President Joe Biden and Brittney Griner
July 6, 2022
President Joe Biden read to Cherelle Griner a draft of the letter he plans to send to the WNBA star…
July 5, 2022
Her appeal said she feared she might never return home and asked Biden to not "forget about me and the…
July 2, 2022
Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil.
June 27, 2022
More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Brittney Griner…
June 20, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on…
June 15, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, Russian state-run news agency Tass reported.