Athletes attending the 2022 ESPYS couldn’t help but notice one sports star missing in the audience.
Host Stephen CurryWNBA Players Nneka Ogwumike Skylar DIGGINS-Smith to speak out in support of Brittney GrinerHe is still being held in Russia.
Stephen declared he was honored to be able to proclaim the WNBA’s sports humanitarian league award of the year. However, he felt the need to mention Brittney’s absence.
He said, “We can’t stop fighting for her,” in the Dolby Theater on July 20, We cannot let her go. “We will never stop believing in her.
Brittney has been a WNBA All-Star eight times and an Olympic gold-medallist. After being arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February for possessing vape cartridges that contained cannabis oil, Brittney was detained in Russia for 153 nights. The basketball player, who was accused of possessing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil and pled guilty to drug offenses on July 7.