brittney griner - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:33:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg brittney griner - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 Following Brittney Griner’s Return to the U.S., Some Remain Skeptical About Conditions of Her Return https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2023/01/17/following-brittney-griners-return-to-the-u-s-some-remain-skeptical-about-conditions-of-her-return/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=following-brittney-griners-return-to-the-u-s-some-remain-skeptical-about-conditions-of-her-return Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=16743 It has been over a month since WNBA star and Two Time Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Griner was released from Russia after spending 294 days detained for allegedly trying to bring vape cartridges through the airport. Griner was freed due to U.S. officials negotiating a prisoner swap which included Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout who […]

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]]> 16743 Students React to WNBA Star Sentenced to Nine Years in Russian Prison https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2022/08/15/students-react-to-wnba-star-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-russian-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=students-react-to-wnba-star-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-russian-prison Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=15543 WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was officially sentenced to nine years of jail time last Thursday, August 4, with a Russian court finding her guilty of drug smuggling with criminal intent. Griner was arrested at a Moscow Airport six months ago on Feb. 17 and charged with drug smuggling and cannabis possession. She then officially pled […]

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