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WNBA star Brittney Griner is similarly detained in a Russian penal colony after a Russian court upheld her conviction and nine-year prison sentence for possession of canabis oil. [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 6:45 am by Jocelyn Trainer
As Ukraine implores the world to condemn Russia to pariah status, a live question is whether the  United States should designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism (SST). [read post]
The post Russia court upholds WNBA star Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
The post Former US ambassador optimistic Russia could release WNBA star, ex-Marine appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 7:15 am by Mani Mostofi
Prisoner Exchange One option is to pursue a prisoner swap, which the Biden administration has now done with the Taliban and expressed a readiness to do with Russia through potentially exchanging Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout for WNBA superstar Brittney Griner. [read post]
19 Sep 2022, 4:57 am by SHG
But if the NBA and WNBA were combined overnight, would there be a place for the women on the men’s teams? [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:53 am by Emma Snell
  President Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House has announced. [read post]
2 Sep 2022, 4:47 am by SHG
So it’s got nothing to do with the maturity of the leagues, even if America was fairly familiar with the concept of basketball before the WNBA was formed. [read post]
27 Aug 2022, 5:45 am by Benjamin Pollard
Blazakis argued that the gender pay gap among athletes in the United States presents a national security threat, as elucidated by the Russian trial of WNBA star Brittney Griner. [read post]
22 Aug 2022, 1:20 pm by Benjamin Pollard
Blazakis argued that the gender pay gap in the United States is a national security threat, as elucidated by the Russian trial of WNBA star Brittney Griner. [read post]
21 Aug 2022, 7:01 am by Jason M. Blazakis
When Griner played in China in 2014 after her first year in the WNBA, she made $600,000 for four months of work—more than 12 times her WNBA salary at the time. [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 11:13 am by Bickerton Law
byBickerton Law COMMENTARY: In an opinion piece about WNBA star Brittney Griner’s prison sentence in Russia titled “US can stand to learn from Griner’s swift punishment,” writer Don Kahle commented about how criminal and civil trials in the United States can take years. [read post]
11 Aug 2022, 6:03 am by Sang-Min Kim
The United States has proposed that Russia release WNBA star Whitney Griner and another American prisoner, Paul Whelan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ivan Nechayev said today that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov confirmed last week that Russia was willing to talk. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 9:03 pm by Bickerton Law
”: While some commenters remarked on their lack of sympathy for WNBA star Brittney Griner, others noted how US cannabis policies appear unfair and illogical. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 6:20 am by Jeff Welty
WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to drug charges in Russian court. [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 3:10 pm by Howard Wasserman
WNBA stars have been doing this for years because the overseas money--especially in Russia, where oligarchs own several teams and use sports to amass and show wealth and influence--dwarfs WNBA money. [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 1:13 pm by Benjamin Pollard
WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court. [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 9:03 am
I noticed after searching for the name of the basketball player held in Russia, because I was confused when I saw this headline in the sidebar as I was reading a new Washington Post article: "Brittney Griner, Brianna Turner call for WNBA to stop playing national anthem this season. [read post]