Brittney Griner, American Basketball Star, 

Brittany Griner, US basketball star, has arrived in the US after being freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange

Brittney Griner’s plight is at the forefront with the Chicago Bulls in Phoenix: ‘I can only imagine the things that she’s going through’

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American basketball star Brittany Griner returned to the US on Friday

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She had been in Russian detention for around ten months and was swapped for an arms dealer named Viktor Bout.

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US President Joe Biden has achieved a top goal after the freedom of the WNBA star.

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American basketball star Brittney Griner is back on T.P.

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PHOENIX With every step through the Footprint Center, it’s impossible to escape to images of Brittney Griner.

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Griner is everywhere — her name emblazoned on the side of the arena and on

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the court where she played all nine years of her WNBA career for the Phoenix Mercury,

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