Brittney Griner intends to stand for the national anthem during the 2023 WNBA season after spending nearly 10 months in a Russian prison.
during the WNBA season, adding that she would not be on the court for the anthem if it continued to be played before games. explaining why Griner will stand for the national anthem during the 2023 WNBA season.
"Last year, most WNBA teams chose to remain in their locker rooms during the national anthem, in a gesture of unified protest against the incongruity between the values the anthem signifies and the realities for Black people in America," Lindsay Kagawa Colas wrote."This year, as so much remains unchanged, some teams or players may do the same. Others may sit or kneel.
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is introduced prior to a WNBA preseason basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Phoenix.
Griner was arrested in February 2022 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after authorities discovered vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.
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