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...
by admin | Nov 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Diana Taurasi says she is constantly heartbroken over the situation her Phoenix Mercuryteammate Brittney Griner faces and suggested it may give WNBA players second thoughts about playing in Russia. Taurasi spoke to The Arizona Republic about the uncertainty of her...
by admin | Nov 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, more than a week after a Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a tweet that the...
by admin | Oct 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, a step that could move her closer to a possible high-stakes prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington. The eight-time all-star...
by admin | Oct 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA champion and international basketball star, Brittney Griner remains imprisoned in Russia for drug smuggling. With an appeal hearing only 11 days away, the WNBA star is reportedly losing hope that she will be released. According to USA Today, Alexandr Boykov,...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the 30-plus years I’ve covered Olympic figure skating, I thought I had seen and heard it all, from Tonya-Nancy to the French judge, from Russian cheating to, well, Russian cheating, most recently the Kamila Valieva scandal at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. But...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
College sports have made it easy for us to become skeptics. The administrators are overpaid, overmatched and aimless. Conferences devour each other like dinner after a day-long fast. Coaches and their agents have gamed the system to ensure unimaginable millions...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Cherelle Griner, the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, released a statement Friday night after meeting with United States President Joe Biden about efforts to secure her wife’s release from prison in Russia. Griner has been detained in Russia for 212 days since...
by admin | Sep 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
This week, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency announced the completion of its investigation of Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva without revealing its results but said that the next step in the excruciatingly delayed process would be to organize hearings in the case....
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ahead of the WNBA Finals beginning on Sunday afternoon, league commissioner Cathy Engelbert opened her press conference to give an update on the league’s commitment to bring Brittney Griner home. The Mercury star was arrested at a Moscow airport in February and...
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