Where does Brittney Griner go from here?

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🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It took 294 days, but Brittney Griner is back home. On December 8, the WNBA star was freed in a prisoner swap with Russia for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, ending an almost year-long fight for her freedom by her loved ones, teammates, fans, and the White House. But just because Griner is back home, doesn’t mean her life will ever be the same. We called up TJ Quinn to close the book on the biggest story we have continuously covered all year…and he tells us how we got Griner back, what her readjustment is expected to be like…and when we might next see her on a basketball court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	TJ Cohen over the weekend, Brittany Griner released her very first statement since she got
0:06.0	released from a Russian penal colony and finally returned to the United States on December
0:11.1	8th.
0:12.4	What did she say?
0:14.3	She said thank you.
0:18.2	She said it to her supporters.
0:19.9	She said it to President Biden.
0:22.0	She said it to her family.
0:26.7	The key things I think were reinforcing the support her family has shown for the Biden
0:32.5	administration, but also mentioning once again the family of Paul Wheelan, the former
0:39.1	Marine who is still over Russian captivity.
0:43.9	He's been there four years as of Sunday and I think this is going to be the first of
0:48.7	many statements from her that mentioned his name.
0:51.8	Yeah, I mean, look, TJ, we're bringing you back onto the show because this is a story,
0:57.9	a saga that we have covered more extensively than any other in 2022.
1:03.4	And fittingly, right, this is arguably, I would argue, the biggest story in sports this
1:08.5	past year.
1:09.5	And you have been on it more closely, more extensively than anybody from the very
1:13.9	beginning.
1:14.9	And I'm just curious as we attempt to close the loop here, how did you first process
1:20.4	the news of Grinas release?
1:21.9	How did you first hear it?
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