Brittney Griner

The WNBA named four co-captains, 10 starters and an honorary starter in Brittney Griner for the 2022 All-Star Game in Chicago.

The White House says a phone call between Brittney Griner and her wife is being rescheduled after an earlier attempt to connect failed.

Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the U.S. embassy in Russia on Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed.

Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2 after her detention was extended again.

State Department officials met with representatives of the Phoenix Mercury about Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release.

The Celtics came together during their NBA Finals media availability Saturday to show support for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is detained in Russia.

Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whate,ver is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months. Cherelle Griner became emotional detailing what little she knows about Brittney’s detainment during an interview that aired Wednesday on Good Morning America. The Phoenix Mercury...

Brittney Griner is still being held in Russia, but there is hope she could be successfully released from custody like Trevor Reed. Griner’s wife recently contacted the Richardson Center, run by former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and asked for assistance. Richardson joined LX News to talk about his humanitarian work behind the scenes to bring Griner home.

The State Department said Tuesday that it still pushing to have regular contact with WNBA star Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, who has been detained in Russia for nearly three months.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist was detained at the Moscow airport after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage.

The WNBA will honor Phoenix star Brittney Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s salary cap, the league announced Tuesday.

The State Department determined Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis.

The Biden Administration has changed her status to “wrongfully detained,” months after the WNBA star was detained after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing traces of cannabis oil.

All 12 WNBA teams will have a Brittney Griner floor decal on their home court this season, according to a report.

Trevor Reed is now back on American soil after he was freed in a prisoner swap with Russia. We asked Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, about how diplomats work behind-the-scenes on these prisoner swaps. There still isn’t much news on Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two Americans still imprisoned in Russia.

Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia that freed marine veteran Trevor Reed will affect the status of WNBA star.

WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American citizen known to be jailed by a foreign government

Her detainment in Russia has highlighted why many top U.S. women’s basketball players feel the need to go overseas to supplement their income.

Griner was granted consular access for the first time since being detained after arriving in Russia in mid-February

A person close to the situation confirmed to NBC News that Griner was “OK” and that her Russian legal team has met with her.