• Kremlin says it's up to President Zelenskyy when Ukraine conflict ends

    Kremlin says it's up to President Zelenskyy when Ukraine conflict ends

    Dec 08, 2022 07:59 PM EDT

    ... in some areas, such as exchanges of prisoners. On Thursday, in a dramatic swap that had been in the making for months, Russia freed American basketball star Brittney Griner while the United States released a jailed Russian arms dealer. The Kremlin has long said that Ukraine must accept Russian conditions ...

  • Royal family racism controversy erupts as William and Kate visit Boston

    Royal family racism controversy erupts as William and Kate visit Boston

    Dec 01, 2022 03:05 PM EDT

    ... Boston Logan International Airport, where they were greeted by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. The couple later attend a Boston Celtics basketball game. Upon landing, William thanked local residents “for their many tributes paid to the late queen,” noting that his grandmother recalled her 1976 bicentennial ...

  • How the NCAA’s endorsement rule change is paying off for college athletes

    How the NCAA’s endorsement rule change is paying off for college athletes

    Nov 26, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... a great deal in name, image and likeness. And you’ve got several examples, the Cavinder twins at the University of Miami in women's basketball, and others that are quite successful in the NIL space beyond what people would traditionally think of as football and men's basketball, which ...

  • News Wrap: Russian military withdrawing from Kherson in southern Ukraine

    News Wrap: Russian military withdrawing from Kherson in southern Ukraine

    Nov 09, 2022 11:20 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, Russia's military announced its forces are withdrawing from Kherson in southern Ukraine, lawyers for American basketball player Brittney Griner say she's been sent to a penal colony to serve a nine-year sentence for drug possession and Facebook's parent company Meta says ...

  • WNBA star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony after failed appeal

    WNBA star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony after failed appeal

    Nov 09, 2022 04:18 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month. The eight-time all-star center with the WNBA ...

  • WATCH: Secretary of State Blinken meets with Canadian counterpart over support for Haiti

    WATCH: Secretary of State Blinken meets with Canadian counterpart over support for Haiti

    Oct 27, 2022 06:29 PM EDT

    ... China for over 1,000 days in what was seen as a retaliation for the arrest in Canada of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner is facing a nine-year jail term in Russia after being convicted of smuggling and possessing cannabis oil. “We support Canada ...

  • Prisoner swap talks about WNBA star Brittney Griner must be confidential, Kremlin says

    Prisoner swap talks about WNBA star Brittney Griner must be confidential, Kremlin says

    Oct 26, 2022 05:46 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Wednesday kept the door open for talks on a possible swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner but reiterated that any such discussions must be kept strictly confidential. A Russian court on Tuesday rejected Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence ...

  • News Wrap: Putin pushes to boost production of weapons and supplies for Ukraine invasion

    News Wrap: Putin pushes to boost production of weapons and supplies for Ukraine invasion

    Oct 25, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... win back control of the House. A Russian court today rejected an appeal by Brittney Griner of her sentence for drug possession. The U.S. basketball star appeared via video link from a penal colony outside Moscow. She was sentenced in August to nine years in prison. Later, President Biden ...

  • Brittney Griner's appeal rejected, Russian court upholds 9-year sentence

    Brittney Griner's appeal rejected, Russian court upholds 9-year sentence

    Oct 25, 2022 01:08 PM EDT

    MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after ...

  • A woman's Brief But Spectacular take on what it takes to be a professional fighter

    A woman's Brief But Spectacular take on what it takes to be a professional fighter

    Oct 11, 2022 10:20 PM EDT

    ... it has his faults, but it made me who I am. My first interest in sports was at the age of 2. I picked up basketball because my brother started playing basketball. He was pretty good at it. And I wanted to kind of be just like him. I got ...