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**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports

Brittney Griner Released from Russian Custody

by Stacy M. Brown December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free.

**FILE** Brittney Griner (Courtesy of УГМК via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

Russia Transfers Brittney Griner to Dreaded Penal Colony

by Stacy M. Brown November 9, 2022November 9, 2022
Tributes to Kobe Bryant now stand throughout Los Angeles and outside of Staples Center — "The House That Kobe Built." (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBasketball

Young People Fulfill Kobe Bryant’s Vision on Newly Refurbished Court

by Sam P.K. Collins October 15, 2022October 21, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inNational

Biden to Meet with Families of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

by Stacy M. Brown September 15, 2022September 15, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports

Mystics Wary of Overseas Play After Griner Conviction

by Stacy M. Brown August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inStacy M. Brown

Brittney Griner’s Freedom Tied to ‘Merchant of Death’

by Stacy M. Brown July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
Posted inNational

Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Wears Support for Brittney Griner at White House

by Jamila Bey July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports, Stacy M. Brown

Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge in Russian Court

by Stacy M. Brown July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Courtesy of УГМК via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports

More than 1,000 Black Female Leaders Call on Biden Administration to Step Up Efforts to Free Brittney Griner

by Stacy M. Brown July 6, 2022July 6, 2022
**FILE** Brittney Griner (Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports

Biden, Harris Call Wife of Brittney Griner, WNBA Star Imprisoned in Russia

by Stacy M. Brown July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

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