WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert shared a statement on Brittney Griner’s release
“There has not been a day over the past then months where we all haven’t had Brittney Griner on our minds and in our hearts and that has now turned into a collective wave of joy and relief knowing that she will soon be reunited with her family, the WNBA player community, and her friends,”“BG has shown extraordinary courage and dignity in the face of enormous adversity.
President Joe Biden confirmed on Thursday morning that Griner was coming home to the United States after she was traded in a one-for-one swap with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap between the United States and Russia took place in the United Arab Emirates. Griner was detained in Moscow Airport in February after hashish oil was found in her luggage. She pleaded guilty to drug related charges in July and has been in a Russian penal colony in the
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