friends i actually wanted to be a soccer player i m glad it didn t work. and then i started play basketball. my dad may be a promise he s i going to let you play basketball but i want you to be a good student before being a basketball player, i kept hearing from the news in the newspaper and the magazines how evil america is because my families are educated i was a strong. in some schools and classes they have american flags and they have is really flags and if your student and you don t step on those flags think about an environment like that growing up as a kid my dad was like enough is enough.
which begins in mid-may, and she will be able to go around the country and not only play basketball, but as we heard the message there and what her team, the mercury and, of course, the entire wnba is going to be doing is talking about this group called bring our families home, and it s all going to switch and change from the focus on getting brittney griner home to getting everybody else home. so talk about taking something horrible and turning it into something that is a change for good, and we will see the logo of bring our families home on the mercury court. every city they go to, they re going to be doing promotions and psas. they ll have letter writing campaigns to try to get the others home. so brittney griner understands, fred, the good fortune to get home in the midst of that terrible situation, and now she wants to help others, which really is in keeping with the
spirit. did you notice any changes in grinl today after her experience, the awful experience in russia? or is she the woman you watched play basketball for years? reporter: you know what? the change that i saw, believe it or not, i followed her since her time in college. she has always been very shy, very quiet to herself. friendly if you know her but not one to talk about a lot. i watch the entire press conference. she was laughing, joking, i thought to myself, she really understands the value of life. nothing is promised and that s what i saw the most from her. she realized what she had and an entire new perspective which seems to be joy. joy. she said she will never play
game suspension. moran spoke to the media on tuesday. like i said, take responsibility for your decisions i ve made um, that pretty much you know, hurt me to the core. no not like i said, not only affecting me, but it affects everyone around me and my family is organization, my teammates and cause me not to be out there on the floor, which no one thing you know, i love to do the most is, you know, play basketball. the grizzlies head coach says he hopes to have miranda available to play in wednesday night s game against the houston rockets. well, new york knicks legend willis reed has died at the age of 80 read, led the next to two nba titles in the 19 seventies, including one of the most iconic moments in the game s history, suffering from a torn thigh muscle read willed his way onto the court for the crucial game seven of the nba finals. against the l. a lakers in 1970. nba commissioner
family is organization. my teammates. cause me not to be out there on the floor, which no one thing you know, i love to do the most is, you know, play basketball. elsewhere in the nba scary moment for clippers star paul george last night against the thunder, the 13 year veteran landing awkwardly while bringing down a rebound in the fourth quarter. he was eventually helped off the court by clipper staffers. he s expected to undergo further evaluation later today. to add insult to potential injury. ella ended up losing that game by one. at a long road trip for the celtics, ending on a high note. jayson tatum taking over in the second half of this one, he put up 36 points on sacramento tuesday night. jalen brown, adding 27. this was one of the more critical games for boston against a quality opponent. the king s fighting with memphis for the two seed in the west right now, 1 30 to 1 oh, nine, the final there s boston gets its 50th win for the second straight season. there are five games a