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Brittney Griner signs deal to return to Phoenix Mercury: Report
Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian penal colony last December as part of a prisoner swap, has signed a one-year contract to play for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, ESPN reported on Saturday.According to the report, which cited a source, the 32-year-old free agent signed the deal on Saturday to return to the only WNBA team she has played for since they selected her with the first pick in the 2013 draft.The Mercury, who open their 2023 WNBA season on May 19 at the Los Angeles Sparks, did not immediately respond when asked by Reuters to confirm the ESPN report.Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and eight-time Women's National Basketball Association All-Star, was arrested in February 2022 at an airport outside Moscow for carrying vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.
Silver doesn't 'buy into' load management being an NBA problem
SALT LAKE CITY — NBA commissioner Adam Silver pushed back on the notion that load management is a problem in today's NBA, saying «I don't buy into» the idea that players should simply just be playing more.
NBA All-Star 2023 - Thank the Elam Ending for the thrilling fourth-quarter finish in Salt Lake City
AMONG THE SELLOUT crowd packed into Chicago's United Center for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, Nick Elam and Jon Mugar couldn't believe what they were witnessing.
Adam Silver, NBPA chief say new CBA 'absolutely a priority'
SALT LAKE CITY — NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Tamika Tremaglio both insisted it is «absolutely a priority» for the two sides to come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement ahead of the March 31 mutual opt-out date of the current CBA.
WNBA star Brittney Griner set to return to Phoenix Mercury on 1-year contract: report
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Brittney Griner re-signs with Mercury: reports
Brittney Griner is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury.
Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant defend trade requests - Good for NBA
SALT LAKE CITY — Back in the same place just a couple of weeks after their individual trade demands brought an end to a tantalizing era of Brooklyn Nets basketball, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving defended their decisions.