'I'm happy.' WNBA star Brittney Griner is coming home. News many Americans have been waiting 294 days to hear.
President Joe Biden announced Thursday"Brittney will be back in the arms of her loved ones," Biden said.
In the Bay Area, the Stanford Women's Basketball team joined others in playing with a"BG" patch on their jerseys. The team on Thursday said it was thrilled to learn Griner is coming home. Sue Phillips, a longtime girls basketball coach at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, remembers running into Griner in 2018.
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