Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.
Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.When WNBA star Brittney Griner arrived at her county cell in Russia in 2022, despair washed over her.
"I did not feel like a human at that point, and just everything was setting in on the unknown," she told NPR."I just sat there and thought about ending it – just came up with a plan on how I could do it." Griner had been on her way to play a final season with Russia's EuroLeague team when two vape cartridges, with traces of doctor-prescribed cannabis oil, were found in her luggage while going through customs at a Moscow airport. Months later, she was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony.
I mean, I'm feeling hopeful for sure. I mean, just this last March Madness, the ratings definitely show that people are tuning in to the women's game. We've come a long way. And we're starting to get into those rooms and being able to advocate for ourselves. And with Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, even the younger ones coming up, Paige and JuJu , it's just going to keep getting better. We're just going to keep growing and keep pushing the envelope.
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