{"id":19405,"date":"2022-07-19T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/curt-schilling-rants-at-lebron-james-about-brittney-griner\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T19:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:02:45","slug":"curt-schilling-rants-at-lebron-james-about-brittney-griner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/curt-schilling-rants-at-lebron-james-about-brittney-griner\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Schilling rants at LeBron James about Brittney Griner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Curt Schilling does not have a lot of sympathy for Brittney Griner. <\/p>\n<p>Griner has been incarcerated in Russia since February after authorities said they found cannabis vape cartridges in her baggage at the airport in Moscow.  Last week, LeBron James said on his show \u201cThe Shop\u201d that he was not sure if he&#8217;d want to return to America given it has not seemed like they have had her \u201cback\u201d in securing her release.  James later clarified the remark by saying it was not a shot at our \u201cbeautiful country\u201d but that these were thoughts that would go through his mind if he were in her place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know this may seem like a stretch,\u201d Schilling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gehrig38\/status\/1548892543911354369\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a> in response to James.  \u201cBut something like 300 million people understand &#8216;OBEY THE F\u2013KING LAW&#8217;, why is that such a challenge?  And why on earth should she NOT pay the penalty for breaking another country&#8217;s laws?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a reply about how Russia has a 97 percent conviction rate, Schilling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gehrig38\/status\/1548893805314727936\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>\u201cShe, as far as I know from every quote of hers, has NEVER denied committing the crime, not once.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Curt Schilling does not sympathy for Brittney Griner&#8217;s predicament.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schilling, the 55-year-old former MLB star pitcher, continued to blame Griner for her predicament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do understand she was arrested going INTO Russia right?\u201d  he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gehrig38\/status\/1549103018448125959\" target=\"_blank\">asked<\/a>.  \u201cWhere, and they warn athletes every single year, you don&#8217;t f\u2013k around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another replier said that Griner only had low amounts of cannabis and that the penalty should have been a fine and not jail time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/lebron-griner.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"LeBron James playing in a Drew League game on July 16, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23114932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/lebron-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/lebron-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/lebron-griner.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>LeBron James playing in a Drew League game on July 16, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReally?  Are you quoting American law here?  You aren&#8217;t you?\u201d  Schilling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gehrig38\/status\/1549108691944734720\" target=\"_blank\">asked<\/a>.  \u201cBecause she was arrested in Russia after breaking Russian law.  Corrupt ass country but they (American athletes) are always lectured about &#8216;when in Rome do as Romans do&#8217;.  This was n&#8217;t her 1st go around with customs. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US State Department has considered Griner as wrongfully detained, and the Biden administration has said that her release is a priority. <\/p>\n<p>Griner&#8217;s incarceration comes as Russia and the United States have poor relations, with Russia having invaded Ukraine and the United States backing Ukraine financially.  Russian state media has broached the subject of a prisoner swap involving Griner and an arms trader named Viktor Bout, whose nickname is the \u201cMerchant of Death.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1241566236-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brittney Griner arrives to Khimki Court outside of Moscow on June 27, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23113411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1241566236-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1241566236-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Brittney Griner arrives to Khimki Court outside of Moscow on June 27, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bout was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2012. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curt Schilling does not have a lot of sympathy for Brittney Griner. Griner has been incarcerated in Russia since February after authorities said they found cannabis vape cartridges in her baggage at the airport in Moscow. Last week, LeBron James said on his show \u201cThe Shop\u201d that he was not sure if he&#8217;d want to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/curt-schilling-rants-at-lebron-james-about-brittney-griner\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curt Schilling rants at LeBron James about Brittney Griner<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[1331,9206,380,661,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15219,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-slammed-for-brittney-griner-comments-clarification\/","url_meta":{"origin":19405,"position":0},"title":"LeBron James slammed for Brittney Griner comments, clarification","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"People did not take LeBron James' recent comments about Brittney Griner and the United States well.NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was one of the most vocal in his criticism.Freedom, an NBA free agent who played 35 games with the Boston Celtics last season, slammed the NBA superstar for comments he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14750,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/heres-everything-lebron-james-actually-said-about-brittney-griner-and-the-us-government\/","url_meta":{"origin":19405,"position":1},"title":"Here&#8217;s everything LeBron James actually said about Brittney Griner and the US government","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When the contentious worlds of Brittney Griner's detention in Russia and LeBron James' media empire intersect, all it takes is seven seconds to ignite a controversy.In this case, it was James' media company Uninterrupted releasing a trailer Monday for an upcoming episode of its talk show \"The Shop,\" in which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13685,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-addresses-brittney-griners-detainment-in-new-trailer\/","url_meta":{"origin":19405,"position":2},"title":"LeBron James addresses Brittney Griner&#8217;s detainment in new trailer","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"In a trailer for a new episode of \"The Shop: Uninterrupted,\" in which James chats about current events with guests in a setting mimicking a barbershop, James addressed the WNBA star's ongoing detainment in Russia.The quote comes after comparisons between James and Griner went viral, when Griner's Phoenix Mercury coach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14370,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/enes-kanter-freedom-slams-lebron-james-over-brittney-griner-remarks\/","url_meta":{"origin":19405,"position":3},"title":"Enes Kanter Freedom slams LeBron James over Brittney Griner remarks","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Enes Kanter Freedom laid into LeBron James in a fiery tweet on Tuesday over the Lakers star's recent comments about WNBA champion Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia on drug charges. 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