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The WNBA welcoming its new rookie class with its 2025 draft.
The U.S. women, who have won every gold medal in women's basketball since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, expect to field a star-packed team.
Brittney Griner has wasted no time making her presence felt in her first WNBA regular-season game since she was jailed in Russia.
The Los Angeles Sparks are parting ways with team president Vanessa Shay after nearly a year on the job.
The WNBA star, who returned to the U.S. last week after a prisoner swap with Russia, shared photos of herself walking off the jet and embracing her wife, Cherelle.
Her plane landed in San Antonio, Texas. Griner was freed from Russia in exchange for notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible after Griner-Bout trade.
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.
Brittney 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, according to a U.S. official.
Her attorneys said they visited Griner earlier this week at the labor camp.
The vast network of labor camps was inherited by modern Russia: They used to be the Soviet Union's gulags, and there's little sign they improved since then.
"We are told she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Brittney Griner remains in a Russian prison ahead of an appeal hearing on Oct. 25.
WNBA star Brittney Griner was found guilty of drug possession and smuggling by a Russian court on Thursday.
Former WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison on drugs charges Thursday. Griner was also fined, who previously made an emotional plea for forgiveness ahead of the sentencing.
The secretary of state said securing the Americans' release remains a "top priority" for the U.S.
Los Angeles Sparks All-Star Nneka Ogwumike wants the U.S. government to do more to bring Griner back home from Russia.
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.
The Phoenix Mercury center and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist also was ordered to remain in custody for the duration of her criminal trial, which was to begin Friday. Griner could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs.
