AdvertisementU.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colonyNovember 09, 2022Charles MaynesfacebookEmailWNBA basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, sits inside a defendants' cage after the court's verdict during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on Aug. 4, 2022. (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)