The Biden administration is facing increased urgency from prominent voices in the sport of basketball calling on 'anybody with high enough power to help get Brittney Griner back home.'
The Biden administration is facing increased urgency from prominent voices in the sport of basketball calling on"anybody with high enough power to help get Brittney Griner back home."
Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 after Russian police allegedly discovered cannabis vaping cartridges in her possession. She could face 10 years in prison if convicted."If it was LeBron, he'd be home, right?" Nygaard asked while speaking to reporters Monday."It's a statement about the value of women. It's a statement about the value of a black person. It's a statement about the value of a gay person. All of those things.
"Just a message to President Biden, the government, and anybody with high enough power to help get Brittney Griner back home: I believe it's way far due for her to come home, and she's an American," Bueckers said."She's a hero. She's our sister in the WNBA, and she's just family to the whole United States. So, just whatever it takes to get her home, I think it's definitely time.
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