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WNBA star Brittney Griner released by Russia in prisoner swap for arms dealer

by admin | Dec 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout. “She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way...

WNBA star Brittney Griner on way to Russian penal colony, lawyers say

by admin | Nov 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW

American basketball player Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia in what the U.S. calls a wrongful detention, is being moved to a penal colony, her attorneys said Wednesday. “We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final...

Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard, Aces star A’ja Wilson call for Brittney Griner’s return

by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson hated what she saw when the first images of her Olympic teammate and Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner were published by the Associated Press on Monday. They showed Griner, who’s been detained in Russia since being...

What Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia tells us about basketball’s gender pay gap

by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Basketball star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since February, when vape cartridges containing hashish oil were allegedly found in her luggage. “The reality is, she’s over there because of a gender issue — pay inequity,” said Nneka...

Commentary: Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia again exposes male-female gap in sports

by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The strange case of Brittney Griner raises all sorts of perplexing questions. Is one of the best women basketball players in the world a political pawn in the standoff between two antagonistic superpowers? Is she being treated like anyone else who allegedly violated...

WNBA free agency 2022 grades: Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm, Los Angeles Sparks score high marks

by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

WNBA free agency has become almost a season of its own for a few weeks every February since salary changes in the collective bargaining agreement in 2020 enhanced player movement. Most of the moves have been made now, with one major exception: Free agent guard...

Recent WNBA coaching hires set a standard for league’s future

by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

After the 2021 season, Breanna Stewart predicted the WNBA’s free-agency -period would be the most thrilling since the league and the players’ union agreed to a new collective-bargaining agreement in 2020. Stewart didn’t factor in the bombshell coaching hires that...

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