The New York Times – Sports:
When Griner was imprisoned in Russia, letters were her main form of communication with home. Our columnist offers one last letter to mark her return to the United States.
Category: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)
-
Griner’s Detention Showed the Strength and the Struggle in Women’s Sports
The New York Times – Sports:
The W.N.B.A.’s players and fans pushed furiously for Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony, but her plight also highlighted gender inequities in sports.
-
Scarred by War, a Ukrainian Children’s Choir Finds Hope in Music
The New York Times – Music:
Members of the Shchedryk Children’s Choir have emerged from conflict determined to sing, including at Carnegie Hall this weekend.
-
Americans Will (Probably) Be Able to Vote in Eurovision Next Year
The New York Times – Music:
For the first time, people in nonparticipating countries will be allowed to vote for their favorite songs. The contest announced changes after it found “voting irregularities” in the 2022 competition.
-
As Tennis Honors Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, He Reflects on War
The New York Times – Sports:
His career came to and abrupt end in February, when Russian forces invaded his country and he became a soldier.
-
Ukrainian Teenager Who Fled War Will Play at Carnegie Hall
The New York Times – Music:
Dmytro Tishyn, who left his hometown with only a backpack and his father’s bassoon, will be playing with the New York Youth Symphony on Sunday.
-
Anton Filatov, Ukrainian Film Critic, Drafted Into Real-Life War
The New York Times – Film:
Anton Filatov was pulled into a theater he never expected or wanted to enter: the front lines of war, where he now writes movingly of the scene in the trenches instead of what’s on the screen.
-
Brittney Griner’s Prison Term Is Upheld by Russian Court
The New York Times – Sports:
The W.N.B.A. athlete is facing nine years in a Russian prison on a drug charge. A prisoner swap may be her only path home.
-
Brittney Griner Doesn’t Expect ‘Miracles to Happen’ With Her Appeal
The New York Times – Sports:
If the appeals court near Moscow won’t overrule Ms. Griner’s verdict, it will come into force and she will be sent to a penal colony.