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The Latest Breaking News on Brittney Griner Takes Short Break From Basketball for Mental Health

WNBA’s Griner Is Happy To Be Home After Prisoner Exchange

The American basketball star was traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout — but some were critical of the swap.

Zenger

US, Russia to discuss imprisoned US ex-Marine Paul Whelan

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Russian officials will speak this week about detained American Paul Whelan, a former Marine whose release the Biden administration unsuccessfully sought along with WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Tribune News Service

Prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was one-sided

Griner can now resume her basketball career and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while Viktor Bout can now resume his arms dealing ways that may result in the deaths of even more people.

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Brittney Griner returns to basketball court after prison release but "undecided" on WNBA

WNBA star Brittney Griner has picked up a basketball after being freed from a Russian prison, but is yet to confirm her future in the sport after a whirlwind 2022

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump says he rejected Russia deal to swap 'Merchant of death' arms dealer

Trump has criticised President Biden for freeing Viktor Bout in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner - insisting he should have taken former US marine Paul Whelan back instead

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner returns to the basketball court for first time in 10 months after Russian prisoner swap

Agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas says Ms Griner is yet to decide if she will return to the WNBA

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner's case was difficult for US negotiators for one key reason: She was guilty

The release from Russian prison of WNBA star Britney Griner has been greeted with general delight in the United States.

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Hill rebukes Trump's Paul Whelan boasts

Paul Whelan's brother also called Trump's comments "offensive," adding that he never mentioned him in office

Salon

Brittney Griner immediately dunked while playing basketball for first time in nearly 10 months

That dunk must have felt so cathartic.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Agent: Griner Not Ready to Say If She Will Resume WNBA Career

The basketball star is currently staying at a hotel on a military base with her wife.

Sports Illustrated

Griner dunks in first basketball workout since Russian detention

"She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways," Griner's agent said.

Axios

Diplomat Reveals First Thing Griner Said on Flight Back to U.S.

Presidential envoy Roger Carstens discussed his conversation with Griner on CNN.

Sports Illustrated

‘Keep the faith, we’re coming’: White House officials say they will keep trying to return Paul Whelan to US

After Russia turned down a ‘very serious’ proposal, US officials say Joe Biden’s administration is committed to securing former Marine’s release

The Independent UK

White House official reveals Brittney Griner’s first words on US-bound plane after prisoner swap

‘I have been in prison for 10 months now listening to Russian. I want to talk’

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The Loop: Ronaldo says World Cup dream 'ended', King Charles reveals first Christmas card, and major rescue underway at frozen lake — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner in Texas medical facility as political fallout over swap continues

Basketball star is being debriefed at San Antonio army facility as plight of other Americans held in Russia continues

Axios

Kirby: U.S. is still "negotiating" for Paul Whelan's release

"This business of getting wrongfully detained Americans home, there's nothing easy about it."

The Independent UK

Special envoy gives details of Griner's homecoming

WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want quiet time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would bring her home

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Editorial: Biden made a bad deal for Brittney Griner

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the possibility of years in a Russian penal colony, a punishment that far exceeded her alleged offense, and reunited her with friends and family. President Joe Biden…

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Mac Engel: Brittney Griner owes the United States of America because she could have been Austin Tice

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trading a person whose crime is possessing a tiny amount of hash for someone who is convicted of dealing military grade firearms, many to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, doesn’t feel fair, or right.

Tribune News Service

Stephen L. Carter: Brittney Griner is home. Next up should be Paul Whelan

We can all rejoice at the news that Russia has freed basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February, after officials found in her luggage 0.7 ounces of hashish oil, for which she had a doctor’s note. She was later convicted of possession and smuggling,…

The Independent UK

Viktor Bout reveals what he said to Brittney Griner as the two met on the tarmac during their exchange

Arms dealer also praised Putin in first interview

The Guardian - US

Biden faced internal opposition to Brittney Griner swap, reports say

Department of Justice viewed deal to exchange basketball star for Russian arms dealer as a mistake

Reuters

Russian arms dealer says he wished Griner good luck at prisoner exchange

Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged.

The Guardian - UK

Was the Viktor Bout exchange deal really a win for Moscow?

The Russian arms dealer is back in Moscow after the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner. Kremlin officials say it’s a ‘capitulation by America’ – but other believe Bout is a declining asset

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