WNBA star Brittney Griner arrested in Russia

[budwiser]

Intertestibg what will happen

She is a bargaining chip for Russia

Rumored trade going around griner for harden and cash considerations

[KVB]

Black in the USSR. New tune?

Loll

You know how unlucky you are...girl

[Headsterx]

Intertestibg what will happen

She is a bargaining chip for Russia

Really?

[Art Vandelay]

Yeah gay and black in russia is double trouble

Didn't know she was gay

"Didn't know she was gay"... Seriously? Is water wet? Lol

[budwiser]

"Didn't know she was gay"... Seriously? Is water wet? Lol

i don't follow women's basketball

[Kermit]

i don't follow women's basketball

You don't have to follow it, everyone in the WNBA is gay.

[budwiser]

You don't have to follow it, everyone in the WNBA is gay.

figures

one day way back i played a wnba player in pickup, that was gen x though, she was a good woman. these days, they may be out there, like finding a diamond in a dike but not worth searching for in a sea of mangrove killfish

[KVB]

"Didn't know she was gay"... Seriously? Is water wet? Lol

i don't follow women's basketball

You don't have to follow it, everyone in the WNBA is gay.

figures

one day way back i played a wnba player in pickup, that was gen x though, she was a good woman. these days, they may be out there, like finding a diamond in a dike but not worth searching for in a sea of mangrove killfish

[Mike Huntertz]

Not that I care at all about WNBA or who they screw, but I stumbled on this...FWIW.
In this league "drop the soap" as an extra curricular activity might top prison?
Candice Wiggins says 98 percent of WNBA is gay, claims she was bullied for being straight

Candice Wiggins says 98 percent of WNBA is gay, claims she was bullied for being straight (yahoo.com)

[budwiser]

Wow i thought the megan rapinoe team was dyke central. Just call it the dba, dyke basketball association

[JIBBBY]

I heard her name mentioned in the news yesterday. She's still locked up in that Russian dungeon and going no where though.

[risKingDigits]

Woke WNBA will be honoring this hero with a decal on EVERY home floor and allowing Phoenix pay her the $228k.

stay woke

[budwiser]

"Ms Spruill, say the somewhat muffled coverage on Ms Griner lays bare the clear inequities faced by female athletes."

Yeah Ms Spruill if only they could get me to follow women's WNBA.

Dealt with a lot of women in sports. A lot of them are flat out not interested, and quit. Some of them are. But the whole political avenue, and saying the WNBA means that women aren't being treated equally, is a huge turnoff. I watch sports as an escape-to see a Steph Curry be a magician on the floor, despite his politics which I try to ignore. Curry is without a doubt the most entertaining player in the NBA in my opinion-like Michael Jordan was back in the day. Sure Jokic and Yannis are great to watch-but these guys use their size. With Curry it is about incredible, incredible skill, a gift that none of us mortals have.

Anyways as was said being black and gay in Russia is not the way to go. Obviously hopefully she gets out, but I won't be watching women's sports until the current generation gets replaced by a less "woke" generation. it's entertainment for me-not a reason to solve the world's problems on the basketball court or the field or whatever. Last thing I need is another headache watching sports.

[Mike Huntertz]

it's entertainment for me-not a reason to solve the world's problems on the basketball court or the field or whatever.

Too many athelete think we give a sh!t about what they think. Just dribble the ball dummy. Most went to college but graduated with ebonics or a basket weaving degree. Not the people I want to listen to.

[ByeShea]

Anyways as was said being black and gay in Russia is not the way to go.

I think you left out the 'sneaking pot into Russia' part. While the Russian government is awful, this nightmare is on her and her alone. Bringing pot on a flight to Russia is tippy-top shelf stupidity.

[budwiser]

Too many athelete think we give a sh!t about what they think. Just dribble the ball dummy. Most went to college but graduated with ebonics or a basket weaving degree. Not the people I want to listen to.

And LeBron never went to college. Says he would have gone to Duke or N Carolina. How many of these guys would make it into Duke without basketball.

[budwiser]

I think you left out the 'sneaking pot into Russia' part. While the Russian government is awful, this nightmare is on her and her alone. Bringing pot on a flight to Russia is tippy-top shelf stupidity.

Said it before-there is a general trend, the dumber you are the better you are at sports. Not a lot of Ivy League guys in professional sports. Plenty of kids from the U of Miami were legendary players. Great respect to Ray Lewis. Nothing against being great at sports.

[IBetYou]

WNBA roll out that support women's sports campaign every year, but lets face it they're not regular women. It's like a cult of tall lesbians. Fine, but you can't guilt people into watching it.

[budwiser]

WNBA roll out that support women's sports campaign every year, but lets face it they're not regular women. It's like a cult of tall lesbians. Fine, but you can't guilt people into watching it.

In a nefarious way they got me talking about a league i never watch and reading up on women's issues. Lol

[VeggieDog]

I refuse to watch the WNBA until they're paid the same as the men. Greedy stingy cheapskate owners.

[CJ]

Ironically, she would probably be back in America (the country she hates so much) if Trump were President. At least he was able to get that Ball idiot out of China quick.

[clockwise1965]

You don't have to follow it, everyone in the WNBA is gay.

100%

[clockwise1965]

Ironically, she would probably be back in America (the country she hates so much) if Trump were President. At least he was able to get that Ball idiot out of China quick.

I remember Griner an a interview when Trump was president. Griner pissed and moaned about America and what a terrible place it is to live.

Griner just stay in Russia. We have our quota of leisbans her in the US.

[budwiser]

I remember Griner an a interview when Trump was president. Griner pissed and moaned about America and what a terrible place it is to live.

Griner just stay in Russia. We have our quota of leisbans her in the US.

I don't know what it is about the black experience that requires them to rubber stamp democrats.

Remember when curry was all over not visiting trump in the white house.

Takes 2 to tango. Both need to grow up. Trump and curry.

[Itsamazing777]

I refuse to watch the WNBA until they're paid the same as the men. Greedy stingy cheapskate owners.

It's called economics. They don't bring in nba numbers for the owners so they don't get paid the same. It's very simple.

[pavyracer]

It's called economics. They don't bring in nba numbers for the owners so they don't get paid the same. It's very simple.

It depends on the TV deals. WNBA has a 25 million deal. NBA has 2.6 billion deals which 100 times more. This is why the salary cap is 100 times more for the NBA teams than WNBA teams.

• ESPN’s $25 million-per-year WNBA contract runs through the 2022 season. By contrast, the NBA makes $2.6 billion per season through its media deals.

[Mike Huntertz]

In most major colleges 90+% of the revenues come from male sports, but the pot is divided 50-50 between male and female programs!
Entitlement is an ugly word when it is isn't warrented. This is woke sexism against men. It's okay if my side benefits.....so no problem.

[Kermit]

It's called economics. They don't bring in nba numbers for the owners so they don't get paid the same. It's very simple.

NONSENSE. Women should get paid just as much as men regardless how much money they bring in.

You know, I've never heard a male porn star complaining that he didn't get paid the same as the female ones do.

[budwiser]

You know, I've never heard a male porn star complaining that he didn't get paid the same as the female ones do.

Never. Cause there's thousands of guys who would do it for free.

[Easy-Rider 66]

For the first time since Brittney Griner’s arrest almost three months ago, Russia appears to have publicly signaled its asking price for her safe return, if multiple reports by Russian state media are to be believed.
Russia is looking to exchange the WNBA star in a prisoner swap for notorious convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout, several state-owned Russian news outlets reported Friday, citing unnamed government sources.
Bout, whose exploits earned him the nickname the “Merchant of Death,” flooded fierce conflicts in Africa and the Middle East with weapons, U.S. authorities say. He was arrested during a sting operation in Thailand in 2008, extradited to the U.S. and sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, delivery of anti-aircraft missiles and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
After Bout’s arrest, the U.S. alleged that his Russian allies tried to block his extradition from Thailand to America by bribing key witnesses to give false testimony. Since his 2012 conviction, Bout has been at the top of Russia’s prisoner exchange wish list and has been linked repeatedly in the Russian state media with potential swaps involving jailed Americans that haven’t come to fruition.

[jjgold]

Just give him that guy and get Greiner back

USa under big pressure here to return her home

This story is real big

[manny24]

getting a taste for gulag snatch she might never return

[jjgold]

This is turning into a future movie

[pavyracer]

Biden will wait until right before the November elections to send the Navy Seals to free her and bring her back home. Will be a huge boost for voters.

[SEAHAWKHARRY]

Biden will wait until right before the November elections to send the Navy Seals to free her and bring her back home. Will be a huge boost for voters.

Like it will matter