What is Brittney Griner?
[[File:Brittney Yevette Griner.jpg|alt=|thumb|254x254px|Brittney Griner]] '''Brittney Yevette Griner''' (born October 18, 1990) is an [[Americans|American]] [[basketball]] player. She is 6&nbsp;ft and 8 inches tall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://n.rivals.com/|title=Rivals|website=n.rivals.com}}</ref> She was the first [[NCAA]] basketball player ever to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. She [[came out]] as [[lesbian]] in 2013. She plays for the [[Phoenix Mercury]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association|Women’s National Basketball Association]].<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/brittney-griner-lesbian</ref> She was signed by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] to model their mens clothes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/life-love/society-career/brittney-griner-profile|title=How Slam-Dunking, Gender-Bending WNBA Rookie Brittney Griner Is Changing the World of Sports|first=Laurie|last=Abraham|date=4 November 2013|website=ELLE}}</ref> Griner was born in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. In February 2022, Griner was arrested by [[Russians|Russian]] officials for carrying [[vape|vape pens]] in her luggage. She had been entering Russia to play with the [[Russian Women's Basketball Premier League|Russian Premier League]] during the WNBA offseason. On August 4, 2022, Griner was sentenced to nine years in [[Russia|Russian]] [[prison]].<ref>[https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/34346379/brittney-griner-found-guilty-drugs-possession-smuggling Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison]</ref> On December 8, 2022, she was released by Russia during a prisoner swap for arms dealer [[Viktor Bout]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/politics/brittney-griner-released/index.html|accessdate=July 16, 2023|title=WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian detention in prisoner swap for convicted arms dealer|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/brittney_griner/ WNBA profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Griner, Brittney}} [[Category:1990 births]]