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Brittney Griner breaks silence following Russian prisoner swap, vows to return for upcoming WNBA season

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WNBA star Brittney Griner spoke out for the first time Friday since returning to the U.S. nearly 10 months after she was arrested and sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for drug smuggling, vowing that she will return to the court this season to play.
Published 3 months ago

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Brittney Griner says she will advocate for Americans detained abroad, resume career

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who on Friday left an Army medical center where she had been recuperating following her release from a Russian penal colony as part of a prisoner swap, said she would work to help bring other detained Americans home and planned to resume her WNBA career.

3 months ago·United Kingdom
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Brittney Griner says she'll play basketball in Arizona again

Brittney Griner said she's 'grateful' to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Her comments came a week after she was released from a Russian prison, freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange.

3 months ago·Toronto, Canada
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Brittney Griner announces plans to return to basketball in 2023

Brittney Griner said she's "grateful" to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Her comments came a week after she was released from a Russian prison, freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange.

3 months ago·Canada
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Brittney Griner speaks out for first time since her release from Russian prison

The WNBA star thanked President Joe Biden and called for continued efforts to bring Paul Whelan home

3 months ago·London, United Kingdom
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'So Good To Be Home:' Brittney Griner On Release From Russia

US basketball star Brittney Griner said Friday in her first remarks since being released from a Russian prison that it was "so good to be home" and vowed to play again for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

3 months ago·New Delhi, India
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Brittney Griner says she 'intends to play' basketball for Mercury in the WNBA this season

In her first public comments since her release from a Russian penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner says on social media that she plans to play.

3 months ago·United States
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