Brittney Griner makes emotional return to WNBA as Mercury open season vs. Sparks

After a tumultuous nearly 600-day absence from the league, Brittney Griner officially returned to the court for the Phoenix Mercury.

in a prisoner exchange. She vowed to play for the Mercury right away, though ruled out playing internationally again except for Team USA at the Olympics.

Griner’s story and return will undoubtedly be one of the biggest throughout the WNBA this summer, regardless of how the rest of the season goes for the Mercury. in which she announced Griner would be standing for the national anthem this season — something she and plenty of others in the WNBA have stopped doing in recent years.

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