![]() She has made statements and used her social media channels to make public appeals for the release of Paul Whelan, who Russian officials refused to include in the prison swap that brought Griner home in December, and the many other Americans wrongfully detained across the world. ![]() "Every chance I get, wearing a shirt, saying their names, any interview I have – and you’ll see the theme throughout the season – that’s just bringing awareness to everybody that doesn’t have the platform and the followers and the exposure. "I’m really fortunate to have this platform that I have," the eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic champion said last week. She is determined to reclaim the life she had before and, while doing so, help others who remain where she once was, reclaim theirs. It isn’t enough for her simply to live well now that she’s home. ![]() More vivid than those scars, however, is Griner’s strength. Or she makes a passing reference to the danger of having hope. You can see their faint outlines when Brittney Griner says, emphatically, that she will not play overseas again without the protection of a Team USA uniform. ![]() You cannot be imprisoned for 10 months, wrongly detained in desperate conditions millions of miles from home and not knowing when you’ll see your loved ones again, and not carry the scars. ![]()
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