WNBA star Brittney Griner will be skipping the Phoenix Mercury’s upcoming stretch of road games in the Midwest so the all-star centre can “focus on her mental health”, the team announced over the weekend.
The WNBA player was held in a Russia prison for nearly a year on drug charges before being freed in a prison swap in December last year, where the US negotiated her released and sent arms dealer Viktor Bout back to Russia.
