WNBA players union 'stands with' Griner after guilty plea DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Jul 8, 2022 Jul 8, 2022 Updated Jan 11, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brittney Griner’s guilty plea Thursday has not lessened the support the Olympic gold medalist continues to receive from her WNBA peers.kAm%96 !9@6?:I |6C4FCJ p==\$E2C A=62565 8F:=EJ E@ 5CF8 A@DD6DD:@? 492C86D @? E96 D64@?5 52J @7 96C EC:2= :? 2 #FDD:2? 4@FCE :? 2 42D6 E92E 4@F=5 D66 96C D6?E6?465 E@ FA E@ `_ J62CD :? AC:D@?] %96 492?46 @7 vC:?6C 36:?8 4@?G:4E65 H6C6 4@?D:56C65 6IEC6>6=J 9:89 367@C6 96C A=62]k^AmkAm“%96 (}q!p DE2?5D H:E9 qC:EE?6J vC:?6C] (:E9 2 hhT 4@?G:4E:@? C2E6[ #FDD:2’D AC@46DD :D :ED @H?] *@F 42?’E ?2G:82E6 :E @C 6G6? F?56CDE2?5 :E =:<6 @FC @H? =682= DJDE6>[” (}qp!p tI64FE:G6 s:C64E@C %6CC: y24<D@? 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