Brittney Griner's release celebrated by basketball world

“It’s been a long, horrible ordeal and we really look forward to her return and hearing her voice,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Brittney Griner’s loved ones and extended basketball family were ecstatic when news broke Thursday about her release from a Russian prison and that she was on her way back to the United States.

It has been nearly 300 days since the WNBA star was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February, when customs officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. She was convicted and sentenced to nine years in prison in August. Now four

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