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Should we have sympathy for Brittney Griner?

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In 2020, American basketball star Brittney Griner felt the National Anthem had no place in the WNBA. Today, trapped in a Russian prison, she seems to have a renewed sense of patriotism as she petitions President Joe Biden to intervene after her arrest on drug possession charges.

Sports analyst Jason Whitlock asks “Fearless” contributors Jill Savage and Steve Kim if he’s wrong for not having more sympathy for the National anthem boycotter who now faces up to 10 years in a Russian jail: