Brittney Griner goes for third gold, far removed from Russian prison

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PARIS -- When she was in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner was not sure she would ever play basketball again, let alone play in her third Olympic gold-medal game at the Paris Games.

The 33-year-old Griner, who had played professionally in Russia in addition to playing in the WNBA, was detained in a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her