Team USA players 'honor' teammate Brittney Griner at FIBA Women's World Cup
By Alasdair Howorth, CNN
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Team USA has new look, new coach and plenty of new faces for 2022 FIBA World Cup
Just over a week before USA Basketball travels to Australia for the 2022 FIBA World Cup, multiple faces of the storied program — some for the past two decades — are nowhere to be seen at the training camp in Las Vegas.
Brittney Griner weighs heavily on mind of Team USA as FIBA Women's World Cup begins
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'Gentle soul' Brittney Griner's fate on USA minds at basketball World Cup: Coach Cheryl Reeve
Brittney Griner was weighing heavily on the USA team at the basketball World Cup in Sydney and the jailed star's number 15 jersey would not be worn at the tournament. Griner, a standout when they won gold at the Tokyo Olympics last year, would normally be with the squad as they attempt to claim a fourth straight title and 11th overall, starting Thursday against Belgium. But the 31-year-old is instead in a Russian prison, sentenced to nine years in a penal colony after being arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing vape cartridges with a small amount of cannabis oil.
With Brittney Griner still in jail, WNBA players are skipping Russia
SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this offseason.
A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart lead U.S. women’s basketball roster for FIBA World Cup
A’ja Wilson, a two-time WNBA MVP, and Breanna Stewart, the Tokyo Olympic MVP, headline a new-look U.S. women’s basketball roster for the FIBA World Cup that starts Thursday in Sydney (Wednesday night in the U.S.).
With Brittney Griner in Russian jail, WNBA players skip popular off-season destination
Brittney Griner's highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country's invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting to take their talents elsewhere this off-season.
WNBA Power Rankings, Way-Too-Early edition: Where the Las Vegas Aces, Connecticut Sun and every other team check in
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The 2022 WNBA season ended with a franchise winning its first title. The Las Vegas Aces, who originated as the Utah Starzz when the WNBA debuted in 1997, won the championship Sunday, beating the Connecticut Sun 3-1 in the WNBA Finals, and the Aces show no signs of slowing down for 2023.