Heartbreaking. Helpless. So sorry Brittney....for you and your loved ones ❤️💔💔💔 ・・・ Brittney Griner's appeal hearing did not result in a reduced sentence for the WNBA star on Tuesday. A Russian court upheld the American basketball star's nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, despite attorneys for the 32-year-old presenting the three-judge panel an appeal hoping to reduce her sentence. Read the full story at the link in our bio. 📷: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty 🔁@people