Tuesday began with the WNBA announcing it would honor Mercury star Brittney Griner with a decal of her initials and jersey number on the courts of all 12 teams this season. By midmorning, the State Department had reclassified Griner’s status in Russia as wrongfully detained.
The change signals the U.S. government has moved past waiting for Griner’s legal situation to play out and will begin to negotiate for her return.
