Tag: Olympic gold medalist
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...
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...
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...