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 ...

Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of smuggling drugs into Russia, NPR reported. The WNBA star, 31, said that she did bring cannabis products into the country — where it is ...

Surveying her new surroundings in a Russian penal colony, the enormity of her prison confinement suddenly dawned on Brittney Griner, the WNBA star has told ABC. Speaking to ABC anchor Robin ...

After 2+ years of Brittney Griner’s arrest in Russia, the WNBA star is launching her new book, titled Coming Home. In the book, Brittney narrates her harrowing experience of being detained in ...

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.

Brittney Griner, was released from Russia after being imprisoned for 10 months. WNBA star Brittney Griner, who spent 10 months detained in Russia in 2022, is speaking out about the release of Evan ...

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's journey back to the Olympic Games, less than two years after she was released from a Russian prison in a saga that rocked American sport, has been applauded by her U.S. teammate ...

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.