Brittney Griner

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  Brittney Griner Says She'll "Never Go Overseas Again" To Play

  Brittney Griner returned to US after spending nearly 10 months in a Russian prison following her arrest on drug smuggling charges.

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  US Basketball Player Brittney Griner Returns To Court Nearly 1 Year After Russia Arrest

  Brittney Griner helped the US women win the Olympic gold at Tokyo and Rio. She last played for the Mercury in 2021.

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  Brittney Griner Makes Surprise Appearance At Martin Luther King Day Event In US

  Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist, was arrested in Russia in February and was swapped last week for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer.

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  'So Good To Be Home:' Brittney Griner On Release From Russia

  US basketball star Brittney Griner said Friday in her first remarks since being released from a Russian prison that it was "so good to be home" and vowed to play again for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.

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  After Basketball Player's Release, US Lawmakers Want "National Hostage" Day

  Days after the release of US basketball star Brittney Griner from imprisonment in Russia, US lawmakers will introduce legislation on Tuesday to establish March 9 as an annual day to remember Americans detained abroad.

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  Russia Wanted To Swap Ex-US Marine For "Assasin" Arrested In Germany

  US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner was thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany.

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  Wished US Basketball Star Good Luck At Prisoner Exchange, Says Russia's Arms Dealer

  Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged last week.

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  US Basketball Star Brittney Griner's Return Sparks Debate On Prisoner Swaps

  Thursday's release of US basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for a convicted Russian arms dealer has resurfaced an old question: Do prisoner swaps do more harm than good?

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  West Seeking To Destroy Russia: Arms Dealer After Release From US Jail

  Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was freed in a prisoner swap with US basketball star Brittney Griner, told Kremlin-run media today that Western countries are seeking to "destroy" and "divide" Russia.

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  Ties With US Continue To Remain In Sad State: Russia After Prisoner Swap

  Russia today said that its ties with the United States were still in "crisis" despite a prisoner swap involving US basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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  Russia State Media Commends Vladimir Putin Over Arms Dealer Release From US

  Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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  US Basketball Star Arrives Home After Prisoner Swap With Russia

  American basketball star Brittney Griner was headed back to the United States on Thursday after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for an arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death."

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  Who Is Viktor Bout, The Russian Arms Dealer Swapped For Brittney Griner

  Russia got the jailed arms dealer back from the United States on Thursday after exchanging imprisoned US basketball star Brittney Griner for him at Abu Dhabi airport.

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  Russia Releases US Basketball Star Brittney Griner In Prisoner Swap: Report

  U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is now in U.S. custody, a U.S. official said on Thursday. President Joe Biden and Vice

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  US Basketball Star Brittney Griner Sent To Remote Russian Penal Colony: Lawyers

  Basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a remote Russian penal colony and has started serving her sentence, her lawyers said Thursday.