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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said the health of the preschool children badly wounded in a mass knife attack by a Syrian refugee was “heading in the right direction", as the attacker refused to cooperate with police.Four…

LOS ANGELES - For the first time since last season, Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard opened her pregame comments without announcing how many days Brittney Griner had been jailed in Russia. Griner has been…

LOS ANGELES - Brittney Griner got a chance to shake off some rust last week when she played a preseason WNBA game for the first time since she was detained in Russia on drug-related charges. That's all…

PHOENIX - 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…

Brittney Griner strolled down the sideline about one-and-a-half 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…

PHOENIX - 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…

Brittney Griner got emotional quickly.Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia, the WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the…

CNN  —  Kim Mulkey, who coached Brittney Griner for four years at Baylor University, is facing criticism over her refusal to comment on her former player’s detainment in Russia…

Brittney Griner (r.) Photo: APFrom the beginning, Brittney Griner’s status has been the most unique American hostage situation in modern history. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, her celebrity status, and her identity as a Black lesbian…

In a trailer for a new episode of "The Shop: Uninterrupted," in which James chats about current events with guests in a setting mimicking a barbershop, James addressed the WNBA star's ongoing detainment in Russia.The quote comes after…