Griner was released this week in a prisoner exchange with Russia, where she has been detained since Feb. 17 and was sentenced to nine years in Russia prison after she was found guilty of drug charges. The U.S. classified Griner's case as "wrongfully detained" in...
Washington and Moscow have kept diplomatic channels open since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, despite the dire state of bilateral relations. They agreed on a prisoner swap last month in which U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed was freed from prison in Russia, whe...
[01:52.20]Officials said the prisoner exchange [01:54.72]happened in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. [01:59.16]Griner was arrested on February 17, [02:02.64]but the news did not come out until March. [02:0...
In a disappointing result for the basketball powerhouse, the United States finished in fourth place at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, leaving the competition empty-handed for the second straight time. Germany won gold after going undefeated throughout the tournament, Serbia took silver, and Ca...
Army shows WNBA star Brittney Griner arriving at Kelly Field in San Antonio following her release in a prisoner swap with Russia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Brittney Griner said she’s “grateful” to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA...
and an extraordinarily rare public revelation by the Biden administration that it had made a “substantial proposal” to bring home Griner and another detained American, Paul Whelan, the case resolved last week with a prisoner swap in which the WNBA star was exchanged in the United Arab ...
The Phoenix Mercury star had been playing for a Russian club during the WNBA offseason when she tried to return home and was detained on drug charges last February. Thursday, she was freed and reunited with wife Cherelle in a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap. Other Americans remain detained, ...
first game internationally since she spent time in a Russian prison in 2022 after she was sentenced to nine years in jail for drug possession and smuggling. Playing for her country again was a far-fetched idea at that point. Ten months later, she was free after a high-profile prisoner ...
Griner was released this week in a prisoner exchange with Russia, where she has been detained since Feb. 17 and was sentenced to nine years in Russia prison after she was found guilty of drug charges. The U.S. classified Griner's case as "wrongfully detained...
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