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Brittney Griner, the WNBA All-Star who spent 10 months in a Russian prison before being released in a prisoner exchange in Dec. 2022, was not among the 12 players named Sunday to a US national team squad. Griner, a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and star center for the Phoenix Mercury was among 18 players invited to a three-day training camp in New York that ended on Sunday. However, she was not chosen to represent the United States at the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament starting Thursday in Antwerp, Belgium. Griner was reportedly unavailable to play in the coming week but was able …

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