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Coach still not speaking up...
LSU’s Kim Mulkey Refuses to Address Brittney Griner’s Detainment
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey was asked about her former player, Brittney Griner, and the Mercury star’s ongoing detainment in Russia.
The coach, who worked at Baylor from 2000 to ’21, has a complicated history with the former Lady Bear. During Monday’s media availability, Mulkey was quick to answer a question from The Daily Advertiser’s Cory Diaz about Griner’s situation, with the reporter citing they had not seen a comment from Mulkey regarding her detainment.
“And you won’t,” Mulkey said while cutting off the reporter’s question.
The 60-year-old has yet to comment on her former player’s situation, and it sounds like she doesn’t plan to open up about Griner at all.
The WNBA star played at Baylor from 2009 to ’13, helping the team to a national title in ’12. That season, the team also went undefeated with a 40–0 record.
After Griner was selected No. 1 in the 2013 WNBA draft, the center told ESPN that Mulkey wanted the Lady Bears to not be open about their sexuality. Griner said the reason was for recruiting purposes.
“The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn’t let their kids come play for Baylor,” Griner said back in May 2013.
Griner came out as gay to Sports Illustrated in February 2013. She said she told Mulkey about her sexuality when she was being recruited, and the coach had said it wasn’t a problem.
The Mercury star was arrested at a Moscow airport in February and accused of having hashish oil in her luggage. She pleaded guilty to drug charges in July and was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted of smuggling drugs with criminal intent. Griner was also fined 1 million rubles, which is about $16,500.Comment -
Good thing we've still got freedom to not speak huh?Comment -
well SBR is a safe place. if anyone needs to come out feel free. JJ?Comment -
funny when you're in your teens and 20s it's world news if you come out...friends family on and on
when you're in your 50s and 60s nobody cares, unless you want to put them in jail for what they did 30 years ago lolComment -
Griner on a plane on her way back to America.Comment -
A convicted arms dealer for a ball bouncer? WTF
I'll trade you Boardwalk for Baltic Ave..Comment -
It shows how much power Griner has
Biden was under unreal pressure
Good moveComment -
Link to the story:
Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout
Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-oneprisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, CBS News learned early Thursday from a U.S. official. The one-for-one exchange agreement negotiated with Moscow in recent weeks was given final approval byPresident Biden within justthe last week, according to sources familiar with the deal. The swap, first reported by CBS News, took place on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates.
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Let's go Brandon.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.<br> <br>She is safe.<br>She is on a plane.<br>She is on her way home. <a href="https://t.co/FmHgfzrcDT">pic.twitter.com/FmHgfzrcDT</a></p>— President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1600841306560937986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >December 8, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Comment -
Let Freedom RingComment -
We'll probably be hearing soon that NBA players should start splitting their salaries with the WNBA players so that the women don't need to travel to foreign countries to play in order to survive.
Why not? The men's soccer team did it. I am sure Lebron will have no problem kicking Griner some of his pay.
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She's free!!!!
Time to do some weed and to shack up with her wife.Comment -
This deal was like trading a Quarterback for a Waterboy.
Russians are probably laughing their asses off.Comment -
putin just cucked biden
this is comicalComment -
Unreal
Im sick to my stomach
All these jerkoffs will be treating her like a hero nowComment -
book deal, movie, reality tv show with her wife. all b/c she broke the law in a foreign country. JOKE.Comment -
how long before Bout works his way into the Ukraine war. 5 seconds?Comment -
She is a heroComment -
Great we got the grinder who hates America back to America. Fuk her. We should have got the marine out!Comment -
20 people showed up for her welcome home party
Hero!!!!Comment -
She is a loserComment -
Oh shannpledillapple!!!!Comment -
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
“Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner’s time held captive in Russia. Coming Home reads as a deeply personal, publicly powerful documentation of what happened—what is still happening—to her body and mind.” —SlateComment -
LOL
An icon???
That's hilariousComment -
She should still be rotting in that Russian prison. Lucky for her Biden gave up the farm to get her out in the name of the trans community, the rainbow flag and diversity.Comment
