WNBA, NBA, and others in the sports world reacted Thursday to news that American basketball star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison.
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"Today’s verdict and sentencing is unjustified and unfortunate, but not unexpected and Brittney Griner remains wrongly detained," the statement read." "Today, American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more reminder of what the world already knew: Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney," Biden said in a statement.
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