Athletes participating in the 2022 ESPYS could not assist however observe one sports star missing out on in the audience.
During the live telecast, host Stephen Curry signed up with WNBA gamers Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith to speak up in assistance of Brittney Griner, who stays apprehended in Russia.
While Stephen stated he was “proud” to reveal the WNBA as the sports humanitarian league of the year, he wished to acknowledge Brittney’s lack from the sport.
“We cannot stop fighting for her,” he stated inside the Dolby Theatre on July20 “We cannot stop believing for her. We will not stop hoping for the day we can welcome her home safely.”
Brittney is an eight-time WNBA All-Star and an Olympic gold medalist. For 153 nights, she has actually been apprehended in Russia after she was apprehended in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport for supposedly having vape cartridges including marijuana oil. On July 7, the basketball gamer pleaded guilty to drug charges and stated she had actually not acted intentionally.
