Brittney Griner - Wikipedia
Griner was named to the national team for the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 in Tokyo), where she won her second gold medal. [2] She won her third consecutive gold medal with Team USA at the 2024 Olympics in France. She is also a two-time FIBA Women's World Cup winner with Team USA (2014 and 2018).
Brittney Griner | Biography, Basketball, Russia, Trial, Sentence ...
4 days ago · Brittney Griner (b. 1990) is an American basketball player who is one the game’s leading centers, especially known for her play with the Phoenix Mercury, which she helped win a WNBA championship (2014).
Brittney Griner to test the market for the first time in career as …
4 days ago · Brittney Griner is testing the free agent market for the first time in her career. Her agent says the All-Star center is taking meetings starting Tuesday with multiple teams. Menu. ... Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball game between the Lunar Owls and the Mist, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Medley, Fla. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson) Read More. 2 of 4 |
Brittney Griner bio: Age, height, hometown, family, fun facts | NBC ...
Oct 18, 1990 · Brittney Griner has become a true household name. She has dominated every level of basketball she's ever played. From setting records as a high schooler and breaking men’s and women’s records as a collegiate athlete, to earning WNBA titles and all-star appointments at the professional level, there's nothing that Griner hasn't accomplished.
Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia and her …
May 6, 2024 · Griner has now written a new memoir, Coming Home, in which she recounts being mentally and physically humiliated by guards, of the constant pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into...
WNBA star Brittney Griner opens up about harrowing Russian …
Apr 23, 2024 · Griner, 33, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a nine-time WNBA All-Star who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was detained on Feb. 17, 2022, at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki after she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country.
Brittney Griner still adjusting after Russian prison ordeal. WNBA …
May 6, 2024 · Brittney Griner says since her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago that she has used her platform as a WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist to advocate for the return of other Americans detained overseas.
Brittney Griner Talks Candidly About Her New Book, Russia and …
May 2, 2024 · Less than two years ago, Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in Russia, sewing uniforms for the Russian military and subsisting on spoiled food. She...
Brittney Griner: Who is the freed US basketball star?
Dec 8, 2022 · American basketball star Brittney Griner has been released after nearly 10 months in Russian custody, as part of a long-rumoured prisoner exchange brokered by officials in Washington and Moscow.
Who is Brittney Griner and why has she been detained in Russia?
Jul 14, 2022 · American basketball star Brittney Griner could face up to a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to drug possession charges at a Russian court. Griner has been detained in Moscow since February after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in …