But things have since changed. Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was infamously in prison in Russia for most of 2022. She was arrested at a Russian airport for having cannabis in her ...

Before her stint in a Russian prison, Brittney Griner had been outspoken about being on the court during the National Anthem, ...

This happened while Griner was in Russia to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg during the WNBA off-season, a trip she had made many times ... sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine of one million ...

U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison in early August after being convicted of bringing marijuana with criminal intent into the country in ...

Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court and President ... all their starters on the bench. LeBron James had “productive” discussions with the Lakers about ...

Ms Griner, a three-time WNBA league champion and seven-time All-Star, was seen arriving handcuffed at a court in the town of Khimki, outside Moscow. She faces 10 years in prison. The US says she ...

"I understand everything that's been said against me, the charges that are against me and that is why I pled guilty but I had no intents ... Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is ...

Ms Griner, a star centre for the Phoenix Mercury, had landed at the Sheremetyevo airport ... She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on drug charges. The US embassy in Russia did ...

Griner had been detained in Russia after flying into the country a week ahead of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, when authorities found a small amount of hashish oil in two vape cartridg ...

Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for ... Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her luggage, but said ...

He was sentenced to more than three years in a Russian prison ... after about five months. I had been holding out hope that something similar would happen in Griner’s case.