Brittney Griner
American basketball player
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| February 17 2025 | Cancelled a speaking engagement at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center after discovering a potentially threatening note near her hotel room. |
| February 11 2025 | Marc Fogel was released from Russian detention in exchange for Russian cyber criminal Alexander Vinnik. |
| January 28 2025 | Signed a 1-year deal with the Atlanta Dream during the free agency off-season, marking a new chapter in her professional basketball career. |
| 2024 | Announced pregnancy with wife Cherelle. |
| 2024 | Won her third consecutive Olympic gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics in France. |
| October 2 2024 | Brittney Griner was announced as a player in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a women's 3x3 basketball league. She will play for Phantom BC, a team co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. |
| July 2024 | Cherelle gave birth to their son, named Bash. |
| June 2024 | Named to the US women's Olympic team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. Contributed four points to help the United States defeat France 67-66 in the final, earning her third consecutive Olympic gold medal. |
| February 2024 | Baylor University retired Griner's No. 42 jersey in a ceremony before a game against Texas Tech. |
| 2023 | Named a starter in the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game. |
| 2023 | Played 31 out of 40 games for the Phoenix Mercury, averaging 17.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. |
| May 2023 | Returned to the WNBA, receiving a standing ovation from the audience. |
| May 21 2023 | Griner plays her first home game back with the Phoenix Mercury at the Footprint Center, receiving an even larger standing ovation from a season-high crowd of 14,040 people, with new team owner Mat Ishbia in attendance. |
| 2022 | Missed the entire WNBA season due to incarceration in Russia on drug charges. |
| December 2022 | Released from detention in Russia, subsequently championing the return of other detained Americans. |
| December 8 2022 | Released in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. |
| December 8 2022 | Sarah Krivanek, an American detained for a domestic violence dispute, was deported from Russia on the same day as Griner's release. |
| November 17 2022 | Griner was transferred to IK-2, a female penal colony in Yavas, Mordovia, after being held at an undisclosed location. |
| August 4 2022 | Sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia after pleading guilty to smuggling charges. |
| August 4 2022 | Sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian authorities. |
| July 27 2022 | President Joe Biden approved a possible prisoner exchange trade for Griner and Whelan in exchange for Bout. |
| July 27 2022 | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the United States had made a 'substantial offer' to Russia to release Griner and Whelan. |
| July 7 2022 | Griner pleaded guilty during her trial, stating she had no intent to break the law and requested to provide testimony to the court. |
| June 27 2022 | Court in Khimki schedules Griner's trial to begin on July 1 and extends her detention by six months. |
| May 2022 | A Forbes article claimed the Biden administration had offered Viktor Bout in exchange for the release of Brittney Griner. |
| May 15 2022 | United States and Russia began considering a potential prisoner swap, with Russia proposing to exchange Griner for arms dealer Viktor Bout. |
| March 23 2022 | U.S. Department of State reports an American diplomatic official visited Griner in detention, confirming she was in good condition. |
| February 17 2022 | Detained and arrested by Russian customs officials for smuggling hash oil while playing in the Russian Premier League. |
| February 17 2022 | Brittney Griner was arrested at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Russia for carrying vaporizer cartridges containing less than a gram of hash oil, despite having a medicinal cannabis prescription from Arizona. |
| 2021 | Led the Phoenix Mercury to the WNBA Finals, scoring the most points in the playoffs with 240 points. The team defeated the New York Liberty, Seattle Storm, and first-seed Las Vegas Aces before losing to the Chicago Sky in 4 games. |
| 2021 | Brittney Griner played 30 out of 36 games for the Phoenix Mercury, averaging 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 32.8 minutes per game during the regular season. |
| 2021 | Won her second Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021). |
| August 2021 | Marc Fogel was arrested at a Moscow airport after authorities discovered 17 grams of cannabis in his luggage, later sentenced to 14 years in a Russian hard labor camp. |
| 2020 | Called for the WNBA to stop playing the United States national anthem before games, protesting the killing of Breonna Taylor during the George Floyd protests. |
| 2020 | Protested 'The Star-Spangled Banner' by stating she would not be on the court during the national anthem, later changing her stance after her incarceration. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Brittney Griner played 12 games in the shortened WNBA season held in a bubble at IMG Academy before leaving for undisclosed personal reasons. The Phoenix Mercury finished the season 13-9 and were eliminated in the second round by the Minnesota Lynx. |
| 2019 | Left a playoff game in the second half due to a knee injury. |
| 2019 | Led the WNBA in scoring for the second time in her career and continued to lead the league in blocks for the seventh consecutive season. |
| 2019 | Griner was voted into the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, marking her sixth career all-star game appearance. |
| 2019 | Phoenix Mercury finished the season with a 15–19 record, seeded 8th, and were eliminated 105–76 by the Chicago Sky in the first-round elimination game. |
| August 25 2019 | Scored a season-high 34 points in a 94–86 loss to the Chicago Sky. |
| June 2019 | Married Cherelle Watson, who later changed her name to Cherelle Griner. |
| 2018 | Scored 17 points in the first round elimination game, helping the Mercury defeat the Dallas Wings 101-83. |
| 2018 | Voted into the WNBA All-Star Game for the fifth time in her career. |
| 2018 | Helped the Phoenix Mercury finish the season with a 20-14 record, securing the number 5 seed in the league. |
| 2018 | Led the WNBA in blocks for the sixth consecutive year and began shooting from beyond the three-point arc for the first time. |
| 2018 | Helped the Mercury come back from a 0-2 deficit to tie the series 2-2 against the Seattle Storm in the semi-finals. |
| 2018 | Won her second FIBA Women's World Cup with Team USA. |
| 2018 | Mercury's playoff run ended in game 5 of the semi-finals with a 94-84 loss to the Seattle Storm. |
| 2018 | Returned to UMMC Ekaterinburg for her fifth stint during the 2018-19 off-season. |
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