“Brittney Griner is our friend and our teammate and our sister,” Ogwumike said, reading prepared text off of her phone.
Friday marked Day 99 of her incarceration, which the United States considers a “wrongful detainment,” a designation indicating that rather than wait for her case to proceed through the Russian legal system, the American government will take more aggressive steps to negotiate her release. Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury seven-time All-Star center remains in Russian custody after being arrested in February at an airport outside Moscow.
