The team announced the signing Tuesday.
WNBA player Brittney Griner is home on U.S. soil, but her future remains unclear. The 32-year-old Houston native picked up a basketball during a workout at Sam Houston, the medical facility in San Antonio where she’s recovering after a nine-month jail stint in Russia.
Brittney Griner has been released from Russian jail in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Victor Bout.
Details Emerge On The Penal Colony Where Brittney Griner's Imprisoned
Brittney Griner’s situation has gotten that much more serious. Her lawyers said today that she’s in the process of being moved to a penal colony and Russia.
Brittney Griner's Been Sent To A Russian Penal Colony With An Unknown Location
Brittney Griner has lost her appeal and will spend nine years in a Russian penal colony unless the U.S. can intervene.
Imprisoned WNBA star and two-time Olympian Brittney Griner celebrated her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison this week.
Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison colony.
Her defense team thinks the sentence is excessive.
"He took a brief look and then said the exact words were, ‘Basically, you are guilty.'"
Another court date is scheduled for Friday.