Brittney Griner jail

Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a…

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia despite them being illegal. She was also…

A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is jailed in Russia on drug charges, presented the court on Friday with a doctor’s letter recommending she use cannabis to treat pain. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and standout…