Brittney Griner shed tears at an emotional news conference Thursday and said she’ll “never go overseas again” to play basketball, unless it’s to represent the United States.
It was the first time the 32-year-old WNBA Phoenix Mercury star has spoken to reporters since she was released from Russian custody in an extraordinary prisoner swap in December.
“I’m never going overseas to play again unless I represent my country at the Olympics. If I make that team, that’ll be the only time I leave U.S. soil and that’ll be to represent USA,” she said.
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