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Good As He Wanna Be
Dennis Rodman is flying to Russia to save Brittney Griner.
Olympic athlete and WBNA basketball star Brittney Griner has experienced a living nightmare since she was arrested by Russian authorities at the Moscow airport in March. Charged with drug possession, Griner was recently tried, found guilty and sentenced to 9 years in prison.
While the Biden Administration has been working tirelessly to negotiate the release of Ms. Griner, who U.S. authorities insist is a political prisoner, as well as American Paul Whelan, the situation is fraught, complicated as it is by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Griner’s outlook may be improving, however, with the announcement over the weekend that NBA basketball legend Dennis Rodman intends to travel to Russia in an attempt to help her.
“I got permission to go to Russia and help that girl,” Rodman told NBC. “I’m trying to go this week.”
If Rodman succeeds in convincing Putin to release Griner, it won’t be Rodman’s first diplomatic success along those lines. Rodman has famously visited North Korea several times and considers Kim Jong Un a good friend.
In 2014, Rodman persuaded his friend Kim Jong to release a Christian missionary being held on conspiracy charges.