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WNBA player detained in Russia

The Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner was detained at an airport near Moscow for allegedly possessing cannabis oil. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’:…

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WNBA star Brittney Griner detained in Russia

ABC News’ Diane Macedo is joined by Mike Cound, president of sports agency Cound Group Global, to discuss efforts to get the American basketball player…

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WNBA playoffs, Olympic mascot, SeaBubble in Paris: World in Photos, Sept. 18

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All-star tributes pour in for former NBA commissioner David Stern l ABC News

The league honored Stern’s three-decade reign with a moment of silence, after he died on New Year’s Day at the age of 77. #ABCNews #DavidStern…

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Wrongful conviction overturned

After more than two decades behind bars, Jonathan Irons is a free man thanks to the help of WNBA star Maya Moore. source

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WNBA Commissioner: Using season as a ‘call to action’

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and player Layshia Clarendon discuss new social justice initiatives as the league returns to play amid a surge of new coronavirus…

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WNBA players protest, Hurricane Laura, RNC: World in Photos, Aug. 27

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WNBA star marries newly-free man

Maya Moore spent the last decade helping overturn a wrongful conviction for Jonathan Irons. Now he’s free, and they’re married. ABC’s Will Ganss has the…

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COVID-19 victims remembrance, Biden campaigns, WNBA finals: World in Photos, Sept 7

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WNBA star Renee Montgomery on sitting out season to fight for equitable change

The Atlanta Dream player said she had to act during last summer’s reckoning on racial equality. She devoted her time and energy to empowering her…

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WNBA star Renee Montgomery on leaving basketball to fight for social change | Nightline

Montgomery announced in June 2020 that she would sit out the season to put her energy toward the movement for racial equality. In February 2021,…

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