Tag: Brittney Griner
Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap
By ERIC TUCKER and MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia freed  on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian...
US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison
By ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, just weeks after a Russian court rejected...
Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against...
Griner’s absence from World Cup weighing on US teammates
By DOUG FEINBERG
SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s absence is weighing on the minds of her USA Basketball teammates, who are trying to fill the...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
By JIM HEINTZ
-- MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug...
Russian judge sentences WNBA’s Griner to 9 years in prison
By JIM HEINTZ --
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A judge in Russia has convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in...
Griner lawyer: WNBA star had doctor’s note for cannabis use
By JIM HEINTZ --
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave...
US demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner
The United States stepped up its push Friday for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia on allegations...