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24 Apr 2024, 3:35 am by Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison
It should come as no surprise that Clark (the Division I all-time leading scorer for men’s and women’s basketball) was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft on April 15, 2024. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 3:06 pm by John B. Palley
Vegas has the Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights, the Raiders of the NFL with their long and storied history, the TWO-time reigning WNBA champs the Aces, will soon have the Athletics in baseball and most likely an NBA team around the same time. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 4:39 am by SHG
Friends, we gather here on this blessed December day to send the year 2023 off into the sunset. [read post]
4 Nov 2023, 6:38 am by Jack Bogdanski
 The propsective owner of the new team, Kirk Brown, got spooked, or frustrated, and his talks with the WNBA broke down. [read post]
15 Oct 2023, 3:01 am by SHG
Maybe if one of the hostages was a certain WNBA player, we could muster some concern. [read post]
Russia also detained WNBA star Brittney Griner on drug-related charges, eventually releasing Griner after a prisoner exchange was agreed to with the US. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 10:28 am by Michael Caruso
By Michael CarusoThis past weekend, women’s sports shined: WNBA clashes, fantastic Wimbledon matches, two goals by Trinity Rodman in the USWNT friendly win with Wales, and Allisen Corpuz’s victory at the first U.S. [read post]
22 Jun 2023, 2:26 pm by Associated Press
The post Qatar sovereign wealth fund buys stake in Washington’s NBA, NHL and WNBA teams, AP source says appeared first on Maryland Daily Record. [read post]
22 May 2023, 5:00 am by Mike LaChance
" The post WNBA Coach Annoyed That Brittney Griner’s Return Didn’t Sell Out Arena first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. [read post]
1 May 2023, 8:19 pm by Marketing
She has escorted Americans back home to the United States, including WNBA star Brittney Griner. [read post]
Upon the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention in December 2022, President Joe Biden assured Whelan’s family that the US has not “forgotten about him. [read post]
16 Dec 2022, 3:38 am by Chris Seaton
WNBA star Brittany Griner is detained in Russia after hash oil is found in her luggage. [read post]
14 Dec 2022, 9:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
” The Biden administration finally negotiated the freedom of WNBA Star Brittany Griner this past week, but at a steep cost: the freedom of notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. [read post]
11 Dec 2022, 4:24 am by SHG
Much as the WNBA doesn’t manage to find its way onto most Americans’ radar until it does, Griner was very much a star player and, to the extent any women’s basketball player can be termed a “celebrity,” a celebrity even if only to those who followed such things. [read post]
10 Dec 2022, 4:20 am
From "In freeing Griner, Biden faced resistance abroad and at home/The president faced opposition from the Justice Department, which viewed a one-for-one swap involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout as a mistake" (WaPo).Senior current and former Justice Department officials who work on such prisoner exchanges note that part of their long-standing arguments to foreign governments when they seek arrest and extradition of foreign nationals is… [read post]
” The post Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner released from detention in Russia appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
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]