{"id":1931598,"date":"2023-05-16T05:27:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-anthem-protester-brittney-griner-has-different-reaction-after-stint-in-russian-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T05:30:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:30:35","slug":"former-anthem-protester-brittney-griner-has-different-reaction-after-stint-in-russian-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-anthem-protester-brittney-griner-has-different-reaction-after-stint-in-russian-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner, ex-anthem protester, reacts differently after Russian prison experience."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-anthem-protester-brittney-griner-has-different-reaction-after-stint-in-russian-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1931598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>WNBA Star Brittney Griner Stands for National Anthem in First Game Back<\/h2>\n<p>Brittney Griner, the WNBA player who made headlines for protesting the national anthem, had a change of heart in her first game back with the Phoenix Mercury since being detained in Russia for nearly 10 months. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-anthem-protester-brittney-griner-has-different-reaction-after-stint-in-russian-prison\/\" title=\"Brittney Griner, ex-anthem protester, reacts differently after Russian prison experience.\">basketball star stood<\/a> as the anthem was played, saying, &#8220;Hearing the national anthem, it definitely hit different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Stark Contrast<\/h3>\n<p>Griner&#8217;s comments on the anthem are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">stark contrast<\/a> to those she made before her stint in a Russian penal colony on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">drug charges<\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to be out there for the national anthem,&#8221; Griner said in July 2020, vowing to protest the anthem in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">racial justice<\/a>. &#8220;If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-veteran-tim-kennedy-slams-brittney-griners-anti-american-stance-while-shes-jailed-in-russia-has-words-for-lebron-james\/\" title=\"UFC Veteran Tim Kennedy Slams Brittney Griner\u2019s Anti-American Stance While She\u2019s Jailed in Russia, Has Words for Lebron James\">league continues<\/a> to want to play it, that&#8217;s fine. It will be all season long, I&#8217;ll not be out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Warm Welcome Back<\/h3>\n<p>Griner was greeted with roars of celebration at Phoenix&#8217;s Footprint Center on Friday as she exited the tunnel and strode onto the court. The eight-time All-Star got on the board in the first minute with a two-point shot and had 10 points with three rebounds across 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<h3>Getting Back to Her Old Self<\/h3>\n<p>One of the most dominant forces in the Women&#8217;s National Basketball Association before her detention, Griner conceded she had plenty of work ahead to get back to her old self. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t feel like I was gassed or dying,&#8221; said Griner, who offered a withering self-appraisal of her defensive performance. &#8220;(I&#8217;m) knocking off those cobwebs, getting rid of the bad habits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Forward to the Season<\/h3>\n<p>The 32-year-old, who is working on a memoir about her arrest and imprisonment, said the season ahead also offered an opportunity to focus on the game again. &#8220;It feels good, you definitely feel appreciated,&#8221; said Griner. &#8220;But I can&#8217;t wait for the day where it&#8217;s kind of like just basketball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Griner&#8217;s comments on the anthem are in stark contrast to those she made before her stint in a Russian penal colony on drug charges.<\/li>\n<li>Griner was greeted with roars of celebration at Phoenix&#8217;s Footprint Center on Friday as she exited the tunnel and strode onto the court.<\/li>\n<li>One of the most dominant forces in the Women&#8217;s National Basketball Association before her detention, Griner conceded she had plenty of work ahead to get back to her old self.<\/li>\n<li>The 32-year-old, who is working on a memoir about her arrest and imprisonment, said the season ahead also offered an opportunity to focus on the game again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by William Mallard<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA player Brittney Griner, who previously protested the national anthem, stood during the anthem in her first game with the Phoenix Mercury since being detained in Russia for 10 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1931599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[6887,26872,15131,6849,3891,21566,4672,3965],"class_list":["post-1931598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-brittney","tag-ex-anthem","tag-experience","tag-griner","tag-prison","tag-protester","tag-reacts","tag-russian"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1931599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}