Every player at the WNBA All-Star game came out for the second half on Sunday wearing a Brittney Griner jersey.
Griner was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport after the Federal Security Service said she was carrying vaporizer cartridges containing hashish oil. Her trial began Friday in Moscow. If found guilty, she faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Griner sent a handwritten letter to President Joe Biden earlier this month pleading for his help in getting out of Russia. Biden assured Griner's wife,
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