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The Toronto Tempo and the Washington Mystics line up for the tip-off at a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Toronto Tempo guard Kia Nurse (11) takes a 3 point shot against the Connecticut Sun during first half pre-season WNBA basketball game in Toronto, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.