Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner on the bench during the first half of Game 2 of basketball’s WNBA Finals in October 2021 against the Chicago Sky in Phoenix. Russia freed WNBA star Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Griner’s home, but WNBA players still competing overseas
Brittney Griner is back in the United States after an arduous 10-month saga in Russia. Yet nearly half of her WNBA peers opted to compete abroad this winter to supplement their incomes.
