An instrumental version of the national anthem played following the U.S. women’s basketball team’s gold medal win Sunday, and Griner cried. Her tears framed her round cheeks and streamed down her face. She was the only one on the medal stand so moved. Then again, she might have been the only woman on the podium who had to play through PTSD at these Olympics. And she probably was the only person in the arena who had served time in a Russian penal colony. Read More
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