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WASHINGTON — After the White House secured the release of WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner from Russian prison in early December — the U.S.’s second prisoner swap of the year with Russia — it committed to bringing home all other Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan

He was asked whether the NBA should split revenue with the WNBA like U.S. soccer does with the men’s and women’s teams.

Now that Brittney Griner is safely home after being detained in Russia, we’re looking back at the highlights from this year in the WNBA, college basketball and beyond.

The impact of the Mercury center's nine-month detention in Russia will have a ripple effect that touches every part of the sports world.

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Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

The WNBA star urged fans to join her in sending letters to the former Marine who remains behind bars in a Russian prison.

Hardly a day passed in 2022 when a headline that ran across the ticker on ESPN wouldn't have been out of place on CNN or Fox Business

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner called on her supporters to write letters to Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine held in Russia, days after she was released from a Russian penal colony as part of a prisoner swap.

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.