The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

In a rally held on the steps of Toyota Center, multiple leaders for the Rockets showed their support Monday for Brittney Griner, a native Houstonian who is being detained in Russia.

The WNBA star has been detained in Russia for over 100 days.

Brittney Griner hasn’t been forgotten at the NBA Finals

Imprisoned basketball star has been detained by Russian authorities on drug charges for more than 100 days

SEATTLE — Every day for weeks, the tweet from Storm forward Breanna Stewart is the same, with only the reference to the number of days in confinement changed. And ever-growing.

The NBA commissioner said that the league is “working in lockstep with the U.S. government and outside experts.”

While Brittney Griner is still being held in a Russian prison cell, the Associated Press reported that she has apparently been receiving hundreds of emails from WNBA players and friends. The missives are arriving to an email account her agent set up to be able to communicate with her. Naturally, the process is not…

“We just don’t want her to think she’s forgotten,” Liberty center Stefanie Dolson said.

Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players to an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her