Brittney Griner Russia and Basketball

- Brittney Griner Named WNBA Comeback Player Of The Year
  The Times and Democrat· 2 weeks ago
  Brittney Griner was one of two people named the WNBA Comeback Player of the Year. Griner, 32, spent all of last season incarcerated in a Russian prison after being arrested
- Brittney Griner Rightfully Named Associated Press’ Comeback Player Of The Year
  Black Enterprise· 2 weeks ago
  WNBA player Brittney Griner was named the AP Comeback Player of the Year in her first season...
- Kim Mulkey’s willingness to share her recent health scare is good for college sports
  Deadspin· 17 hours ago
  On the court, there’s no doubt as to what Kim Mulkey is capable of. Off the court, her reluctance to...
- US ambassador visits Marine veteran jailed in Russia for espionage
  Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago
  The Biden administration had hoped to secure Whelan’s release during the negotiations on the...
- Hostage deals pose conundrum for White House
  The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days ago
  The Biden administration is facing questions over whether its strategy to bring hostages home could be incentivizing more hostage-taking from hostile...
- US ambassador to Russia visits Paul Whelan in jail
  Reuters· 2 weeks ago
  The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Wednesday visited Paul Whelan, a former marine jailed on espionage charges, and reiterated that Washington was committed...
- US reporter Gershkovich returns to Moscow court in new appeal against detention
  WSAU Wausau· 1 week ago
  MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich returned to a Moscow court on Tuesday to appeal...
- 5 Americans freed in Iran prisoner swap after years of captivity
  The Charlotte Observer· 1 week ago
  Five American citizens held for years in Iran under what U.S. officials describe as brutal conditions were freed Monday and allowed to fly out of the country, the result of months of secret ...
- Biden’s horrible Iran deal will lead to more hostage taking
  Fox News· 2 weeks ago
  On September 11, 2023, the 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in American history, the...
- 'Hostage diplomacy': a growing headache for the West
  AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago
  Sylvie Arnaud's first feeling when she learnt her son Louis had been detained in Iran in September last year was sheer incredulity, followed by a raging...