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Brittney Griner Tears Up Remembering Her Suicidal Thoughts in Prison in Clip from First Interview (Exclusive)

by admin | Apr 29, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner will open up in detail about her Russian detainment for the first time in a new interview airing during a special edition of 20/20 on May 1. The WNBA star, 33, has answered questions about her detainment before, but she has yet to agree to a sit-down...

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping suspension upheld, positioning U.S. for gold

by admin | Jan 31, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has granted requests by the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union to suspend Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years dating from before the 2022 Beijing Olympics, following her positive test for a...

Brittney Griner’s return, Aces win back-to-back titles and more: Top 10 WNBA moments that fueled our fandom in 2023

by admin | Dec 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA had plenty of moments that fueled our fandom in 2023, from Brittney Griner’s return to the court to the Aces’ back-to-back titles to league expansion. Here are the top 10 moments of 2023. Read More

3 fascinating details from ESPN report on Brittney Griner’s time in Russian prison

by admin | Dec 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW

On the one-year anniversary of Brittney Griner’s release from Russian custody, ESPN published a lengthy, detailed story on the WNBA star’s arrest, her time in prison and the efforts to bring her home. Griner, a nine-time all-Star with the Phoenix Mercury,...

Brittney Griner Working to Join USA Team for Paris Olympics Following Her Russian Detainment

by admin | Oct 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner may be returning to the U.S.A. Basketball Women’s National Team. On Thursday, the U.S. Basketball team announced the two-time gold medalist will be joining the Olympic training camp and two exhibitions, thereby taking the next step to cement her...

Russia’s Kamila Valieva goes to court while U.S. skaters seethe without medals

by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Nineteen months after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test kept the 2022 Beijing Olympics’ team figure skating medals from being awarded, nothing has been resolved. Valieva’s eligibility still is being debated, and the medals remain in storage....

Inside Brittney Griner’s first season after Russian detainment

by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

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...

Brittney Griner’s return to WNBA is an act of defiance, activism for other detainees

by admin | May 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

You cannot be imprisoned for 10 months, wrongly detained in desperate conditions millions of miles from home and not knowing when you’ll see your loved ones again, and not carry the scars. You can see their faint outlines when Brittney Griner says, emphatically, that...

One year later, still no medals in disputed Beijing 2022 Olympic team skating event

by admin | Feb 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

It’s a not-so-happy Olympic anniversary this week. A year ago, Russia won the team figure skating event at the Beijing Winter Games, powered by teenage phenom Kamila Valieva. But her subsequent positive drug testmarred the Games and left the team results in...

Svetlana Romashina, seven-time Olympic champion artistic swimmer, retires

by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Russian Svetlana Romashina, the most decorated artistic swimmer in Olympic history with seven gold medals, announced her retirement at age 33. Romashina entered seven Olympic artistic swimming events and won all of them, starting in 2008. She won four Olympic titles...
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