Brittney Griner turned 32 Tuesday, spending the occasion on Day 243 of her detainment in Russia alone, as family, friends, fellow athletes and coaches launched a WeAreBG campaign seeking her return to the United States.
about a U.S. proposal to secure the release of Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine serving a 16-year sentence in Russia, but neither side reported progress in what Blinken described as “a frank and direct conversation.”Since then, there has been little information on the case and State Department spokesperson Ned Price confirmed last weekthat the U.S. Embassy in Russia has had no consular access to Griner since early August. Her legal team is expected to appeal her conviction Oct.
“I think of her every day,” Sandy Brondello, the New York Liberty coach who was with Griner’s Mercury team from 2014 to 2021,. “Not just the great player she developed into. She has this amazing laugh, which I can’t wait to hear again.” Dawn Staley, the South Carolina coach who formerly coached USA Basketball, said: “There is such a human side to B.G. that a lot of people on the outside don’t know. I wish that a lot of people were able to see that and could express themselves with the honesty that Brittney does.”: “We are not a family without #BrittneyGriner. It’s time to BRING HER HOME. #WeAreBG. Today marks eight months of her Wrongful Detention. She needs her family now more than ever.
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