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Griner competes for Team USA on Aug. 8, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Griner won gold medals in both Tokyo and in Rio de Janeiro.

Brittney Griner reflects on 'Coming Home' after nearly 300 days in a Russian prison

2:29pm May 07, 2024

by Terry Gross

The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."

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Brittney Griner is still working on forgiving herself from guilt of detention

5:07pm May 06, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner on her new memoir Coming Home and returning to the U.S. after being detained in Russia.

Brittney Griner recounts 'degrading' and 'dirty' conditions of Russian detention

4:59pm May 06, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with WNBA star Brittney Griner about her new memoir, Coming Home.

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Brittney Griner on the court in September 2023.

'I did not feel like a human': Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia

5:00am May 06, 2024

Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.

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Sierra Leone, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, (2), Forever Young, with jockey Ryusei Sakai, and Mystik Dan, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., cross the finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, in Louisville, Ky.

Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose

8:34pm May 04, 2024

by Emma Bowman

In a close finish, Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the race on Saturday.

Florida mom runs world-record mile while pushing a stroller

5:54pm May 04, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Kaitlin Donner, who set a new world record time for running a mile with a child in a stroller.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives past Dallas Wings forward Natasha Howard (6) during their WNBA basketball game in Arlington, Texas, on Friday.

Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout

1:20pm May 04, 2024

by Juliana Kim

The NCAA's all-time leading scorer played in her first professional game in the Indiana Fever's match against the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark's 21 points were impressive but not enough to win.

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Saturday Sports: Milwaukee Bucks end their season, NHL playoffs

8:07am May 04, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the disappointing end to the Milwaukee Bucks season, and the rest of the field in the NBA playoffs, and NHL playoffs.

Basketball star Candace Parker's high school coach discusses her WNBA retirement

5:16pm May 03, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andy Nussbaum, who coached legendary basketball player Candace Parker when she played in high school. Parker recently said she is retiring from the WNBA after 16 years.

Katie Ledecky reacts after setting a world record and winning the Woman's 1500m Final at the FINA Swimming World Cup in 2022.

Katie Ledecky tells NPR about her plans for the Paris Olympics — and L.A. in 2028

5:13pm May 03, 2024

Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.