Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard says the Mercury will make adjustments for traveling to future road games after star center Brittney Griner was confronted by a “provocateur” at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard said Sunday that the Mercury will make adjustments for traveling to future road games,Nygaard would not divulge details of those changes, citing league policy and safety concerns about her team.
A man described by the WNBA as a"social media figure" posted a 93-second video of himself at the airport shouting at Griner, questioning why she still hates America and whether trading a Russian prisoner to obtain her release was a fair trade.
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