Hostage negotiator explains how Brittney Griner’s release could play out

WASHINGTON, DC — As the WNBA season kicked off last week, amid on-court logos announcing “BG 42” in every arena, the league and its players expressed dismay at Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia for drug-related charges. Accused of carrying cannabis oil in her luggage and smuggling a narcotic, Griner has been detained since mid-February, and publicly there has been little movement on her case.