Chicago Sky spoil Griner’s home debut with 75-69 win

Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky spoiled Brittney Griner’s regular-season home debut, holding on down the stretch for a 75-69 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday.

Griner gets warm welcome in first home game since being detained in Russian prison

Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going to go on the Phoenix Mercury’s opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here.

Brittney Griner plays in first WNBA preseason game since detainment in Russia

Brittney Griner returned to game action for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges ended with a prisoner swap in December.

Brittney Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity

Griner was arrested last year at the airport in Moscow on drug-related charges and detained for nearly 10 months, much of that time in prison.

Jupiter and Venus meet tonight for rare conjunction
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Astronomy lovers, be sure to look up into the western sky tonight for a chance to see Venus and Jupiter close to each other.

Candace Parker leaving Chicago Sky, joining Las Vegas Aces

WNBA star Candace Parker said she is going to play for the Las Vegas Aces so that she has more time to be with her wife, daughter, and son.

Ex-WNBA Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons release memoir about their unique love story
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A journey for justice has turned into a very unique love story. One of the WNBA's brightest stars, Maya Moore, recently married the man she helped free from prison, Jonathan Irons. They shared how it all came to be in a new memoir entitled "Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts."

Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, American Paul Whelan left behind
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The family of an American detained in Russia for nearly four years said Thursday that the Biden administration "made the right decision" in agreeing to a prisoner exchange that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner, but they are "devastated" that Paul Whelan remains behind.

Brittney Griner freed in 1-for-1 prisoner swap with Russia
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Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said.

Brittney Griner: Russian diplomat says prisoner swap with US remains possible

The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.

Russian court rejects Brittney Griner's appeal against 9-year sentence

The Moscow region court also ruled that Brittney Griner’s sentence will be recalculated to around eight years in prison, after taking her time in pre-trial detention into account.

Brittney Griner spends 32nd birthday in Russian prison

Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing is scheduled for Oct. 25. While it’s unlikely the appeal will overturn her conviction, her lawyers hope it could lessen the sentence.

Sun rally in 4th, beat Sky 72-63 to advance to WNBA Finals

Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Connecticut Sun overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, beating the Chicago Sky 72-63 Thursday night in the decisive fifth game of the semifinal series and advancing to the WNBA Finals.

Sun rout Sky 104-80, force Game 5 in semifinals series

DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 on Tuesday night and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA semifinal series.

Sun-Sky semifinals series heads to Connecticut for Game 3 Sunday

The Sun will host the Chicago Sky for the next two games of their WNBA playoffs semifinal series, which is tied 1-1. Game 3 is Sunday and the fourth game is Tuesday.