The W.N.B.A.’s players and fans pushed furiously for Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony, but her plight also highlighted gender inequities in sports.
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War and Griner’s Arrest Don’t Deter U.S. Men From Russian Basketball
While American female basketball players have largely stayed away from Russia, dozens of American men have sought pay and career development in the country.
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Brittney Griner’s Tearful WNBA Teammates Play On After Her Conviction
Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury star, was convicted on drug charges in Russia. Hours later, her teammates had a game. “Nobody even wanted to play today,” one said.
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Russian Court Sentences Griner to 9 Years, Raising Pressure on Biden
Amid the hostility over the war in Ukraine, a court imposed nearly the maximum possible sentence on the American basketball star Brittney Griner, intensifying calls to win her release.
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Why Brittney Griner Could Be the Last American Basketball Star in Russia
The atrocities of the war in Ukraine and Griner’s detention in Russia on drug charges could cut off a lucrative pipeline for women’s basketball players.