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‘It definitely hit different’: Brittney Griner says she has a newfound appreciation for the national anthem
MSN ^ | Margaret Darby

Posted on 06/13/2023 5:44:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway

After nearly two years, WNBA star Brittney Griner returned to the basketball court with the Phoenix Mercury Saturday and played competitively for the first time since being detained in Russia. She brought with her a newfound appreciation for the national anthem.

The seven-time All-Star said hearing the national anthem before her game on Saturday felt “different” after spending 10 months in a Russian prison. Griner arrived home to the United States in December after the U.S. and Russia agreed to a prisoner swap involving Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer, and Griner, per Deseret News.

“Hearing the national anthem, it definitely hit different,” Griner said, per the New York Post. “It’s like when you go for the Olympics, you’re sitting there, about to get gold put on your neck, the flags are going up, and the anthem is playing, it just hits different.”

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: anthem; donatedonaldtrump; donatefreerepublic; donatetrump; griner; sports
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1 posted on 06/13/2023 5:44:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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She learned the hard way.


2 posted on 06/13/2023 5:46:52 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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Is it opportunistic lip service? Or is it genuine. Leftists will say anything to further the narrative and revolution.


3 posted on 06/13/2023 5:47:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: nickcarraway

He now learned the hard way that America is not such a bad place after all.

He got to experience a world without America.


4 posted on 06/13/2023 5:49:52 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: Chgogal

Unfortunately soldier that was left behind also learned the hard way. His government doesn’t give a s*** about him.


5 posted on 06/13/2023 5:50:15 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: nickcarraway

She’s been mugged by reality but will not become conservative. Maybe at least not anti-American though.


6 posted on 06/13/2023 5:56:15 PM PDT by GulliverSwift
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Mugged by the real world. And she learned from it.


7 posted on 06/13/2023 5:57:22 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve got to ask, is Griner a guy? Serious question, for anyone who has seen the topless hoop shooting video by the pool.


8 posted on 06/13/2023 6:04:22 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (away.)
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That’s a man, baby!


9 posted on 06/13/2023 6:09:41 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Oh, no. Those are totally boobs.
Haven’t you seen boobs before?
Everyone who knows agrees that those are boobs.


10 posted on 06/13/2023 6:10:17 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: nickcarraway

He’s a man just like Dylan Muvaney.


11 posted on 06/13/2023 6:29:02 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: nickcarraway

Gee, that’s ALL it took, huh? /sarc


12 posted on 06/13/2023 6:44:40 PM PDT by simpson96
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As a woman who has seen hundreds of women, as well as myself, in various stages of undress at gym or a changing room, I have NEVER seen ANY woman with a concave chest like that. I have, however, seen many young men and older men with the same chest.


13 posted on 06/13/2023 6:50:33 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: DaxtonBrown

Have you heard “her”speak?


14 posted on 06/13/2023 7:11:18 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing like 9 months in a Russian gulag to make you love the flag. 😏


15 posted on 06/13/2023 7:19:57 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Tell that dude to STFU


16 posted on 06/13/2023 8:13:23 PM PDT by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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It is unbelievable how ignorant and obtuse some people can be. Democrats in particular.


17 posted on 06/13/2023 8:21:10 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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if genuine, then good for her=- hope her eyes become opened to other lies she has been told and believes too!


18 posted on 06/13/2023 8:28:22 PM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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19 posted on 06/13/2023 9:15:00 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Jonty30

Griner is born XX, and remains XX.

SHE is not a he.


20 posted on 06/14/2023 8:34:51 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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