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A radical changes her mind about the national anthem.
Nearly a year of incarceration in a foreign tyranny forced a basketball star to discover a renewed appreciation for her country.
Brittney Griner, a 6-foot-9 center for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, reversed a personal policy recently when she stood for the national anthem before her first games since her release in December. Previously, Griner either knelt or remained in her team’s locker room during the anthem as a racial protest.
Griner, a former All-American at Baylor who led the Bears to the 2012 NCAA championship, made the WNBA’s post-season first or second all-star team six times and helped the Mercury win the 2014 WNBA title. Griner also won Olympic gold medals for the United States in 2016 and 2020. She is one of only 11 female players to win NCAA, WNBA, Olympic and EuroLeague championships…
