Watch VideoUpdate: This article has been updated since its original publication to highlight Brittney Griner's sentence.
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between...
Russian Judge Sentences Griner To 9 Years In Prison On Drug Charges
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