American detained in Russia sends letter to President Biden pleading for his help
Brittney Griner’s appeal to President Joe Biden in a handwritten letter continued to garner reaction Tuesday after the WNBA All-Star acknowledged she feared never returning home and asked Biden not “forget about me and the other American Detainees.”.
WNBA player Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russia, declines to enter a plea
WNBA player Brittney Griner has gone on trial in Russia for alleged drug charges. She has been held there since February. The basketball star declined to enter a plea but said she may do so at a later date. Charlie D’Agata reports.
news.yahoo.comUS basketball star Griner appears in Russian court
More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, a Russian court has set the start date of the criminal trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1. The Phoenix Mercury star was also ordered to remain in custody for the duration of her criminal trial. Griner had previously been ordered to remain in pretrial detention until July 2.
news.yahoo.comPutin World Lets Slip Sinister Master Plan for American Prisoners
GettyThe anti-American atmosphere in Russia is off the charts and now, the Americans who had the misfortune of ending up in Russian captivity are being used as pawns in the Kremlin’s cruel game. Basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia on alleged drug charges, as well as two U.S. veterans captured by Russian troops in Ukraine last week—Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh—are being portrayed by the Kremlin-controlled state media as bargaining chips in Russia’s crusade against the West.As G
news.yahoo.comWife of WNBA's Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday. The couple has not spoken by phone in the four months since Griner's arrest in Russia on drug-related charges. On Monday, she said she learned from her wife's lawyers a more distressing truth: Brittney Griner had actually tried to call 11 times over a period of several hours, dialing a number she'd been given at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, which the couple had been told would then patch the call through to Cherelle Griner in Phoenix.
news.yahoo.comBrittney Griner dominates, U.S. women run golden hoops streak to seven
Brittney Griner played very much like one of the best players on the planet Sunday, leading the U.S's women's basketball team to its seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a blowout victory over host Japan at Saitama Super Arena.