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What Brittney Griner's detention in Russia tells us about basketball's gender pay gap

Laurel Wamsley

Updated April 14, 2022

Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury appears during pregame warmups at Footprint Center in Phoenix last fall. (Getty Images)

This article was originally published on April 14, 2022.

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