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Brittney Griner, Phoenix earn 1st win of WNBA season 90-81; make 13 3-pointers vs Lynx
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury earned their first win of the WNBA season with a 90-81 victory against the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night. Diana Taurasi had 23 points and 10 assists, while Griner added 19 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. ...
Brittney Griner gets rousing welcome in Phoenix home game after release from Russian prison
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going on the Phoenix Mercury's opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here. Her back to...
Copper scores 15, Sky spoil Griner's home debut with 75-69 win over Mercury
PHOENIX (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky spoiled Brittney Griner's regular-season home debut, holding on down the stretch for a 75-69 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday. Griner finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in her first...
LA Sparks defeat Griner, Mercury 94-71 in WNBA season opener
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 17 points, rookie Zia Cooke added 14 and the Los Angeles Sparks defeated Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury 94-71 on Friday night in Griner's first WNBA game since being jailed in Russia. Griner had 18 points, six rebounds and four...
Griner, Mercury set to tip off WNBA season after her return from detainment in Russia
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner's life and career path have taken a sharp turn over the past 18 months following a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges that ended with a prisoner swap in December. To say the Phoenix Mercury center's journey has been...
Brittney Griner plays in first WNBA preseason game since detainment in Russia
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner strolled down the sideline about 1 1/2 hours before the Phoenix Mercury played Friday night, giving hugs and high-fiving her teammates, coaches and opposing players. Then it was a little stretching, a little shooting and a little agility work to...
Griner using new platform for greater good in return to WNBA
PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner caught a flight to Washington, D.C., to attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, landed back at Phoenix around 4 a.m. and was up five hours later for the start of training camp. After going through her first workout with the...
LA Sparks part ways with team president Vanessa Shay
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks are parting ways with team president Vanessa Shay after nearly a year on the job. Shay, who was in charge of business operations, was hired last May. Her departure was “mutually agreed” upon, the team said Tuesday. Shay...
Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment
PHOENIX (AP) — Hope bounced around Brittney Griner like a buoy and an anchor. Hope of returning home, hope of a miracle, was all she had all those months in custody in Russia. On the days hopelessness crept in, days that grew as her detainment stretched into a second winter,...
