Brittney Griner lost her appeal and will now begin a 9-year sentence in one of Russia’s infamous penal colonies
A Russian court denied Brittney Griner's appeal for a reduced prison sentence Tuesday. Though the WNBA superstar and two-time Olympic gold medalist did "not expect any miracles" — as her lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said in a statement provided to Insider — she maintained...