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Brittney Griner—who has been detained in Russia since February for carrying cannabis oil—hailed Sean Gregory’s Aug. 8/Aug. 15 cover story on the league champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist for spotlighting the efforts to bring her home. A judge in Moscow sentenced her on Aug. 4 to nine years in jail.

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