The lawyer for the 31-year-old athlete said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month. Griner faces a trial on drug possession charges in mid-June.

Cherelle Griner talks about the release by Russia of her wife, WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, as President Joe Biden listens, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Dec. 8 ...

A Russian court has extended the pretrial detention of US basketball star Brittney Griner – held since February on accusations of drug smuggling – by another month, Russian state news agency ...

Brittney Griner will be the subject of an ESPN documentary, and potentially a scripted series from ABC Signature as well. The WNBA star has partnered with the two Disney units to tell her story ...

Concerns in the U.S. over the wellbeing of Brittney Griner are growing as Russia extends the pre-trial detention of the WNBA star. The extension comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and ...

News of the athlete’s detention was not made public until several weeks later. Since then, Griner’s loved ones and celebrity fans have offered their support despite the U.S. government’s ...

Her plight returned to the spotlight last week when fellow WNBA great Lisa Leslie told the I Am Athlete podcast that she had been advised not to make a “big fuss” over the Griner situation to ...

Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia on drug charges could be described through the lens of war ... she became the first openly gay athlete to sign a deal with Nike. L.G.B.T.Q. civil rights ...

The Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) marked the 100th day of Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia by renewing calls for her release. “Brittney Griner is our teammate ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner opened up for the first time about her harrowing monthslong detention in Russia and the "mistake" that got her sentenced to nine years in prison in a special edition of ...