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...

Jul 5, 2024 · Brittney Griner has become a true household name. She has dominated every level of basketball she's ever played. From setting records as a high schooler and breaking men’s and women’s records as a collegiate athlete, to earning WNBA titles and all-star appointments at the professional level, there's nothing that Griner hasn't accomplished.

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.

Apr 29, 2024 · Griner, 33, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a nine-time WNBA All-Star who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, reflected on the “mental lapse” that led to her months-long detention in Russia when vape cartridges containing cannabis oil -- an illegal substance in the country -- were found in her luggage.

May 7, 2024 · Ever since her release from a Russian penal colony in December 2022, WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has had a recurring nightmare in which she's back in Russia, and she has...

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...

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.