The United States women’s basketball national team has dominated the Olympics for two decades. Team USA has won seven consecutive gold medals on the Olympic stage and has not lost a game since 1992. It has already clinched a spot in the Knockout Round of the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Japan and Belgium to start […]
How USA basketball star Brittney Griner advocated for Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap with Russia
With the 2024 Olympics taking place in Paris, United States women’s national team star Brittney Griner has returned to compete overseas for the first time since being wrongfully detained in Russia for 10 months in 2022. Ahead of Team USA’s second game in Paris, American Paul Whelan was released from Russia as part of one […]
Where is Brittney Griner? Explaining Mercury star’s absence in Phoenix’s season opener vs. Aces
One of the WNBA’s biggest draws will be absent at the season’s opening salvo. Mercury standout Brittney Griner is slated to miss out on Phoenix’s regular-season opener against the Aces. The 10-year veteran will miss opening day after sustaining a toe injury ahead of Tuesday’s clash, the franchise announced on Monday. It’s unclear when she […]
Brittney Griner 20/20 interview: WNBA star wanted to bring fellow Russian prisoner Paul Whelan back with her
Brittney Griner underwent a long journey after being arrested in Russia in February 2022 and held in detention for 10 months. The WNBA star was sentenced to nine years in prison for carrying a small amount of cannabis oil. She was sent to a penal colony in the Russian republic of Mordovia and was forced to cut her […]