The WNBA star posted on Instagram Friday morning thanking a long list of people for helping negotiate her release, and for their support as she was in custody.
PHOENIX — Brittney Griner released her first statement Friday since being released from Russian custody.
"From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help. I am grateful to each person who advocated for me, especially my wife, Cherelle Griner, my family, Lindsay Kagawa Colas and Casey Wasserman and my whole team at Wasserman, Vince Kozar and the Phoenix Mercury, the players of the WNBA, and my entire WNBA family, Terri Jackson and the WNBPA staff, my Russian legal team Maria Blagovolina and Alex Boykov, the leaders, activists, and grassroots organizations, Gov.
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