Episode 2047
Brittney Griner
Sat, 2022-Dec-10 02:00 UTC
Length - 3:43
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With 614,384 views on Friday, 9 December 2022 our article of the day is Brittney Griner.
Brittney Yevette Griner (born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears in Waco, Texas. She is the only NCAA basketball player to both score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. In 2012, the three-time All-American was named the AP Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, helping Baylor to win the National Championship.
In 2009, Griner was named the nation's No. 1 high school women's basketball player by Rivals.com. She was selected to the 2009 All-American basketball team. In 2012, she received the Best Female Athlete ESPY Award. In 2013, Griner was selected as the first overall pick in that year's draft, chosen by the Phoenix Mercury, with whom she won the 2014 WNBA Championship, and became an eight-time All-Star. Standing 6 ft 9 in (206 cm) tall, Griner wears a men's U. S. size 17 shoe and has an arm span of 87.5 in (222 cm). Griner led the United States women's national basketball team to victory at the Rio Olympics in 2016. In 2020, Griner protested the Star Spangled Banner and stated she would not be on the court while the national anthem was played during game openers. Griner was named to the United States women's national team for the 2020 Olympics, (held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan), where she won her second gold medal. She is also a two-time FIBA Women's World Cup winner with Team USA (2014 and 2018)
In February 2022, Griner was detained by Russian customs officials after cartridges containing hashish oil were found in her luggage. She was later arrested on smuggling charges. Griner had been entering Russia to play with the Russian Premier League during the WNBA off-season. Her trial began on July 1, and she pleaded guilty to the charges. On August 4, she was sentenced to nine years in prison. In November 2022, Griner was transferred to the Russian penal colony IK-2. During this time, US officials stated that she was "wrongfully detained". On December 8, Griner was released by Russia in a prisoner exchange for the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans and had served 10 years of a 25-year sentence.
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