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The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

Steph Curry Speaks About Brittney Griner At SI’s Sportsperson of the Year Awards

Curry opened his speech at the 2022 SI’s Sportsperson of the Year Awards by expressing his thoughts on Griner’s return home.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 9, 2022

Brittney Griner’s Family Issues Statement Following Her Release

The WNBA star was released from Russian custody Thursday after 294 days.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 9, 2022

Who is Paul Whelan, the former US marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018?

As news broke that US basketball star Brittney Griner had been released from Russian prison in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, US officials didn't mince words: "This was not a choice of which American to bring home".

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

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Bill Plaschke: An American is coming home. So why are so many Americans upset Brittney Griner is free?

LOS ANGELES — An American who has been wrongfully detained for 10 months in brutal Russian prisons is coming home.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 9, 2022

WNBA commissioner ‘overjoyed’ following Brittney Griner’s release from Russian penal colony

Shortly after Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke about the star’s long-awaited arrival and possible return to action on the court.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 289 of the invasion

Brittney Griner freed in prison swap; Putin vows to continue attacking energy systems

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022

Micah Parsons Nicknames Trend After Brittney Griner Tweets

The Cowboys linebacker apologized for the various tweets he sent out Thursday.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 9, 2022

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Why getting Whelan freed from Russia is proving harder than Griner

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

How the Biden admin says the prisoner swap that freed Brittney Griner happened

"It was a choice between bringing home one particular American — Brittney Griner — or bringing home none."

Axios · Dec 8, 2022

Griner swap wasn't what US hoped for, but what it could get

The one-for-one swap involving Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout was not the one that U.S. officials had hoped to negotiate or were willing to accept

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

WNBA Players Will Receive Guidance From League on Playing Abroad

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert weighed in on the future of players choosing to play overseas following the release of Brittney Griner.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2022

Video Emerges of Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout Prisoner Swap

The WNBA star was released Thursday morning in an agreed-upon exchange between the U.S. and Russia.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2022

Brittney Griner Has Finally Been Released

While Griner's release is welcome news, it's important to remember the thousands of Americans imprisoned for drug offenses here in the U.S.

Reason · Dec 8, 2022

Donald Trump, who ignored Paul Whelan for two years, says deal to return Brittney Griner to US was ‘stupid’

Mr Trump did not mention Mr Whelan’s name a single time during the two years he was held in Russia on his watch, nor did he bring up the former US Marine during a 2019 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

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Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Blinken says he spoke to sister of detained American Whelan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken on Thursday to the sister of Paul Whelan, the ex-U.S. Marine who is being detained in Russia, on the same day that a prisoner swap releasing U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner was announced.

ABC News · Dec 8, 2022

The Loop: Men charged over international cyber investment scam, national cabinet to meet over energy prices — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

Miami Herald · Dec 8, 2022

Greg Cote: Brittney Griner freed from Russia, but others still held, and WNBA responsibility remains

MIAMI — A heart-warming, feel-good story dressed up in a “she’ll be home for the holidays” narrative. Brittney Griner’s release from Russian detention on Thursday in a prisoner exchange was all of that. Wife Cherelle could not stop smiling, calling herself “overwhelmed with emotion” and saying, ”My family is whole…

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

Dawn Staley issues statement on Brittney Griner’s release from Russia

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap, according to multiple news sources, including President Joe Biden.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer · Dec 8, 2022

Women’s basketball world cheers Brittney Griner’s release: ‘God’s grace is sufficient’

PHILADELPHIA — Throughout the 10 months that WNBA star Brittney Griner spent in detention in Russia, Dawn Staley was one of the biggest champions of getting her free.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

WNBA star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in one-for-one swap for arms dealer

President Joe Biden announced that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from detention in Russia, celebrating her one-to-one swap for a notorious arms dealer who had been convicted and imprisoned in the United States.

Axios · Dec 8, 2022

Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner?

The U.S. announced the prison swap Thursday.

Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2022

Griner’s release raises fresh concerns about fate of Paul Whelan

As US welcomes release of basketball star Brittney Griner, calls grow to free other US citizen detained in Russia.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2022

Timeline: Everything Leading Up to Brittney Griner’s Release From Russia

After being detained for 10 months, a prisoner swap has released her from Russian custody.

WEKU · Dec 8, 2022

Biden vows to bring longtime detainee Paul Whelan home from Russia too

The former U.S. Marine has been held in Russia since 2018. As supporters celebrate Brittney Griner's release, they — Whelan himself included — are wondering why he was left behind.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2022

Morning Mail: police reject Lehrmann case ‘smears’, Warner ball-tampering claim, Sussexes’ doco drops

In today’s newsletter: union calls for judicial inquiry into handling of Brittany Higgins case; sensational claim about cricket scandal; Harry and Meghan accuse media of ‘destroying’ them

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