britney griner - The Hilltop http://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:40:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.3 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg britney griner - The Hilltop http://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 69877606 Russian Court Denies Brittney Griner’s Appeal, Dimming Her Hopes For Freedom         http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/10/31/russian-court-denies-brittney-griners-appeal-dimming-her-hopes-for-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russian-court-denies-brittney-griners-appeal-dimming-her-hopes-for-freedom Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=16352 A Russian regional court rejected WNBA champion Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-and-a-half-year prison sentence on drug charges.  Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, the attorneys for the 2013 WNBA first draft pick, solicited for a suspended sentence. Their request was met with the prosecution’s retort deeming the appeal as “groundless,” according to the Wall Street […]

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