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Details Emerge On The Penal Colony Where Brittney Griner's Imprisoned

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.

The University of Texas has suffered a huge loss. Former basketball player Tiffany Jackson –who attended the school from 2003-2007– has passed away after a battle with breast cancer. She was first diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2015 while playing for the Tulsa Shock. She went into remission the next year and would play […]

Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison colony.

“Playing for the Sparks was a dream come true and I’m honored to have shared the court with such amazing ladies for as long as we did. I’m sorry to have left abruptly and I wish it would have ended on a different note.” - Australian women's basketball player Liz Cambage announcing her departure from the WNBA

"He took a brief look and then said the exact words were, ‘Basically, you are guilty.'"

WNBA superstar Liz Cambage and the Los Angeles Sparks are done. 

Another court date is scheduled for Friday.

It was a short clip of a larger conversation.

Her next court date is set for July 14.