• Soccer journalist Grant Wahl, 49, dies at World Cup match in Qatar

    Soccer journalist Grant Wahl, 49, dies at World Cup match in Qatar

    Dec 10, 2022 07:19 AM EDT

    ... statement. Wahl graduated from Princeton in 1996 and worked for Sports Illustrated from 1996 to 2021, known primarily for his coverage of soccer and college basketball. He then launched his own website, Fútbol with Grant Wahl, and a podcast with Meadowlark Media. Wahl also worked for Fox Sports from 2012 ...

  • December 9, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    December 9, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Dec 10, 2022 01:01 AM EDT

    ... Democratic Party and registers as an independent. Then, Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects on his decades-long career combating infectious disease as he prepares to step down. Plus, David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the latest congressional shakeup and the political reaction to basketball star Brittney Griner's release.

  • Brooks and Capehart on Senate shakeups and Brittney Griner's release

    Brooks and Capehart on Senate shakeups and Brittney Griner's release

    Dec 09, 2022 11:35 PM EDT

    ... Jonathan Capehart: Right. Right. Judy Woodruff: Another major development this week, of course, was -- David, was the return of Brittney Griner, superstar women's national basketball, WNBA superstar. She'd been held for most of this year in Russia, traded for a notorious arms dealer, Viktor Bout. What do you ...

  • WATCH: White House is 'confident' Sinema won't hurt Democratic control of Senate

    WATCH: White House is 'confident' Sinema won't hurt Democratic control of Senate

    Dec 09, 2022 05:20 PM EDT

    ... runoff election win in Georgia. Meanwhile, Jean-Pierre provided an update to Brittney Griner's return to the United States, nearly 10 months after the basketball star’s detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm.Griner arrived in Texas ...

  • Brittney Griner arrives home in U.S. after months of Russian imprisonment

    Brittney Griner arrives home in U.S. after months of Russian imprisonment

    Dec 09, 2022 02:19 PM EDT

    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star’s detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. WATCH: American Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in exchange for arms ...

  • December 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    December 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Dec 09, 2022 12:49 AM EDT

    Thursday on the NewsHour, American basketball star Brittney Griner is released from detention in Russia in exchange for an arms dealer held in the United States. Then, Congress gives final passage to legislation that protects same-sex and interracial marriage. Plus, Ukraine’s electrical workers risk their lives to restore ...

  • American Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in exchange for arms dealer

    American Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in exchange for arms dealer

    Dec 08, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    Brittney Griner: Yes. Nick Schifrin: On a tarmac in the United Arab Emirates, the wrongfully detained basketball star in red was traded for a notorious criminal greeted by a Russian official with a hug. The deal done, President Biden spoke with Griner in the Oval Office and embraced her wife ...

  • With Griner’s release, questions remain over fate of Americans still held in Russia

    With Griner’s release, questions remain over fate of Americans still held in Russia

    Dec 08, 2022 11:54 PM EDT

    ... the Russians had so much leverage over the U.S. that they were able to give us, the United States, back, in essence, a professional basketball player who had been found guilty of a very minor charge in exchange for winning the release of a notorious arms dealer, someone who ...

  • 'I cried tears of joy': Griner's former coach discusses WNBA star's newfound freedom

    'I cried tears of joy': Griner's former coach discusses WNBA star's newfound freedom

    Dec 08, 2022 11:53 PM EDT

    ... been released. ... Judy Woodruff: And now we hear from a vocal advocate for Brittney Griner and one of the most prominent voices in women's basketball. Dawn Staley is the head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks and a Hall of Fame player. She coached Griner and her teammates when ...

  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing after Brittney Griner released from Russian detention

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing after Brittney Griner released from Russian detention

    Dec 08, 2022 10:44 PM EDT

    ... get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case on drug charges and subsequent transfer to a penal colony. WATCH: Former Olympic basketball coach Dawn Staley on Brittney Griner’s release Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at an airport there last February ...