By MARK LORENZANA On Thursday, Aug. 4, WNBA superstar and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was convicted by a Russian court of “bringing marijuana with criminal intent into Russia” in February of this year and was sentenced to nine years in prison. The sentence was widely expected by U.S. authorities, to pave the way for negotiations between the two
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By MARK LORENZANA The detention in Russia of Brittney Griner — the star center who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) — will be extended yet again, Russian news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, June 14. Griner was taken into Russian custody at the Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow on Feb. 17 for allegedly
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By MARK LORENZANA Brittney Griner, the superstar center who plays for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), has now been in Russian custody for more than 100 days. Griner also plays for Russian basketball team UMMC Ekaterinburg in the WNBA offseason, and in Feb. 22 of this year was arrested upon her arrival in Moscow after
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By MARK LORENZANA It was a regular season game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the now-defunct Miami Sol of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), specifically the sixth season of the then-fledgling league. The date: July 30, 2002. In that game, the home team was struggling against Miami at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Then, after a missed three-pointer
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