by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Brittney Griner enjoyed the freedom of walking in tribute to Martin Luther King Jnr. on Monday. The WNBA star, 32, who was released from a Russian penal colony on Dec. 8, took part in a march in Pheonix, Arizona alongside her wife, Cherelle Griner. Read...
by admin | Jan 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Russian Anna Chicherova, the 2012 Olympic high jump champion who was stripped of a separate Olympic medal for doping, reportedly said she retired at age 40. Chicherova said she submitted retirement plans to Russian officials last month and plans to continue to play a...
by admin | Jan 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW
On December 8, grainy footage showed WNBA star Brittney Griner landing in San Antonio after being released from 294 days in Russian detention. Griner wore a beanie over her hair that had been chopped off to avoid freezing conditions at the remote Russian penal colony...
by admin | Dec 28, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With Brittney Griner now safely back home for the holidays, the conversation has shifted. In an interview with TMZ, ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson was not asked about her captivity in Russia—but rather why she was there in the first place. Like many WNBA players,...
by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The reason Brittney Griner is the sports story of the year, isn’t solely because of her bravery while being “wrongfully detained” in Russia. It isn’t just that she became a symbol of strength that unified large swaths of the sports world and...
by admin | Dec 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After spending more than 10 months in custody in Russia, Brittney Griner was back on the basketball court Sunday. And the first thing she did was dunk. While staying at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where she landed following a prisoner swap last week, the two-time...
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...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
At some point today, 2018 WNBA MVP and two-time champion Breanna Stewart will fire off a tweet. It will be nearly identical to the tweet she posted yesterday, and the day before, and every day for a few months. The only difference will be the incremental change of a...
by admin | Nov 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and agent said Thursday. Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 210 miles east of Moscow. Her lawyers said they...
by admin | Nov 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Katie Ledecky who broke her second world record of the week. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to Russia who sent WNBA star Brittney Griner to a penal colony.
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