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'So good to be home': Brittney Griner speaks out after release from Russian prison

The 32-year-old Griner, in an Instagram post, thanked a long list of people for securing her release with a "special thank you" to President Joe Biden.

Brittney Griner dunks in first basketball workout in 10 months: Report

Women's NBA star Griner conducted a light workout at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, Lindsay Kagawa Colas told the US sports telecaster

‘I want to talk’: WNBA star Brittney Griner opened up during her long trip home

Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil

US basketball star Brittney Griner arrives home after Russia prisoner swap

Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion and LGBTQ trailblazer, was arrested at a Moscow airport against a backdrop of soaring tensions over Ukraine.

US livid as basketball star Brittney Griner said moved to Russia penal colony

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reiterated that the United States had put forward a "substantial offer" to Russia to resolve her case.

WNBA star Brittney Griner's appeal against nine-year prison sentence rejected by Russian court

The court in Krasnogorsk near Moscow ruled to leave Griner's August verdict "without change". The Phoenix Mercury player had been sentenced to nine years in prison for possession of vape cartridges containing small amounts of cannabis oil.

Brittney Griner at 'weakest moment' in Russia, says her wife Cherelle

Cherelle Griner said her wife and WNBA star Brittney is afraid of being forgotten by the United States.

Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for 25 October

The nine-year sentence handed out to Brittney Griner was close to the maximum of 10 years, and her lawyers argued the punishment was excessive.

US President Joe Biden meets with families of Russia-detained Paul Whelan, Brittney Griner at White House

Joe Biden's meetings with the families were not an indication that negotiations with Russia for their release have reached a breakthrough.

Russian court jails US basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years over drug smuggling

A judge sentenced Griner, 31, to nine years in prison in Russia and said she would also have to pay a fine of one million rubles ($16,590).