NEW YORK (AP) — Brittney Griner (pictured, right) has been hearing from players around the WNBA who would like her to change her mind and appeal her seven-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involving her partner Glory Johnson, also a player in the league. The Phoenix Mercury star said the players are concerned that a […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Glory Johnson had no idea her fight with then-fiancee Brittney Griner would become such a big deal. After the WNBA All-Stars stars battled so fiercely at their home that police were called, the now-married couple immediately began working through their problems together. “We fought, we hashed it out, we talked it […]
WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson may be trying to put the past behind them after getting married only weeks after they were both arrested for…
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has suspended Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson seven games each because of their domestic violence arrest last month. The two All-Stars were arrested April 22 on suspicion of assault after they fought in a home they recently bought. Griner and Johnson got married last week in Phoenix. The league […]
WNBA stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson tied the knot this weekend, just weeks after they were both arrested on suspicion of assault and battery after…
NEW YORK (AP) — Not everyone is cheering the return of Isiah Thomas (pictured in 2007) to Madison Square Garden. Anucha Browne Sanders, who won a sexual harassment lawsuit against Thomas, the Garden and chairman Jim Dolan in 2007, and agreed to a settlement of $11.5 million, is criticizing the move. On Thursday, she issued […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The WNBA has been thrust into the national conversation about domestic violence and sports, and now is facing a decision involving sexual harassment. The league is reviewing the hiring of Isiah Thomas — once the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit — as president of the New York Liberty, an announcement […]
Jay Z’s Manhattan 40/40 Club will double as the set of a new online talk show to be hosted by the WNBA’s Skylar Diggins, who just so happens to be managed by the rap mogul’s Roc Nation Sports. Diggins, a player for the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock, will front “40/40 Live,” described as a talk show […]
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner and her fiancee, fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson, were arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an argument in the home they recently purchased together became physical. The two 24-year-olds were each arrested Wednesday on counts of assault by recklessly causing physical injuries and […]
WNBA star Brittney Griner felt fortunate to be OK after getting cut on the elbow in a knife attack in China. Griner sustained a small cut when she was attacked by a man while boarding a bus after practice Monday in Shenyang. The man, who followed the players onto the bus, also stabbed one of […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Brittney Griner isn’t surprised by the Phoenix Mercury’s success this season. Not even her team’s record-setting 29 wins. Griner had 18 points and 10 rebounds as the Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 78-65 in the season final Sunday night, setting a new WNBA mark for victories. Candice Dupree added 16 points to […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Women’s basketball stars Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson are engaged. Griner proposed to Johnson and both posted it on social media, with Griner showing a photo of her on one knee with a ring in her hand in front of Johnson on her Instagram account. Griner plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury […]
