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Brittney Griner’s recently upheld nine-year sentence to be served in a Russian penal colony, let’s admit, evokes some horrifying images and brings to mind Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.” Set in a Soviet...

The 14-year-old Isabella Escribano is known as "Jiggy Izzy" to her 240,000+ social media followers. The teenage basketball prodigy, who trained with a number of NBA greats including Kobe Bryant, will play for the U15 Mexican national basketball team. The youngest to ever...

The Phoenix Mercury played its first playoff game of the postseason last week without their star center, Brittney Griner, who is sitting in a Russian penal colony following her nine-year sentence for inadvertently carrying less than a gram of cannabis oil in her suitcase...

In March, Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia for possession of cannabis oil. That arrest has turned into a nine-year prison sentence and been one of the most talked about international stories of 2022 in a battle between Russia and the United States. While the arrest has highlighted rules on...

President Biden called Brittney Griner’s sentence "unacceptable" on Thursday after the WNBA superstar was given a nine-year prison term following her conviction on drug charges. "Today, American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more...

Becky Hammon, an American-Russian professional basketball coach and a six-time WNBA all-star player who represented Russia at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, made a plea to President Vladimir Putin to "do the right thing" and quickly release Brittney Griner...

Once again, Russian prosecutors called a state narcotics expert who analyzed the cannabis oil found in Griner’s luggage when she was detained on February 17 at a Moscow airport where she was returning to finish the season with the women’s basketball team with whom Griner has...

News broke recently that the United States is considering a prisoner swap with Russia that would see the handover of a Russian prisoner in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Here’s what Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks of the proposal. What Happened: Arrested in March 2022...

Brittney Griner's hearing in a court outside Moscow ended Thursday without a verdict. Defense attorneys will continue to argue her case on Friday, one week after the WNBA star pleaded guilty to having cannabis oil in her suitcase when she was detained at a Moscow...

As the White House continues to insist Brittney Griner is being “wrongfully detained” even after she pleaded guilty to entering a Moscow airport on February 17 with cannabis oil in her suitcase, the Biden administration hangs on tightly to its anti-legalization stance here in...

Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges as her trial continued in a Russian court on Thursday. She admitted to bringing cannabis oil into the country saying she had packed in a hurry and did not intend to break the law.  "I'd like to plead guilty, your honor. But...

Cherelle Griner released a statement Wednesday following a phone call with President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris saying, "I am grateful to the both of them for the time they spent with me and for the commitment they expressed to getting BG home." Cherelle Griner had been...

The beloved annual basketball video game from 2K Sports announced its cover athlete and more details this week. Here’s a look at who will be on the cover, who will be on a limited-edition cover and what gamers should expect. What Happened: The highly anticipated NBA 2K23 video game from...

Brittney Griner handwrote a letter to President Biden, which was delivered to the White House on the 4th of July. The WNBA superstar told the president that she fears she’ll be detained in Russia indefinitely and pleaded for him not to forget about her...

Brittney Griner was escorted into the courtroom in handcuffs wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt, her long dreadlocks neatly pulled back, her eyes intense but expressing little.  Though press access was strictly controlled, a gaggle of reporters gathered in front of the Khimki City Court...