Russian Basketball Team Testifies in Support of Brittney Griner During Trial: 'The Heart of Our Team'
Photo: YURI KOCHETKOV/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Brittney Griner’s most recent appearance in a Russian court again ended without a verdict. The detained WNBA star, 31, appeared for a third hearing Thursday outside Moscow, after she pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs into Russia a week earlier. At the hearing, members of of the professional Russian basketball team Griner plays for, UMMC Yekaterinburg, spoke highly of Griner’s contributions, according toThe New York Times. The director of the team testified to Griner’s “outstanding abilities as a player and personal contribution to the strengthening [of] the team’s spirit,” the basketball star’s lawyer told theTimes....