Sports US reclassifies WNBA star Brittney Griner to be ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia May 3, 2022Scooby Axson and Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAYComments Off on US reclassifies WNBA star Brittney Griner to be ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia U,S. Department of State says that Brittney Griner was wrongfully detained by the Russian government as efforts continue to get her back home.