Brittney Griner says she went to Russia to make $1 million a year—and spent 10 months in detention

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Re-entering the basketball court, Brittney Griner is back and pushing for change. In her first press conference since she was released from being detained in Russia for nearly 10 months, Griner made it clear that she won’t leave the country for work again—but pointed out that not everyone has the resources to make that call. 

“I’m never going overseas to play again unless I’m representing my country at the Olympics,” she said. “If I make the team, that would be the only time I would leave U.S. soil.”