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The detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia is a result of her having to travel there because she was unable “to make equal pay here in the United States,” according to an MSNBC segment that highlighted the “disparity in American life” as WNBA players are paid less than NBA players on average.

KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave the court a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain.

Basketball star LeBron James has walked back comments he made regarding imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Comedian Bill Burr said that women, not men, have failed the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) because women like to “destroy” each other rather than “watch that than a bunch of women come together as a team” in women’s sports.

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson plans to travel to Moscow in the next few weeks to win the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Singer Macy Gray is accusing NBC’s ‘Today’ show of refusing to allow her band to wear T-Shirts with the slogan “Free Brittney Griner.”

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been one of the league’s most outspoken players when it comes to protesting the national anthem, even as she makes patriotic appeals for the U.S. to arrange her release from a Russian prison sentence.

On the tail of a letter by WNBA star Britney Griner sent to Joe Biden pleading for help, MSNBC host Al Sharpton says he wants to visit her.

The coach of WNBA star Brittney Griner blasted Joe Biden’s White House for doing next to nothing to help get the player out of a Russian jail.

Cherelle Griner, wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, said President Biden’s silence on her wife’s detainment is “very disheartening” after identifying him as the “one person that can go get her.”

MOSCOW (AP) — More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, a Russian court has set the start date of the criminal trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1.

From players to members of the media, the world of sports has begun weighing in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning ‘Roe.’

WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday.

Topless, pro-abortion protesters, ran onto the floor during a WNBA game at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Tuesday night.

WNBA Liz Cambage of the Los Angeles Sparks has been accused of hurling a racial slur toward Nigerians ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Cherelle Griner believes that President Joe Biden is the “one person” who can bring back her wife, WNBA player Brittney Griner, from Russia, where she has been detained for 96 days after officials allegedly found drugs in her luggage at a Moscow airport. Cherelle also believes that things would be different if Brittney was an NBA player.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that the league is working with “hostage negotiators” and “every level of government” for the release of WNBA center and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner. The WNBA star has sat for nearly four months in a Russian prison after being charged with drug trafficking.

WNBA player Brittney Griner has spent nearly four months in detention in Russia after being charged with drug trafficking.

MOSCOW (AP) — The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.

This year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition will expand its mission of inclusion to feature the Ladies of the WNBA. 

The Biden administration has reportedly decided that WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained on drug charges.

Former President Donald Trump has invited Lakers star LeBron James onto his dream basketball team, but there is a catch.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that a U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained near Moscow, to check on her condition.

WNBA star Brittney Griner could face a dire sentence of up to five years in a Russian labor camp if convicted in Russia on drug charges.

A Russian court has decided to extend WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Moscow for two more months, according to a report.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Sunday the U.S. is ready to “provide every possible assistance” to seven-time All-Star WNBA center Brittney Griner.

Russian authorities have released the first photo of WNBA star Brittney Griner since her arrest three weeks ago in a Russian airport.

WNBA star Britteny Griner was arrested last month in Russia and is currently being detained by Russian authorities after vape cartridges were found in her luggage.

Former PGA Tour pro Mark Lye has been fired from his golf radio host job after saying “I’d rather shoot myself” than watch the WNBA.

After the Chicago Sky won the WNBA Championship, the city sponsored a parade Tuesday, but few Chicagoans seemed to notice.

A viral video seems to show several Women’s National Basketball Association players engaging in a wild fistfight.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm on Monday, celebrating their success on the court and hailing the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism.

WNBA players have protested against the anthem all season long, but now that they’re in the Olympics, that’s about to change.

WNBA player Liz Cambage has been lambasted as a bigot after unleashing a racist rant against a coach from an opposing team. Basketball fans and others commenting on social media feel that what Cambage did was far worse than what

Liz Cambage, a WNBA player who self-describes as a “big old b*tch,’ unleashed a racist rant at an opposing coach after he made a comment about her weight. 

(AFP) — Australian basketball’s longest-running feud flared again Wednesday when former NBA star Andrew Bogut took aim at women’s Olympic stalwart Liz Cambage over her accusations team photos had been “whitewashed”.