AdvertisementRussia sends Brittney Griner to a penal colonyNovember 17, 2022Charles MaynesfacebookEmailU.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony in August for drug smuggling, is seen on a screen via a video link from a remand prison during a court hearing to consider an appeal against her sentence, at the Moscow regional court on Oct. 25. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)