Brittney Yvette Griner (/ ˈɡraɪnər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1] . She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [2][3] and a six-time WNBA All-Star. [4] .

Jan 21, 2025 · Brittney Griner (b. 1990) is an American basketball player who is one the game’s leading centers, especially known for her play with the Phoenix Mercury, which she helped win a WNBA championship (2014).

May 6, 2024 · Griner has now written a new memoir, Coming Home, in which she recounts being mentally and physically humiliated by guards, of the constant pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into...

Jan 29, 2025 · Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, marking the end of her 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. Griner announced the move in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday night, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, confirmed to The Associated Press that the star center would sign a one-year deal with Atlanta. “Free agency has been everything I …

Aug 5, 2022 · American women’s basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of deliberately smuggling drugs into Russia and sentenced to nine years of jail time Thursday in a case that has raised concerns she...

May 6, 2024 · Brittney Griner says since her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago that she has used her platform as a WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist to advocate for the return of other Americans detained overseas.

Apr 23, 2024 · Griner, 33, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a nine-time WNBA All-Star who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was detained on Feb. 17, 2022, at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki after she was accused of having vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country.

Jan 29, 2025 · Griner led the Mercury to the 2014 WNBA championship while topping the league in scoring twice and blocks eight times. Associated Press Brittney Griner averaged 17.8 points and 6.6 rebounds last ...

May 2, 2024 · WNBA star Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges. Griner spoke for the first time about her monthslong detention in Russia during an hourlong interview that aired Wednesday night on ABC.

Dec 8, 2022 · WNBA star Brittney Griner was released this week in a prisoner exchange with Russia, where she has been detained since Feb. 17 and was sentenced to nine years in Russia prison after she was found guilty of drug charges. The U.S. classified Griner as "wrongfully detained" in May and has been working for months to secure her freedom.