Phoenix Mercury confirm Brittney Griner’s return to WNBA
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#692XM)
- Player has been with Arizona franchise since 2013
- Griner was released from Russian detention in December
Brittney Griner will be back in the WNBA this season, once again playing with the Phoenix Mercury. Griner, who was a free agent, re-signed with the team Tuesday.
The 32-year-old Griner had said she would return to Phoenix in a social media post in December, after she returned home from her 10-month detainment in Russia. Griner was arrested on drug possession charges a year ago and was brought home in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange in December.
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