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WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner speaks at a news conference, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Phoenix. While many WNBA players play in international leagues to supplement their incomes, Griner says the only time she'll ever play outside the country again is with the USA Basketball. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Griner still adjusting after Russian prison ordeal

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner grabs a rebound against the Seattle Storm during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Phoenix. Griner has re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury, the only WNBA team she has ever played for. The deal was announced on by the league on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Brittney Griner re-signs with Mercury, her only WNBA team

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Iowa's Caitlin Clark (22) talks with head coach Lisa Bluder, front right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Clark eyes NCAA career scoring record while Baylor set to retire Griner’s jersey

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Maryam Kamalmaz hold a photo of her father with some of his 14 grandchildren in Grand Prairie, Texas, Jan. 17, 2024. By any standard, the past 18 months have been remarkable for getting wrongfully detained Americans home. But not so for Kamalmaz, who has had no trace of her father, Majd Kamalmaz, since the psychologist from Texas was stopped at a checkpoint in Syria in 2017 after traveling there to visit an elderly family member. He remains one of several Americans missing in Syria, including journalist Austin Tice, despite a 2020 visit by Carstens to try to negotiate their release. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

As US brings home large numbers of jailed Americans, some families are still waiting for their turn

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury WNBA basketball All-Star center Brittney Griner speaks about recent events, the struggling Mercury team, and the new Mercury interim head coach during a news conference Monday, June 26, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Brittney Griner surprised herself with making the WNBA All-Star Game

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, center, join teammates in a cheer at the start of a WNBA basketball game against New York Liberty, Sunday, June 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Brittney Griner misses 2nd straight game for Mercury with hip injury

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner walks on the court before the team's WNBA basketball game against the Washington Mystics, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

WNBA working with Brittney Griner and Mercury on travel options including charter flights

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, right, talks with Washington Mystics coach Eric Thibault, left, and general manager Mike Thibault before a WNBA basketball game Friday, June 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Brittney Griner honored in Washington despite missing Mercury’s game with injury

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, right, hugs former college teammate Dallas Wings guard Odyssey Sims after a WNBA basketball basketball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Mercury make travel ‘adjustments’ following airport incident with Griner

By Michael Marot - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner prepares for the team's WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

WNBA: Griner, Mercury teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur’

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Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner prepares for the team's WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas homecoming for Griner in WNBA star’s first game there since Russian release

By Stephen Hawkins - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner smiles at the fans as she sits between Mercury's Shey Peddy, left, and Evina Westbrook, right, during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Chicago Sky, Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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

By John Marshall - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is introduced prior to a WNBA preseason basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Brittney Griner set for first WNBA game since detainment in Russia

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FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is introduced prior to a WNBA preseason basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks on May 12, 2023, in Phoenix. The WNBA is set to tip off its 27th season on Friday, May 19. There are two super teams in Las Vegas and New York while Brittney Griner is set to make her long awaited return to the league after she spent last season in a jail in Russia on drug-related charges that ended with a prisoner swap in December. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Super teams in Las Vegas, New York and Griner’s return headline upcoming WNBA season

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner warms up prior to a WNBA preseason basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Griner, Mercury set to tip off WNBA season after her return from detainment in Russia

By David Brandt - Associated Press