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Inside Brittney Griner’s first season after Russian detainment

Brittney Griner sat down behind a microphone at Phoenix’s Footprint Center in late April, clad in a black T-shirt, pants and sneakers while wearing a familiar smile that hadn’t been seen in her home arena in a year and a half.

In her first meeting with the media since returning to the United States in December 2022 after a 10-month detainment in a Russian prison, Griner showcased her typical sense of humor — she referred to longtime teammate Diana Taurasi as a “walking fossil.” Griner almost seemed like the same person as the one who played her last game with the Phoenix Mercury in the 2021 WNBA Finals. Read More

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