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Brittney Griner on Coming Home
The WNBA officially kicks off this weekend, with its first regular-season game between the New York Liberty and the Connecticut Sun. And the Sun will be appearing on the court with a brand new weapon: Brittney Griner, a 10-time WNBA all-star and three-time Olympic gold medalist.
You might consider it a miracle that we get to watch Griner play at all. That’s because, in 2022, she found herself behind bars in a Russian prison. She wasn’t sure when, or if, she would make it home to her family — or to basketball — again.
In this episode, Brittney Griner tells her story: from joining the WNBA as a…
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