The league said in a statement it was looking into the team's run-in with a 'social media figure' whose 'actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.'
WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner is now speaking about her months long detainment in Russia. The 32-year-old says she won't stop fighting for those Americans still behind bars. FOX News Correspondent Christina Coleman has more.and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a "provocateur" at a Dallas airport on Saturday, the WNBA said.
"The safety of Brittney Griner and all WNBA players is our top priority," the league said, without specifying what exactly happened. "Excessive harassment," Turner tweeted. "Our team nervously huddled in a corner unsure how to move about. We demand better."The WNBA has added charter flights for the playoffs this season, but only a handful of back-to-back regular season games were scheduled for such flights.
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