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Russia Claims It Is Holding WNBA Star, Identified as Brittney Griner, in Custody

The player, identified as Mercury standout Brittney Griner, has reportedly been detained since February.

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WNBA's Brittney Griner arrested in Russia on drug charges

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia last month at a Moscow airport after a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner: Russia says it has American WNBA star in custody

Russian customs officials claim the basketball player had hashish oil in her luggage

The Independent UK

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Brittney Griner: American women’s basketball superstar detained in Russia

Brittney Griner, one of America’s most decorated women’s basketball players, has been detained by Russian Federal Customs Service authorities

The Guardian - US

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert Says League Can’t Fund Charter Flights for Full Season

Engelbert: “We’re not going to jeopardize the financial health of the league and be irresponsible.”

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WNBA schedule includes 25 regular season games broadcast nationally across ABC, ESPN

The Sky’s first national broadcast on one of Disney’s networks doesn’t come until May 22 against the Washington Mystics on the road.

Chicago Sun-Times

Report: Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley Returning to United States After Leaving Russian Team

On Sunday it was reported that several WNBA players were considering leaving Russia.

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Sarah Valenzuela: WNBA fined Liberty $500,000, considered terminating franchise after owners put players on charter flights: report

NEW YORK — The WNBA considered terminating the Liberty franchise. All because the owners of the team regarded their players the same way as their NBA counterparts.

Tribune News Service

The WNBA punishing the Liberty for flying its players on chartered flights is just the league getting in its own way

This doesn't make any sense

USA Today Sports Media Group

WNBA fines New York Liberty $500,000 for using chartered flights to road games: report

The league’s collective bargaining agreement states that teams are to fly commercial to road games, and players must receive “premium economy” seating if available. But beginning in August, the Liberty traveled to road games on chartered flights.

Chicago Sun-Times

WNBA Players React to New York Liberty Airplane Scandal

Players were not pleased at hearing that the league punished the Liberty for chartering an airplane during the 2021 season.

Sports Illustrated

WNBA Considered Terminating Liberty After Airplane Scandal

The team was eventually fined $500,000, the most in league history.

Sports Illustrated

How Airplanes Became the WNBA’s Biggest Scandal

The Liberty’s repeated chartering of flights, a violation of CBA rules, is a window into the state of ownership in the league.

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Report: Several WNBA Players in Russia Planning to Leave Country Amid Conflict

The conflict has also forced several players out of Ukraine.

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Re-signed, Vandersloot and Quigley are motivated to prove Sky’s first title was no fluke

"We knew especially this year that it was going to be the year for sacrifice."

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‘They’re Our Teammates’: American Players in Ukrainian League Show Support on Court

One professional basketball player shares what it has been like for her and her BC Prometey teammates as their field of play shifts from Ukraine to Bulgaria.

Tribune News Service

Ukrainian midfielder playing for Italian team shows ‘NO WAR IN UKRAINE’ shirt after scoring Europa League goal

Ruslan Malinovskyi had a surreal Thursday, scoring two goals in a knockout game and revealing a “NO WAR IN UKRAINE” shirt on international television as his home country was being attacked by Russia.

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Sparks Star Liz Cambage Calls for Changes to Collective Bargaining Agreement

The four-time All-Star center called for changes to the WNBA’s CBA in an appearance on ESPN on Wednesday.

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Liz Cambage has a perfectly good reason for wanting to change the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement

Liz Cambage is absolutely right.

Sports Illustrated

You Really Should Know Connie Kunzmann

Long before the WNBA, there was the WBL. And there was Kunzmann, who scraped and hustled to relative fame in a shoestring, sexist league. You might know her name today, if not for a horrific act 40 years ago.

Los Angeles Times

New Sparks player Liz Cambage is finally where she’s always wanted to be

LOS ANGELES — Liz Cambage did not have to come back for another season in the WNBA. At 30 years old, she had become more than just a basketball player, starting a vitamin business in her native Australia and continuing her blossoming career as a DJ. Plus, with nearly a…

Tribune News Service

Larry Stone: Sue Bird is back for another year. But her place in WNBA history and bond with Seattle were cemented long ago.

SEATTLE — You could say that Sue Bird’s decision to return for one more year — she’s not quite ready to say one last year — took shape last September in Everett, Wash., at the precise moment when everyone was wondering if they had just seen her final game.

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WNBA legend Sue Bird says she’s likely running it back for one final season

Sue Bird thought 2021 would be her last year as a basketball player. Then she re-signed with the Seattle Storm on a one-year deal for this season after an internal struggle over whether to call it quits. She hasn’t outright declared the 2022 season will be her last, but somewhere…

Sports Illustrated

Chris Paul Named Inaugural Kobe and Gigi Bryant Award Recipient

The WNBA is rewarding Paul for his contributions to the advancement of girls‘ and women's basketball, and his advocacy for the league.

Tribune News Service

Lindsay Whalen is one of 11 finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame

Lindsay Whalen has taken another step towards the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

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