US working to get WNBA player Brittney Griner home from Russia, Biden tells her wife (17)

US president's conversation with Cherelle Griner follows detained basketball player's personal appeal to White House; spouse ‘grateful' for outreach, but will maintain pressure By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Today, 10:53 am WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, July 1, 2022.