WNBA superstar Britteny Griner arrested for drug smuggling in Russia. Facing up to 10 years.

Lol....so you admit to embracing authoritarian nationalism.

Whats the issue with this? She broke the lawe in another country and is tried based on those laws. I would expect people visiting the usa to also respect their laws.

There's a difference between hating a sport, and merely pointing out that the support for a sport is manufactured. I'm not wasting any emotional energy on "hating" women for making millions playing basketball, I'm just well aware that those women aren't nearly as well-known and popular as ESPN wishes they were and tries to make them out to be.

The issue is Americans on here celebrating the imprisonment of fellow American. It's Letsrun, so it's to be expected. Many angry incels on here are so frustrated by their life's failures and are so threatened by Blacks and women they have to celebrate when one is imprisoned by a foreign authoritarian regime.

There is nothing wrong with ESPN promoting women's sport.

Funny how right wingers complain about ESPN yet right wing media outlets like Faux news spend all day finding stories to trigger right wingers, blow them out of proportion, distory the truth and keep right wingers perpetually angry.

Again HYPOCRITES

Seems like a lot of misplaced anger here. I never said I'm a "right winger" or even that ESPN is awful. They have their reasons for doing what they do, and I just disagree with them, especially in light of the fact that running doesn't get it's due. I also don't appreciate things getting more hype than they deserve. Maybe running falls into that category and I'm just too biased.

Also, for the record I am totally not "celebrating" and American getting prosecuted in Russia. I hope she gets back quickly and safely and everything works out well.

A lot of snap accusations and straw men here.

Here’s the reality. ESPN has to push the WNBA as part of part of its contract to carry NBA games. It’s good corporate policy to support women’s sports so the WNBA has learned how to monetize this better in last decade. Track on the other hand has had horrific leadership in the US AND Internationally for over a decade. Max and Seb and those before are clueless on how to grow audience as soccer, US football and basketball explode in media coverage. ESPN has no league of track to promote. NBC’s exclusive deal has proven to be very detrimental to track. Especially now that the sport just had its nationals shown on a cable financial channel. That really attracts new fans to the sport! NBC lost hockey and its sports channel was cancelled Jan 1. Track TV ratings historically have been decent but its done so with horrific leadership and marketing. Track needs to tie the Diamond League and other domestic meets to ESPN more to get the Sportscenter bump and all the social media views that brings. Instead Paul Doyle pays to have his ATL on ESPN networks but deal is so bad it doesn’t include cross promotion and uses 2nd rate production and marketing, probably out of necessity for budget reasons, but the old adage of, spend some money to make some money is really something track needs. Uncle Phil could sponsor it but he hasn’t had confidence in those running the sport either so doesn’t want his money wasted.

There are definitely people on here celebrating her incarceration and arguing that it'll do her some good and implying she deserves it for 'hating America'.

I hope these POS realize they sound just like the Nazis.

Dude. STFU.

She will be Fine, She has Money so will likely get an extremely good, top notch lawyer, and Russia is a lot Softer than The USA Criminal Justice is, expect she will get time served, Also they don't want all the LGBTQ's having protest's with Thousands of People and Groups like Antifa and BLM harassing Businesses and trying to Exhort Money from Businesses.

I'm not much of a basketball fan, but know of all these women. Who DIDN'T know Candace Parker won the BOY'S McDonald's All-American dunk contest.

It’ll be interesting if they put her in a mens prison sense she is like Caster. This could be something. Bad time to be smuggling drugs into Russia. They aren’t to happy with the US right now. I know it’s her job but I think she could of stayed home for a bit

Very few women in the wnba are making a million dollars a year. Most don’t make six figures.

Funny imagining Russian customs ignoring the needles and vials of steroids from russian athletes as they pass through the luggage x-ray and then seeing a vaping device in an American athlete's luggage, and hitting the panic button sending off loud alarms, flashing lights and armed soldiers crashing through windows to secure the criminal.

Brady? Is he Gisele Bundchen's husband? Yeah, I think I have heard of him...

She protested the anthem. Let her rot in a Russian prison.

Estort NOT Exhort

What is wrong with you?

Minister Without Portfolio Dennis Rodman will spring her out.