The basketball star Brittney Griner, used as a Russian political pawn, in her plea for clemency also apologized to her fans, among many othersBy: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter–The WNBA player and two-time gold medalist, Brittney Griner, was found guilty by a Russian Court of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country. Her sentencing comes in the middle of the Ukraine-Russia war and a time in which US relations with Russia are at an all-time low.