Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. It's been a long road for Brittney Griner. The WNBA star, now 32, was detained in Russia on Feb. 17, 2022, for allegedly possessing cannabis oil in her ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison, on charges of smuggling drugs into the country. Griner's lawyers said, in a statement shared with PEOPLE, that the ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner is sharing her story for the first time about spending 10 months in a Russian prison in a special edition of 20/20. In a clip of the emotional interview, Griner shared ...

Griner, who had been playing for Russian powerhouse UMMC Ekaterinburg ... For the first time in nearly three years, Brittney Griner will be playing organized basketball during the WNBA offseason.

The State Department claims Griner was “wrongfully detained.” In February, Russian officials arrested Griner at a Moscow airport and took her into custody on cannabis-possession charges ...

The Biden administration announced this week that it had successfully negotiated the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner from Russia through a prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Watch some of the first recorded video of Brittney Griner after she boards a charter plane and begins her return home to the United States.

“Brittney Griner does not want to be famous,” her ... “As I sit here in a Russian prison,” she wrote, “alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends ...

In July, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. had submitted a proposal to Russian authorities for WNBA player Brittney Griner and Whelan's joint release. The proposal included ...

Brittney Griner became the first player in Unrivaled history to dunk in a game Monday night then shared the moment with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie.

Brittney Griner was named to her ninth WNBA All-Star team in 2023, including her honorary appointment during the 2022 season when she was detained in Russia. Brittney Griner won the 2012 NCAA ...