Basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the US, after 10 months in detention in Russia

American basketball player Brittney Griner returned to the United States early on December 9 after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia. Brittney Griner's coach is thrilled that the basketball star has returned to the United States after nearly 10 months of detention in Russia. "We have so much joy. Our entire organization, our players, our team, all the people who've worked so hard behind the scenes, including the great civil servants. We're so happy today," Vanessa Nygaard, head coach of the Phoenix Mercury, told the Associated Press outside Footprint Center on Friday.