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Griner's return, free agency raises charter flight concerns

Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA has collided with free agency which has raised questions once again about teams chartering flights

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner might need to fly private. The WNBA doesn’t allow charters. What’s next?

Team travel has always been a trouble spot for the league and its players.

Chicago Sun-Times

Breanna Stewart wants to help pay for charter planes for WNBA players

HARTFORD, Conn. — Breanna Stewart’s impending free-agency decision is quite possibly the biggest storyline in the WNBA this offseason, but the UConn women’s basketball legend is looking to draw attention to another issue as well.

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Brittney Griner forced into special arrangements for WNBA return after prison release

Brittney Griner is due to return to the basketball court for the 2023 WNBA season, but she will require special security arrangements which are set to affect all players across the league

Daily Mirror

Breanna Stewart Pledges to Help Improve Travel for WNBA Teams

The star free agent has spoken out about the league’s use of commercial flying before.

Sports Illustrated

Warriors return to White House to honor 2022 NBA championship, meet President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

On Tuesday, the Warriors were welcomed to the White House for a special ceremony with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to honor the 2022 NBA championship.

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'Say their names' - Families urge Blinken to use China trip to free U.S. detainees

Katherine Swidan, whose son Mark has been imprisoned in China for over 10 years, has not seen even a photograph of him over the last decade. The last time she heard his voice was in 2018.

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Michigan man returns to US after being jailed in Russia for 9 months

WASHINGTON — Taylor Dudley, a Lansing, Michigan, man who spent nine months in Russian captivity, returned with his mother to Michigan on Friday after flying overnight from Poland.

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Comic Book About Life of Brittney Griner to Be Released Next Week

The WNBA star’s story will be chronicled in a special project set to be released in mid-January.

Sports Illustrated

Michigan man imprisoned in Russia released after 9 months

WASHINGTON — A Lansing, Michigan, man and Navy veteran who was detained by Russian authorities for nine months was released Thursday, according to his family's spokesperson.

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WNBA Free Agency 2023: Ranking the top-15 players, including Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi

Listing the top-15 WNBA free agents.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Stories that defined the US and Canada in 2022

The year 2022 saw former US President Trump facing legal action, Pope Francis apologising in Canada and mass shootings.

Al Jazeera

A year of survival for Black women

Success made these women standouts – and therefore targets for those not willing to see them prosper this year

Salon

US marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia

The former US marine is serving a 16-year sentence for alleged espionage, though his family maintains his innocence.

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With Biden and US officials making deals, could other Texans detained abroad be home soon?

WASHINGTON — After the White House secured the release of WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner from Russian prison in early December — the U.S.’s second prisoner swap of the year with Russia — it committed to bringing home all other Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

The Independent UK

US marks anniversary of Paul Whelan's detention in Russia

The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan

Sports Illustrated

Mark Jackson Addresses WNBA Pay After Brittney Griner Situation

He was asked whether the NBA should split revenue with the WNBA like U.S. soccer does with the men’s and women’s teams.

Sports Illustrated

What We’ll Remember From 2022: Women’s Basketball

Now that Brittney Griner is safely home after being detained in Russia, we’re looking back at the highlights from this year in the WNBA, college basketball and beyond.

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Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner's Story Will Reverberate Far Past 2022

The impact of the Mercury center's nine-month detention in Russia will have a ripple effect that touches every part of the sports world.

The Independent UK

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Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for Paul Whelan

Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner Asks Fans to Write Letters to Paul Whelan

The WNBA star urged fans to join her in sending letters to the former Marine who remains behind bars in a Russian prison.

The Independent UK

Sports unraveled, collided with politics, racism in 2022

Hardly a day passed in 2022 when a headline that ran across the ticker on ESPN wouldn't have been out of place on CNN or Fox Business

Reuters

Griner urges supporters to contact Whelan, help Americans detained abroad

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner called on her supporters to write letters to Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine held in Russia, days after she was released from a Russian penal colony as part of a prisoner swap.

Chicago Sun-Times

For cleaner air now, Illinois should use more biodiesel

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

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