The Golden State Warriors, the reigning NBA champions, visited President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to celebrate the franchise’s most recent championship.
While speaking to media at the event, All-Star guard Steph Curry thanked President Biden for bringing WNBA superstar Brittney Griner home from Russian custody.
“It means a lot to know that she’s here,” Curry said, according to Yahoo! Sports, “and all the work that went on behind the scenes to make that a reality. So, I just want to say thank you there.”
Curry called Griner “a big part of our basketball family.” He said the visit was “a great opportunity” to thank the Biden administration for their “hard work and diligence” in working to free Griner from Russian custody, where she was set to serve nine years in a maximum-security penal colony for women after pleading guilty to bringing a small amount of medical hashish oil aboard a domestic flight with her Russian Premier League team in January 2022.
“It means a lot to know that she’s here and home safe with her family,” Curry added.
Griner, for her part, made her first public appearance at Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Phoenix Arizona, where she lives with her wife.
[Yahoo!]
