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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tulsa Shock forward Glory Johnson-Griner, the wife of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney&amp;nbsp;Griner, is pregnant and will not play this season, the Shock announced Thursday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CWe are excited for Glory and Brittney and wish them the best in the upcoming year with the birth of their first child,\u201D Shock president Steve&amp;nbsp;Swetoha said in a statement. \u201CWe look forward to seeing Glory back in a Shock uniform in 2016.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson-Griner said the decision to miss this season was a difficult one.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIt has always been a dream of mine to start a family with someone I love,\u201D she said. \u201CBeing a professional athlete that plays year round, there is never a perfect time to get pregnant without putting my career on hold.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prior to the announcement,&amp;nbsp;Johnson-Griner&amp;nbsp;alluded to her pregnancy in an&amp;nbsp;Instagram&amp;nbsp;post.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson-Griner and Griner were married last month, three weeks after they were both arrested for allegedly attacking each other. Griner and Johnson-Griner were each suspended seven games by the WNBA. Her suspension, which she plans to appeal, will not begin until next season.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson-Griner has denied being the aggressor in the confrontation.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CIf I\u2019m being fought,\u201D Johnson-Griner said during an exclusive interview with SI.com&amp;nbsp;last Thursday. \u201CI\u2019m not just&amp;nbsp;gonna&amp;nbsp;sit back \u2026 there\u2019s probably a better way to handle it. But at the time \u2026 you\u2019re just thinking of protecting yourself and doing what you need to do to stand up for yourself.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson-Griner also revealed in that interview that she and Griner had been consulting with fertility doctors. She had told&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;The New York Times&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;after the wedding that the couple was \u201Cplanning on kids sooner than later.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Johnson-Griner, 24, averaged 14.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game last season. She has been named an All-Star in each of the past two seasons.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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