(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2
Cleveland 7, Colorado 5
LA Dodgers 4, LA Angels 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chi White Sox 13, Detroit 0
Houston 9, Texas 2
Minnesota 5, Seattle 0
Toronto 7, Baltimore 6
NY Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3
Boston 10, Oakland 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 3, Miami 1
Arizona 7, Cincinnati 4
Milwaukee 10, NY Mets 2
Atlanta 8, Washington 2
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 4
San Diego 19, Chi Cubs 5
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Colorado 4, Tampa Bay 3 (OT) (Colorado leads 1-0)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Las Vegas 92, Dallas 84
Phoenix 93, Indiana 80
Connecticut 105, Atlanta 92
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Orlando City 1, New England 1 (Tie)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cleveland 4, Colorado 3
San Francisco 4, Kansas City 2
L.A. Dodgers 2 L.A. Angels 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 6, Oakland 1
NY Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 0
Baltimore 6, Toronto 5
Chi White Sox 5, Detroit 1
Houston 4, Texas 3
Seattle 5, Minnesota 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1
NY Mets 4, Milwaukee 0
Atlanta 10, Washington 4
St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1
Miami 11, Philadelphia 9
San Diego 12, Chicago Cubs 5
Cincinnati 5, Arizona 3 (12)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Washington 83, Phoenix 65
Seattle 81, Minnesota 79
(MOSCOW) — A court in Russia has extended the pre-trial detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
Griner, who was detained in February, will remain in custody at least through July 2, according to Russian state media outlet TASS.
The 31-year-old was taken into custody at Sheremetyevo International Airport, near Moscow, on Feb. 17 after officials allegedly found vape cartridges with hashish oil in her bag. Hasish oil is illegal to possess in Russia.
Her detention was extended for another 18 days at “the request of the investigation,” according to a representative from the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region, per TASS.
Griner has been detained in a Russian prison for 117 days, more than three months. She was visiting Russia in February to play basketball for the Russian Premier League team UMMC Ekaterinburg during the offseason when she was arrested at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow for allegedly having vape cartridges in her luggage that contained hashish oil — an illegal substance in Russia.
She was charged with “large-scale transportation of drugs” and could face up to 10 years in prison, according to The New York Times.
The U.S. government classified Griner’s case on May 3 as “wrongfully detained” in Russia, which means that the U.S. would work to negotiate her release.
Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, told GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts last month that the support her wife has received from the league has brought the WNBA star “comfort” amid her detention.
The WNBA, which kicked off its 2022 season on May 6, is honoring Griner with a floor decal bearing her initials and jersey number (No. 42) on the sideline of all 12 WNBA courts.
“Things like that matter, like, it has her hopeful,” Cherelle Griner told Roberts. “It lets her know she’s not forgotten.”
“Those small moments, I know, give her some type of hope,” she added.
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s pre-trial detention in Russia extended as US works to negotiate her release
The 6-foot-9 center won an NCAA title at Baylor in 2012; a WNBA title with Phoenix, her current team, in 2014; and gold medals with the U.S. women’s team at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began one week after Griner was detained on Feb. 17. Some officials are concerned that Americans jailed in Russia could be used as leverage in the ongoing conflict.
Cherelle Griner said that she would like to speak with President Joe Biden.
“I just keep hearing that, you know, he has the power. She’s a political pawn,” she said. “So if they’re holding her because they want you to do something, then I want you to do it.”
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said last month that a U.S. consular officer was able to meet with Griner on May 19.
Price said the officer “found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances.”
“But again, our message is a clear and simple one — we continue to insist that Russia allow consistent and timely consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees,” he added. “One-off visits are not sufficient, and we will continue to call on Moscow to uphold its commitments under the Vienna Convention for consistent and timely access, as well.”
WNBA Players Association president says Brittney Griner is detained in Russia ‘because of a gender issue’
The Phoenix Mercury said Monday the team and coaching staff had met with State Department officials and Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., while they were in Washington, D.C.
“We’re here to do whatever we can to amplify and keep BG at the forefront, which is more important than any basketball game and anything else that’s going on in our lives,” Mercury star and longtime teammate Diana Taurasi said in a statement following the meetings. “We want BG to come home as soon as possible, it’s number one on our list.”
Cherelle Griner said she hadn’t spoken to Brittney since just after her arrest since her cellphone was confiscated, but she has corresponded in a few letters.
“Every single day matters for me to be sound, for me to be alert, for me to be attentive, to make sure that she comes back,” she told Good Morning America in late May.
ABC News’ Shannon Crawford, Natalia Shumskaia and Tanya Stukalova contributed to this report.
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The Golden State Warriors are just one win away from another championship title after beating the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals Monday night.
The Warriors topped the Celtics 104-94 in San Francisco to take a 3-2 lead in the series.
Both teams will now head to Boston for Game 6 on Thursday. Tip off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.
Should the Warriors win, it will mark the team’s seventh championship title and its first since 2018.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
NY Yankees 18, Chicago Cubs 4
Houston 9, Miami 4
NY Mets 4, LA Angels 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 6, Oakland 3
Toronto 6, Detroit 0
Tampa Bay 6, Minnesota 0
Baltimore 10, Kansas City 7
Texas 8, Chi White Sox 6
Boston 2, Seattle 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 3
Milwaukee 4, Washington 1
Arizona 13, Philadelphia 1
Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 6
Colorado 4, San Diego 2
San Francisco 2, LA Dodgers 0
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Chi 88, New York 86
Seattle 84, Dallas 79
Phoenix 99, Washington 90 (OT)
Indiana 84, Minnesota 80
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New England 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1
Atlanta 13, Oakland 2
Tampa Bay 11, St. Louis 3
LA Dodgers 4, Chi White Sox 1
Chi Cubs at Baltimore (Postponed)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 8, Toronto 4
Cleveland 4, Texas 0
Seattle 6, Houston 3
Minnesota 8, NY Yankees 1
Boston 1, LA Angels 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 7, Cincinnati 0
Miami 2, Washington 1
Philadelphia 10, Milwaukee 0
San Diego 13, NY Mets 2
Colorado 1, San Francisco 1 (Bot 9th)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Boston 116, Golden State 100 (Boston leads 2-1)
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 88, Indiana 69
Washington 84, Chicago 82
(NEW YORK) — As the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors face off in the 2022 NBA Finals, players are calling attention to the case of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who has been detained in Russia for more than three months.
“She needs to be home, she needs to be safe, she needs to be with her family,” Warriors point guard Steph Curry told ESPN on Tuesday.
“Right now it’s just about getting her home and everybody just joining that effort … to make sure she’s talked about and all hands are on deck and all resources are thrown at getting her home as soon as possible,” he added.
Some have argued that if NBA stars like Curry or Lebron James were wrongfully detained in a foreign country, more would be done to get them back home.
“There’s something to that,” Curry said when asked about how Griner has been treated.
“It is an unfortunate situation and it is a tragedy,” he said.
The Boston Celtics raised awareness about Griner’s case on the court this week by wearing “We Are BG” T-shirts — a slogan that has become a rallying cry in the WNBA and beyond this season to show support for the Phoenix Mercury star.
“As a collective we wanted to come out and show our support for Brittney Griner,” Celtics star Jaylen Brown said, according to ESPN. “She’s been over there for an extended amount of time, and we feel like enough is enough.”
Celtics forward Jayson Tatum said that he got to spend time with Griner when they competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which took place last year due to COVID-19 delays.
“It’s extremely tough seeing what she’s going through,” Tatum said earlier this week, according to ESPN. “I know everybody sees and feels that, and obviously we’re all together in support trying to bring her back to her family and things like that. Yeah, wearing those shirts today in support of her.”
Griner, a WNBA superstar, has been detained in a Russian prison for more than 110 days. She was visiting Russia in February to play basketball during the off-season when she was arrested at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow for allegedly having vape cartridges in her luggage that contained hashish oil — an illegal substance in Russia.
She was charged with “large-scale transportation of drugs” and could face up to 10 years in prison, according to The New York Times.
The U.S. government classified Griner’s case on May 3 as “wrongfully detained” in Russia, which means that the U.S. would work to negotiate her release. The State Department did not immediately return ABC News’ request for comment on Griner.
Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, told “GMA” co-anchor Robin Robertslast month that the support her wife has received from the league has brought the WNBA star “comfort” amid her detention.
The WNBA, which kicked off its 2022 season on May 6, is honoring Griner with a floor decal bearing her initials and jersey number (42) on the sideline of all 12 WNBA teams.
“Things like that matter, like, it has her hopeful,” Cherelle Griner told Roberts. “It lets her know she’s not forgotten.”
“Those small moments, I know, give her some type of hope,” she added.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began one week after Griner was detained on Feb. 17. Some officials are concerned that Americans jailed in Russia could be used as leverage in the ongoing conflict.
Cherelle Griner said that she would like to speak with President Joe Biden.
“I just keep hearing that, you know, he has the power. She’s a political pawn,” she said. “So if they’re holding her because they want you to do something, then I want you to do it.”
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said last month that a U.S. consular officer was able to meet with Griner on May 19.
Price said the officer “found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances.”
“But again, our message is a clear and simple one — we continue to insist that Russia allow consistent and timely consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees,” he added. “One-off visits are not sufficient, and we will continue to call on Moscow to uphold its commitments under the Vienna Convention for consistent and timely access, as well.”
Calls to free Brittney Griner escalated following the release of U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed in April, who was freed from a Russian prison as part of a prisoner exchange. Former Marine Paul Whelan has also been detained in Russia since 2019.
Reed called for Griner and Whelan’s freedom at a rally on Monday in Griner’s hometown of Houston.
“There is no justice in Russia,” Reed said. “Brittney and Paul will not receive justice in Russia. They’re not going to receive a fair trial, they will not receive a fair investigation. They will be there as hostages until the United States gets them out.”
Griner’s trip to Russia has underscored the issue of pay inequality in professional basketball.
Many WNBA players have traveled around the world to play in the off-season because they don’t make enough money during the season — an issue that is not as prevalent for NBA players who are paid more. The top WNBA salary is $228K, whereas star NBA players can make at least $1 million a year.
ABC News’ Conor Finnegan, Courtney Condron and Kelly McCarthy contributed to this report.
