WNBA players union on denied appeal: Griner is a ‘hostage’
WNBA players union on denied appeal: Griner is a ‘hostage’
(NewsNation) — A Russian court on Tuesday rejected American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
Griner’s been held for 250 days since her arrest in February at a Moscow airport. Last week she spent her 32nd birthday behind bars.
Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was…