Brittney Griner and wife.Photo: Darryl Webb/AP/Shutterstock
Brittney Grineris pledging her allegiance to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The sighting comes one day afterBrittney surprised fans and onlookersat the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday.
Brittney and Cherelle, 30, previously stepped out for theMartin Luther King Jr.Day march in Phoenix last month. “Glad to be home,” she told supporters during the outing.
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The Phoenix Mercury centerwas detained in Russiaon drug smuggling charges in February for allegedly possessing hash oil in her luggage.
Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison in August, and started to serve her sentence before President Joe Biden secured a prisoner swap that brought her home in December.
Theprisoner swap took placeThursday, Dec. 8. in the United Arab Emirates, 10 months after Brittney was first incarcerated. “It feels so good to be home,” she wrote in a heartfelt statement shortly after her release.
“The first night, we didn’t sleep at all,“Cherelle exclusively told PEOPLEin December, laughing. “We just talked all night long and all morning. And it was so good to be able to do it without three weeks in between the conversation, because for 10 months we were passing letters. It was great to have that dialogue back and forth.”
Brittney has beengetting back into the gamefollowing her release, expressing that sheplans to play with the Phoenix Mercuryagain when the 2023 season starts in May.
source: people.com
