Brittney Griner's wife said Wednesday in an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton that the WNBA star is "struggling" and feeling "terrified" as she remains held in Russian custody.
What she's saying: "Every second that goes by, BG is struggling," her wife, Cherelle Griner, told Sharpton on his SiriusXM radio show Wednesday. "She's struggling. She's there, terrified. She's there, alone."
The NFL hosted 49 athletes last week in Ghana at its inaugural Africa Camp, the league's first foray into a continent that represents a major growth opportunity.
Why it matters: Africa has 1.4 billion people but is still a largely untapped resource for the NFL.
Former MLS player Scott Vermillion, who died in 2020 at age 44 of alcohol and prescription drug poisoning, was posthumously diagnosed with CTE.
Why it matters: He's the first American professional soccer player with a public case of CTE, a disease far more common — at least publicly — in former football players.
Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona has agreed in principle to sell a 10% stake in its television media rights to U.S. private equity firm Sixth Street for €205 million (approximately $217 million), Axios has learned from a source familiar with the deal.
Why it matters: American investors keep pushing deeper into Europe's most popular sport.
