Rhyne Howard's 36 points and 9 3-pointers lead Dream past the Sky 88-70
Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago (2-7) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Angel Reese added 12 points and nine boards, and Ariel Atkins also scored 12.
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Kamilla Cardoso led Chicago (2-7) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Angel Reese added 12 points and nine boards, and Ariel Atkins also scored 12.
"You understand when I say that I can't do an interview, which means that I can't answer any questions," Whelan told a Russia Today reporter.
Griner will be re-signing with the Phoenix Mercury for a one-year contract, a source has confirmed to CBS News.
Her plane landed in San Antonio, Texas. Griner was freed from Russia in exchange for notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Brittney Griner will be home for the holidays after being released in a one-on-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout. The exchange is coming under scrutiny by some as another American, former Marine Paul Whelan, remains in Russian custody. CBS 2’s Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The Russian arms dealer has been released from U.S. prison in a one-for-one swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, a U.S. official confirmed.
Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout.
After 10 months inside a Russian prison, WNBA star Brittney Griner released following one-for-one prisoner swap.
Griner has been sentenced for drug possession after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.
WNBA star Brittney Griner was found guilty of drug possession and smuggling by a Russian court on Thursday.
The WNBA star would have been playing in the All-Star game set for this weekend in Chicago.
If convicted on drug smuggling charges, Griner could face 10 years in a Russian prison.
WNBA star Britney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug charges in a Russian court. She has been in Russian custody since February. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers with the response from Washington.
