Team USA players 'honor' teammate Brittney Griner at FIBA Women's World Cup
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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.
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President Joe Biden meets with wife of Brittney Griner to show detained WNBA star is 'front of mind'
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met on Friday with Cherelle Griner, wife of Brittney Griner, and reassured her that he is working to gain the WNBA star's freedom.
Brittney Griner’s family to meet Biden at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House announced Friday.
Family of imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner to meet with U.S. President Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
President Joe Biden to meet with family of Brittney Griner at White House, per report
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, senior administration officials told The Associated Press.
I'm an NCAA champion female swimmer and we have to protect girls, women from Biden's destruction of Title IX
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