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March 10, 2023
Brittney Griner's return to the WNBA will tip off ESPN's coverage of the league's 27th season when the Phoenix Mercury…
February 19, 2023
Brittney Griner, who was a free agent, re-signed with the Mercury on a one-year contract according to a person familiar…
February 12, 2023
WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday, joining a crowd of about 200,000 attendees.
February 2, 2023
Brittney Griner's return to the WNBA this summer after being traded in a prisoner swap in December with Russia has…
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December 13, 2022
Nneka Ogwumike will serve a third term as president of the WNBA Players Association after being re-elected.
Brittney Griner locs theGrio.com
December 12, 2022
When Griner leaves San Antonio, she won't go to her home in Phoenix, but to a place described as private…
Brittney Griner locs theGrio.com
December 9, 2022
Griner remarked, "I'm good," as she sat in the plane on her way home. She replied, "I'm happy," when asked…
December 8, 2022
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, American officials said.
November 18, 2022
WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers…
November 9, 2022
The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said…
Niesha Butler STEAM Champs thegrio.com
November 8, 2022
Niesha Butler is the founder of S.T.E.A.M. Champs, the first U.S. Afro-Latina Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics center.
Brittney Griner, theGrio.com
October 25, 2022
U.S. officials have noted that securing the WNBA player's release is a priority. A prisoner-swap is among the options.
October 6, 2022
Cherelle Griner says Brittney is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” facing a hearing in Russia for…
October 5, 2022
Former WNBA player Tiffany Jackson passed away on Monday at age 37 after a battle with breast cancer.
September 21, 2022
Griner’s legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the nation's top WNBA players opting to go…
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September 14, 2022
Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who has worked to secure the release of WNBA star…
August 22, 2022
"I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl," Rodman told NBC News of Brittney Griner's imprisonment.
August 15, 2022
Lawyers for Brittney Griner filed an appeal Monday against her nine-year sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported.
August 7, 2022
Following Brittney Griner’s sentencing in Russia to nine years in prison Thursday, WNBA players, coaches and fans locked arms.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner stands in a cage in a courtroom in Russia
August 5, 2022
Much of the disinformation about Brittney Griner circulating on social media and the news is meant to tug at the…