‘The love was amazing’: Brittney Griner shines in emotional WNBA return
by Joseph D'Hippolito at Crypto.com Arena in Los Ange from US news | The Guardian on (#6BTJ1)
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Two hours before Brittney Griner would play her first WNBA game in 19 months, her coach with the Phoenix Mercury described the meaning of the occasion in a simple yet poignant manner.
All last season, I opened with how many days she was gone," Vanessa Nygaard, the team's second-year coach, said concerning her interviews. This is the first press conference for a game that I haven't."
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