The 31-year-old has played for UMMC Ekaterinburg since 2014, while also competing for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. She joined the Russian side after leaving Chinese team Zhejiang Golden Bulls.

Griner, who had been playing for Russian powerhouse UMMC Ekaterinburg, returned to the U.S. in December 2022 via a prisoner ...

The WNBA star, who was traveling to play for the country's UMMC Ekaterinburg, spent 10 months under Russian detainment before returning to the United States as part of a prisoner exchange.

Now, Griner is overseas playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia. The three-time WNBA all-star leads her team in scoring thus far with 17.8 ppg, while adding 5.5 boards and 1.8 blocks per game ...

Take a look at some standouts across the water from the overseas season. UMMC Ekaterinburg is in first place of the Russian league standings at 11-0 and sits atop its EuroLeague group at 5-1.

TASS/. The Moscow Region’s Khimki City Court has questioned the captain and director of the UMMC Ekaterinburg basketball team in the case of US national Brittney Griner, charged with drug ...

Griner won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 World Championships, as well as at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Before her arrest, she played for Russia’s UMMC Ekaterinburg team.

Prior to her arrest in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, Griner played for UMMC Ekaterinburg. She was actually a member of the Russian basketball team from 2015-2022. After the United States ...