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Commish Promises WNBA Will 'Be There' For Brittney Griner

By Mutha
  • WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert says the league will continue to have Brittney Griner's back.
  • Speaking to CBS News after Griner touched down on San Antonio, TX on Friday, Engelbert said "We all want to go fly to her. We all want to go talk with her. The players are very anxious to reconnect, especially the players on her team and USA Basketball".
  • Englebert said that Griner's mental and physical recovery will "take a while, I'm sure" - and said the WNBA "will be there for her, whatever she needs, from a mental perspective."
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US Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. - A Russian court found Griner guilty of smuggling and storing narcotics after prosecutors requested a sentence of nine and a half years in jail for the athlete. (Photo by EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: Getty Images

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