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Tony Farmer (born March 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Indios de San Francisco de Macorís of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.Farmer was a top-100 ESPN recruit with NBA potential, [1] but his career was brought to a halt when he was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping charges in 2012. [2]
On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia in August 2022 and sentenced to ...
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner reacted to release of more Americans from Russian detention, speaking to reporters in Paris where she is competing with Team USA in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Johnson attended high school at Garfield Heights. In Johnson's junior season he tore his ACL. [1] Before tearing his ACL in his junior season, Johnson was averaging 23 points per game. [2] Coming out of high school, Johnson was rated as a four star recruit, the 14th ranked point guard, and the 76th overall player in the 2021 recruiting class. [3]
“If we want her out of jail, Russia is going to have some terms,” said Farkas, who served as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia and Ukraine from 2012-15. “It could be ...
Brittney Griner runs up court during a U.S. women's basketball gold-medal game against Japan at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021. Grinner has been detained in Russia since February. (Charlie ...
Lewis was a successful basketball player while at Garfield Heights in his hometown of Garfield Heights, Ohio, leading the team to three conference titles in his four years there. As a senior, he averaged 23 points, 5.1 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game, leading the team to a 24–2 record, the best in school history.
Twice gold medallist Griner was released from one of Russia's most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange in December 2022 and returned to the WNBA months later for the 2023 ...