LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey gave a no comment yesterday when asked at a press conference about her former player Brittany Griner, who is serving a nine year prison sentence in Russia for drug possession. Mulkey hasn’t said much about Griner’s public ordeal, but had this to say on Tiger Rag Radio earlier this year.
“You just want everybody to come home safely you know I pray for Brittnay I want her home safely,” said Mulkey
Mulkey and Griner won two national championships together at Baylor but the two have apparently had a falling out. In 2013, Griner told ESPN magazine that Mulkey told her not to be open publicly about her sexuality while playing at Baylor. But Mulkey told Tiger Rag Radio in late June she’s praying for Griner to come home.
“Those of us who don’t necessarily speak publicly about it certainly are praying for her,” said Mulkey.
Griner was playing professional basketball in Russia when she was caught in an airport in February with less than a gram of hashish oil.
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