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WNBA Stars Turn Focus to Brittney Griner During League’s All-Star Weekend: ‘It’s Hard for All of Us’

by admin | Jul 12, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The WNBA took over Chicago this weekend for the league’s All-Star weekend, but in between celebrating the best and brightest in women’s basketball, the focus of the weekend was on detained WNBA star, Brittney Griner. “Yeah, every now and then...

Megan Rapinoe pays beautiful tribute to Brittney Griner at Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony

by admin | Jul 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The two-time World Cup champion received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from president Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House Thursday (7 July). She is the first soccer player to receive the honour, and she – alongside Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles – is...

Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia

by admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday to bringing hashish oil into Russia, telling a judge that she had done so “inadvertently” while asking the court for mercy. The move is not expected to end her trial in Khimki, Russia, anytime...

Brittney Griner Writes to White House Appealing for Freedom: ‘Don’t Forget About Me’

by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

WNBA star Brittney Griner wrote a letter directly to the White House and President Joe Biden appealing for help in obtaining her freedom from Russia. Excerpts from the letter were released by representatives of Griner, per ESPN’s T.J. Quinn. Read...

WNBA star Brittney Griner appears in Moscow-area court for trial on cannabis possession charges

by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW

American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington. The initial...

Brittney Griner’s wife: Effort to free her doesn’t match the rhetoric

by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, the American basketball star who is being held in Russia, says the actions to bring Griner home have not matched the rhetoric surrounding her situation so far. Read More

Russian court likely to convict, sentence Brittney Griner on drug charge. Then what?

by admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner’s trial for allegedly taking hashish oil into Russia is scheduled to begin Friday. At that point it will have been 134 days since the WNBA star was taken into custody while trying to enter the country through a Moscow-area airport. She faces 10...

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...

Brittney Griner to attend preliminary court hearing behind closed doors, lawyer says

by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW

WNBA star Brittney Griner will attend a preliminary court hearing in the Moscow region Monday, her lawyer Alexander Boykov told CNN. Griner has been held in Russia since February 17 on accusations of alleged attempted drug smuggling and has been officially classified...

WNBA star Brittney Griner recognized as honorary All-Star amid Russian detainment

by admin | Jun 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA has announced it will honor Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia, as an honorary All-Star for its upcoming All-Star exhibition game. In a statement on Wednesday, league commissioner Cathy Engelbert said it was the right...
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