Brittney Griner
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Brittney Yvette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and for the Vinyl of Unrivaled. She is a three-time Olympic
Griner with the Connecticut Sun in 2026
Griner accepting Wade Trophy at the WBCA Awards show in Denver Colorado 2012
Griner dunking at the 2015 WNBA All-Star game held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut
Griner performing a layup in 2017
On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a controversial 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. G
Brittney Griner
…U.S. officials stated that she was "wrongfully detained". Grine was sentenced to nine years in prison in August, but was released in December in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner was born October 18, 1990, in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Raymond Griner, a Harris County deputy sheriff…
Viktor Bout in the custody of DEA agents on November 16, 2010, after being extradited to the United States
Brittney Griner in 2015.
Fans at the 2022 NWSL Championship were invited to write letters to Griner.
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan was later released in a different exchange