Brittney Griner

4 Griner was given a. 1 She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco Texas.

Who Is Brittney Griner The Us Basketball Star Detained In Russia

Brittney Yevette Griner born October 18 1990 is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Womens National Basketball Association WNBA.

. The WNBA superstar will likely face slave-like conditions and daily torture at the facility. A Russian musician who spent 2 years in a penal colony told MSNBC what Griner should expect. 2 3 She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2000 points and block 500 shots.

WNBA star Brittney Griner may be most known for her current imprisonment in a Russian jail. Griner was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Brittney Griner an eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year was found guilty of drug charges in Russia and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in August.

Griner was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on Feb. But the basketball legend has more to her story. Brittney Griner has been moved to a Russian penal colony where shell serve her 9-year prison sentence.

1 day agoWNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention President Joe Biden said Thursday. 17 after Russian authorities said she had vape cartridges with cannabis oil inside her luggage. 13 hours agoBrittney Griner who was seen with closely cropped hair in images of her swap for arms dealer Viktor Merchant of Death Bout was not forced to chop off her signature dreads she cut them.

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