WNBA players say life in Russia was lucrative but lonely

[ASFN Admin]

For the elite athletes in the WNBA, spending the offseason by playing in Russia can mean earning more money than they can make back home — sometimes even two or three times as much. Brittney Griner is one of those players who went to Russia in recent years to earn extra money. Since arriving at a Moscow airport in mid-February, she has been detained by police after they reported finding vape cartridges allegedly containing cannabis oil in her luggage.

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