Sport Matters: How to Think About the Arrest of WNBA Star Brittney Griner

Global Sport Matters

English - March 25, 2022 20:25 - 39 minutes - 36 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
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On the episode, Global Sport Institute CEO Kenneth L. Shropshire and award-winning journalist William C. Rhoden of The Undefeated are joined by Global Sport Institute Research Director Scott N. Brooks to discuss the imprisonment of WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia and how it's being handled (or not) by the U.S. government. Why was she arrested, what does it symbolize for Russia and the U.S. amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and is the right level of attention being paid to it by those in the government, in the WNBA and its players' union, and by her team, the Phoenix Mercury?

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