Brittney Griner recognized with WNBA moment of silence


              Coaching staff link arms as players with the Connecticut Sun and Phoenix Mercury stand at center court for 42 seconds in honor of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner at a WNBA basketball game Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn.  Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars. (Sarah Gordon/The Day via AP)
            
              Players with the Connecticut Sun and Phoenix Mercury embrace following a moment of silence for Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner before a WNBA basketball game Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn.  Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars. (Sarah Gordon/The Day via AP)
            
              La basquetbolista estadounidense Brittney Griner se escoltada previo a una audiencia en  un juzgado en las afueras de Moscú, el jueves 4 de agosto de 2022. (AP Foto/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              La basquetbolista estadounidense Brittney Griner se escoltada previo a una audiencia en  un juzgado en las afueras de Moscú, el jueves 4 de agosto de 2022. (AP Foto/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
            
              Players with the Connecticut Sun and Phoenix Mercury link arms for 42 seconds in honor of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner before a WNBA basketball game Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn.  Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars. (Sarah Gordon/The Day via AP)
            
              WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner looks through bars as she listens to the verdict standing in a cage in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. A judge in Russia has convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling and sentenced her to nine years in prison. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP)
Brittney Griner recognized with WNBA moment of silence