Caitlin Clark expected to be off star-studded Olympic team, reports say
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.
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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.
"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.
"The Mercury fully support Brittney and we will continue to work together on a timeline for her return," the team said on Saturday.
A Russian court claims Leake, the latest American taken into custody by the Kremlin, "organized the sale of drugs to young people."
The details of Saturday's incident were not immediately clear, although far-right activist Alex Stein posted a video on Twitter that showed him accosting Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner at an airport.
Griner's return to the Mercury rekindles hope the franchise can make another run to the WNBA Finals.
"You're going to be faced with adversities in life," Griner said. "This was a pretty big one. I just relied on my hard work to get through it."
Jennifer Coolidge became a fan favorite on "The White Lotus," a role that coincided with the resurgence of her career, and has gained a massive following.
Griner will describe "her stark and surreal time living in a foreign prison and the terrifying aspects of day-to-day life in a women's penal colony," her publisher said.
Griner will be re-signing with the Phoenix Mercury for a one-year contract, a source has confirmed to CBS News.
Griner is skipping the USA Basketball training camp in Minnesota so she can be with her wife and recover from her time in jail in Russia.
The WNBA star asked social media followers to join her in sending letters to Whelan, who is still detained in Russia.
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.
Moscow said at the time it wanted "a spy for a spy."
The WNBA star recently freed in a prisoner swap with Russia took her first steps on U.S. soil Friday.
"No more days. She's coming home," the Mercury, Griner's WNBA team, said.
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.
"How do you continue to survive ... when you know that your government has failed twice to free you from a foreign prison?" he said in a statement.
Paul Whelan, a 52-year-old retired U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has been imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges since his arrest at the end of 2018.
Biden's authorization to release a Russian felon once nicknamed "the Merchant of Death" underscored the escalating pressure that his administration faced to get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case and her subsequent transfer to a penal colony.
Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil.
"We are told she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Griner has been sentenced for drug possession after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.
Brittney Griner remains in a Russian prison ahead of an appeal hearing on Oct. 25.
